Former prime minister Kevin Rudd is expected to weigh into the debate over the lack of progress toward improving the lives of indigenous Australians when he delivers a speech in Sydney marking the 10th anniversary of his apology to the stolen generations.

Mr Rudd's address to a breakfast at NSW parliament on Friday comes as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull prepares to discuss plans to refresh the government's Closing the Gap strategy for indigenous Australians with his state and territory counterparts in Canberra.

The government came under fire on Thursday when a coalition of indigenous groups released their own review of the strategy and accused Mr Turnbull and his ministers of effectively abandoning its seven key goals of closing the gaps in terms of health, education and employment between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.

The strategy was introduced after Mr Rudd's much-applauded formal apology to the stolen generation on February 13, 2008, which paved the way for the strategy to be put in place soon after.

However, annual progress reports on the strategy's progress towards its targets released over the past nine years show only one goal is on track to be met.

Mr Turnbull is due to unveil the 10th report card on the strategy on Monday and outline the government's plans to refresh its targets.