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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what the rabbit-proof fence is. Lastly‚ I will explain what the rabbit-proof fence symbolizes for the Australians and aborigines. The "stolen generation" refers to the hundreds of thousands of aborigine children taken from their families in the 1900’s in Australia. These children where usually of mixed decent and there removal was believed to be protecting the interests of the Australian people. The children were taken to internment camps and orphan homes. The most well know is Moore River
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architecture was both impressive and unique. There were many types of paintings on display based on the painters’ country of origins‚ ethnicity and even theme of the painting. The paintings on display were categorised into Asian‚ Aboriginal (native Australian painters) and Caucasian (white painters from Australia‚ America‚ United Kingdom and other western countries). I estimated least a thousand paintings on display‚ a far cry from our own Art Gallery in Indonesia. the painters ranged from the most experienced
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the passing down of their culture‚ language and identity. These young children were sent to institutions or adopted by non-Indigenous families and received little to no form of education in comparison to the level of schooling offered to the white Australian children. Life was immeasurably harsh for the Aboriginal children as they were growing up within a society which taught them to believe their culture was nothing more than rubbish and were encouraged to deny their own heritage. This disabled their
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the country. Many native people are born and raised in absolute poverty and some author view poverty as a subculture of Aboriginality (Walter‚ 2007). Given that‚ few people are employed in the formal sector and yet they earn less than the white Australian these find themselves with many responsibilities of caring for the dependents in their extended families. Therefore the little income eventually does not translate to improve health (Morrissey‚ Pe-pua‚ and Brown‚ 2007). Secondly‚ given that institution
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fly our flag with pride and take advantage of the rights and freedoms that our country offers us. We must now walk proudly beside our fellow non indigenous Australians to carve out a new future that is equitable for all. Why is it important to vote? This question has been asked throughout past and present. This question affects all Australians and is an important one for Indigenous people‚ especially with regard to our history concerning the right to vote. This right to vote‚ though taken for
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There have been a number of influences on the framing of Australian government economic policies‚ these influences include businesses‚ unions‚ environmental groups‚ welfare agencies‚ political agencies‚ as well as the media and international influences‚ and these have all played their part in the shaping of Australia’s current policies and will have an impact on future economic policies. Governments do not carry out economic policy in a vacuum – there are a number of factors and groups that influence
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Indigenous Australian people have been on this continent for more than 40‚000 years. Australia is home to hundreds of nations‚ each with distinct cultural practices‚ beliefs and languages. Their culture‚ economies and identities are linked closely and spiritually to the environment on which it emerged. Their geographic location contributes to cultural diversity as Aboriginal groups retain a unique affinity to land. Heritage is shaped by knowledge systems that are specific to the Country they occupy
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Aboriginal Australia. How well we know what Aboriginal Australians know about Australia. Redfern is a good place to contemplate these things. Just a mile or two from the place where the first European settlers landed‚ in too many ways it tells us that their failure to bring much more than devastation and demoralisation to Aboriginal Australia continues to be our failure. More I think than most Australians recognise‚ the plight of Aboriginal Australians affects us all. In Redfern it might be tempting
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much controversy surrounding racism between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians. Phillip Gwynne’s novel Deadly Unna is an example of the relationships between the two cultures. Deadly Unna is based on a 14-year-old character named Blacky who lives in ‘the Port’ where the Non-Indigenous Australians or the ‘goongas’ live. On the outskirts of the township there is ‘the Point’ and this is where the Indigenous Australians or ‘nungas’ live. Blacky is an archetypal teenager‚ he plays football‚ and
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