Australia news live: McCarthy welcomes ‘milestone’ as one Closing the Gap target reached; three dead in Sydney house fire

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Three people have died following a house fire in Sydney’s south-west last night, NSW police said.

Emergency services were called to a home on Cornelia Street, Wiley Park, at about 9.45pm following reports of a fire.

This result is encouraging, as are improvements in eight other targets including employment and education.

However, it is very concerning that we are still seeing outcomes worsening for early childhood development, children in out-of-home care, incarceration rates and suicide.