Multiculture

Question 1

Use age of professional interpreters

Answer 1

Duty of care 
Qld government policy 
Human rights
Reduced stress
Prevention of mistakes

Question 2

Multicultural awareness is needed

Answer 2

Stereotyping is counterproductive
Cultural practices that break Australian law can’t be condoned
Staff are encouraged to seek information from reliable sources

Question 3

Communicating with different cultures

Answer 3

Speak steadily not fast with normal loudness
Don’t be too indirect
Give instructions in clear sequence
Allow time for people to process information
Get the person to repeat the message back to check understanding
Provide written back up

Question 4

Communication barriers

Answer 4

Lack of shared knowledge
Difficulty understanding because of different accents
One person is much less familiar with English then the other

Question 5

ATSI Incarceration rate

Answer 5

72% more likely to have a prior record than the general population of prisoners (62%)
17.2 times more likely to be incarcerated than non ATSI people

Question 6

QCS over representation reduction approaches

Answer 6

Providing cultural awareness and understanding for staff
Strengthening relationships with ATSI communities
Combining all elements of programs for effective rehabilitation
Rehabilitation that takes into account social, cultural and learning needs

Question 7

Royal commission into aboriginal deaths in custody (1991)

Answer 7

Staff awareness of aboriginal and Torres Strait islander cultural and social values and disadvantages
Increase health standards of ATSI people
Employment of ATSI in social welfare fields

Question 8

Programs for ATSI prisoners

Answer 8

Positive futures
Culturally specific treatment program of ending family violence
Culturally specific treatment program of ending offending

Question 9

Principles of Australian society

Answer 9

Constitution and rule of law
Tolerance and equality
Freedom of speech 
Freedom of religion 
English as the national language
Equality of the sexes

Question 10

Definition of aboriginal

Answer 10

A person of aboriginal or Torres Strait islander descent who identifies as an ATSI and is accepted as such by the co,,unity in which he or she lives

Question 11

Aboriginal regional and tribal names

Answer 11

Koori- NSW and Victoria
Murri - Queensland
Anangu - WA, NT, SA
Bama - Cape York, Central and East coast

Question 12

Aboriginal concepts

Answer 12

History regarding habitation of Australia are directly linked to dreamtime creation lores
The traditional dreaming provides the rules on how to interact with the land, kinship and community

Question 13

ATSI men and women protocols

Answer 13

Secret and non secret men’s and women’s business in which women exclude men from some ceremonies as do men with women

Question 14

ATSI death ritual

Answer 14

After death the deceased persons name becomes taboo and to speak or use it shows a lack of respect

Question 15

Terra nullius

Answer 15

Prior to British settlement the land belonged to no one

This was changed by the high courts decision in the Eddie Mabo case of 1992

Question 16

Stolen generation

Answer 16

Children of ATSI descent who were removed from their families in the early 1900’s through implementation of government policies

Question 17

Communicating with ATSI’s

Answer 17

Always use direct questions 
Listen carefully without interrupting when a response is given 
Understand the kinship system
Slow your pace of speaking 
Paraphrasing 
Open ended questions 
Minimal eye contact
Embrace silence