exhausted‚ I’d be fighting every day .... These tell of disturbing realities for too many people in Australia. Many issues relating to the treatment Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders were raised in these consultations – for example‚ the problematic way some sections of the media report issues relating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities‚ and the barriers they face in employment. Participants in public meetings in Mt Gambier and Port Augusta mentioned that Aboriginal peoples
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The Health of today’s Indigenous Australians is burdened with chronic and communicable disease‚ infant mortality and morbidity‚ substance misuse‚ poor nutrition‚ emotional distress‚ increased hospitalization‚ lower levels of access to health care‚ and are at a greater socio-economic disadvantage than other Australians. This has become a national health priority as the decline in health in Indigenous Australians has led to a more than seventeen year gap in life expectancy than other Australians.
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* * Recommend | * 513 | * * Tweet 0 * * Eddie Mabo fought and won a 10-year battle on land rights. Source: Supplied GAIL Mabo was a teenager when her father Eddie‚ a proud Torres Strait Islander‚ sat her down and promised her: "One day‚ my girl‚ all of Australia is going to know my name." It was 1985. Three years earlier‚ the man from remote Mer Island at the top of Australia launched a bold land rights claim in the High
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When captain James Cook landed in Botany Bay in 1770‚ because of the different lifestyle of Aboriginal people with no fences or markers‚ which cannot exhibit their ownership of the land‚ captain Cook denied the existence of those first inhabitants of Australia (Skwirk Online Education‚ n.d.). He claimed that the land was belong to no one which refers to the doctrine of ‘Terra Nullius’‚ and that it was free for Britain to colonize (Skwirk Online Education‚ n.d.). This conclusion caused the loss of
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Being a mother is the most important in the world because they help in children’s social and emotional development. A novel name We The Animal‚ written by Justin Torres‚ the narrator describes his mother as a confuse goose of woman. The narrator use this metaphor to show some of his mother’s weaknesses. He believes that she is a confused person who survives her life very hard. There are other moments in the book when the metaphor is used to describe mom’s character. Mothers have an important
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is your age group? ( 12 or under ( 13-19 ( 20-29 ( 30-39 ( 40-49 ( 50-59 ( 60-69 ( 70 or over 11. Do you identify as: ( Australian Aboriginal ( Torres Strait Islander ( Both Aboriginal AND Torres Strait Islander ( Australian South Sea Islander ( From a culturally or linguistically diverse background ( None of the above 12. What is your postcode? **NB: If you are collecting information
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VISION AND MISSION Our vision is to strengthen and build the capacity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians through recognising their role as key stakeholders in our business and franchised stores and ensuring our workforce and operations are representative of the diversity of the communities in which we‚ and our franchisees‚ operate. We want to work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians to create long-term sustainable opportunities that contribute
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Abogrinal and Torres strait islanders culture is one of the oldest in Australia‚ they are strong‚ resilient‚ rich and diverse. They have a special connection to our land they are spiritually and intellectually connected to the land‚ sea‚ sky and waterways‚ they respect the land and where we live. When the British cam they were forced of the land and from their active hunter-gathering lifestyle. They were moved to reverses where they weren’t allowed to speak their language or practice their culture
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Great health disparity is seen between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people compared to non-indigenous people in relation to health outcome and life expectancy. The health disadvantage in indigenous group is mainly due to low employment rate‚ education‚ poor nutrition and physical activity and lack of access to health services (Indigenous health AIHW2017). Improvement in the health status of the indigenous group is a major challenge for the Australian government as well as for specific health
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Indigenous Youth & Criminal Law Institutions Introduction Indigenous Australian youth experience high levels of disadvantage and injustice in today’s society in a variety of areas. One area of significant disadvantage involves their contact with criminal law institutions. Indigenous youth come into contact with the criminal justice system (CJS) at a consistently higher rate than that of non-Indigenous youth and are significantly over-presented in court cases and community detention (Allard et al
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