A leading family violence organisation says new Closing the Gap data shows governments are delivering "more of the same," with little progress in protecting Indigenous women and families.

Last month, the Productivity Commission reported that of the 19 national targets set under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, only four are on track to be met. The data shows worsening outcomes in key areas, including incarceration rates, the number of children in out-of-home care, and suicide rates.

Minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, said the findings demand "greater action and effort by all governments, in partnership with First Nations people, to turn these targets around".

For Djirra, a Victorian-based organisation advocating for the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal women and their children, the results came as no surprise.

Chief Executive Antoinette Braybrook AM said the figures reflect what her organisation sees year after year.

"Aboriginal women and their children continue to be targeted and punished rather than supported," she said.

"Only 4 of 19 Closing the Gap targets are on track – how many more reports, how many more lives lost, before governments act? This is unacceptable."

Ms Braybrook, a prominent legal advocate for Indigenous women, said governments continue to invest in systems that cause harm and "tear our families apart".

"It's time to stop pouring money into punitive, violent, and racist systems," she said. "These systems aren't broken — they're doing exactly what they were designed to do."

When it comes to solutions, Ms Braybrook mirrored many by arguing that they already exist.

"Invest in Aboriginal-led, specialist organisations like Djirra that put women's safety first and keep our children with their mums, strong in culture and identity," she said.

"We walk with our women, we keep children with their mums, and we do it in ways that are grounded in culture strength and self-determination.

"That's how we close the gap."

The Productivity Commission report found significant variation in outcomes between states and territories, with remote areas faring worst. While New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT reported improvement in most targets, the Northern Territory has 15 targets with available data — of which only seven are improving.

Commissioner Selwyn Button said the results can't be understood in isolation.

"The outcomes are all connected, each reflecting aspects of a broader system and the experiences of the people who have shared their stories," he said.

"What the outcomes in the Agreement reflect most of all is the limited progress of governments in collectively acting on the Priority Reforms: sharing decision making and data with communities; strengthening the Aboriginal Community Controlled sector; and changing the way governments operate."

The federal government said the results show "the need for all governments and Coalition of Peaks partners to continue to work together" to achieve the agreement's aims.

SNAICC – National Voice for Our Children chief executive Catherine Liddle said the failures stem from government inaction, not a lack of viable approaches.

"The update makes it clear that these results are not the failings of our children, families or communities. They are the failings of governments who continue to fall short on their obligations under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap," she said.

"The update shows that when governments work in true partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, we see real change."