This essay seeks to demonstrate that whilst Indigenous health policy may have been on the Australian public policy agenda since the1960s‚ the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health has remained. A brief description of the lives of Indigenous Australians prior to the colonisation of Australia is given‚ followed by a description of various policies that have been introduced by the Australian government to combat these inequalities. This essay demonstrates why these policies have been inadequate
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The indigenous society of Australia has been estimated to be around for tens of thousands of years. The contrast between non-indigenous and Indigenous society across all aspects of social and economical structures has been widely debated‚ reported‚ monitored and theorized. Indigenous Australians are significantly more disadvantaged then non-indigenous people in various social aspects such as health‚ education‚ employment‚ and income. This case study looks at the Indigenous disadvantages from both
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Working Effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Why are Indigenous people in Australia still disadvantaged with regard to health care and services? For the last 200 years Indigenous people have been victims of discrimination‚ prejudice and disadvantage. Poor education‚ poor living conditions and general poverty are still overwhelming issues for a large percentage of our people and we remain ‘as a group‚ the most poverty stricken sector of the working class’ in
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Both the American and the British has influenced Australia a lot during the 1950s. America‚ however‚ influenced them in more ways than the British. After the WWII‚ Australia was more dependent on the United States than Britain‚ therefore‚ their attachment grew stronger. America became Australia’s largest trading partner and was dominated by American music‚ dance‚ movies‚ tv programs and foods. Australia was so influenced by the American culture‚ that it is said that none of our culture belong to
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Indigenous People Indigenous people are those that are native to an area. Throughout the world‚ there are many groups or tribes of people that have been taken over by the Europeans in their early conquests throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries‚ by immigrating groups of individuals‚ and by greedy corporate businesses trying to take their land. The people indigenous to Australia‚ Brazil and South America‚ and Hawaii are currently fighting for their rights as people: the rights to own
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production has been decreasing for the last 10 years and the demand has been declining because of the other‚ easier to manage‚ synthetic fibers and materials that have been introduced to the market. This following report is regarding the changes and effects the wool industry had on Australia in the 19th century‚ the reasons for the successful development of the wool industry‚ and also Australia ’s current position in wool production. HISTORY JOHN MACARTHUR The first sheep to arrive in Australia
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ruled by Europeans‚ but it is not true‚ since slavery has always existed and always will‚ especially in indigenous women’s cases‚ one of the most hardworking women society ever existed. This is what my paper is based on: Indigenous Women’s Right and the Effects of Colonization. This topic was chosen because it is sad to see how women were badly treated in the older generations‚ in the indigenous world as well as how today their lifestyle has not improved‚ but has worsen tremendously over a short lap
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of the British Empire. In fact‚ the Viceroy of British India in 1894 called India “the pivot of our Empire …” I examine the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the subcontinent. Besides highlighting the fact that without cheap labor and raw materials from India‚ the modernization of Britain during this era would have been highly unlikely‚ I will show how colonial policy led to the privation and death of millions of natives. I conclude that while India undoubtedly benefited from British colonial
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big ideas and key questions: (write in your won words 1. Research Notes: Conduct academic research using the resources you have been given and create research notes that cover the following big ideas and key questions: The impact of French colonisation on Indochina: the main geographical features and political boundaries of Indochina • Indochina is a word used in a geographical term for Southeast Asia back in the 19th century • In today this would include Myanmar‚ Thailand‚ Laos‚ Cambodia‚ Vietnam
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these factors in their assessments” (Canadian Nurses Association‚ 2015). In March of 2008 the Australian Government introduced the Closing the Gap strategy that aims to reduce the disadvantage throughout Indigenous health (Australian Indigenous Health Info Net‚ 2013). Although the health system is improving there are still major disadvantages with Indigenous Australians compared to non-Indigenous Australians‚ especially in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. According to Burchill
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