Society

Question 1

Pluralist Society Example on a meso level

Answer 1

‘Acknowledgement of Country’ at formal and informal events

Question 2

Pluralist on a macro level

Answer 2

The Australian Constitution sets out a system of government in which people with different interests, beliefs and lifestyles can participate is the democratic process which strongly advocates for pluralism. T

Question 3

The acceptance of the traditions and cultural practices of minority groups in pluralist societies is protected by…

Answer 3

Legalism in Australia such as ‘Racial Discrimination Act’ (1975) and the ‘Sex Discrimination Act’ (1984.)

Question 4

On a meso level, life expectancy strongly differs amongst ATSI and non-ATSI individuals due to

Answer 4

the lack of health care they have access to as more than 44% live in Inner and outer regional areas.

Question 5

According to the … the average life expectancy for ATSI people is estimated to be … In comparison, Life expectancy for non-Indigenous people is estimated to be …

Answer 5

Closing the Gap Report 2020
73.6 years
82.2 years

Question 6

In … the Indigenous employment rate was around … compared to around … for non-Indigenous Australians.

Answer 6

2018
49%
75%

Question 7

Research by … in … reveals that Aboriginal student’s chance of …

Answer 7

PM&C in 2020
employment rises by 40% if they complete Year 10 or 11.

Question 8

Data by the … shows that approximately … of Indigenous Australians living in remote areas reported that they have difficulty accessing doctors, compared with … of Indigenous Australians in non-remote areas.

Answer 8

ABS
12.3%
8.6%

Question 9

Research conducted by the… reveals that only … Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (ATSI) living in very remote areas met the minimum standard for reading.

Answer 9

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
29% of Year 9

Question 10

The attendance rate for ATSI households

Answer 10

51%

Question 11

ATSI earn an income in the …

Answer 11

bottom quarter of the national income.

Question 12

… of ATSI Australians aged … reported problems accessing health care services

Answer 12

30%
15 and over
12 months

Question 13

Percentage of ATSI preventable deaths

Answer 13

(60% of ATSI deaths younger than 75)

Question 14

In … the (OID) … stated:

Answer 14

2014
Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage (OID) report
‘Post-secondary education outcomes have improved, but there has been virtually no change in literacy and numeracy results…particularly poor in remote areas’

Question 15

… is an early learning and parenting support program, operating in … remote Indigenous communities since
Preschool enrolments increased in … and …were satisfied with the program and felt …

Answer 15

Families as First Teachers (NT)
21
mid-2011
half the sites surveyed
95 % of parents
more skilled and able to support their child’s learning and development.

Question 16

…. (HIPPY).
A … evaluation found that the program had early positive outcomes including …

Answer 16

National Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters
2011
increased confidence to teach the child and talk to teachers, improved parenting skills, better relationships with children, connectedness with other parents; knowledge of school’s requirements

Question 17

Furthermore, in … approximately … Aboriginal students were enrolled in … in Australia due to scholarships

Answer 17

2013
3,000
boarding schools

Question 18

The Indigenous Ranger Program provides … to assist … where currently there are …

Answer 18

employment and training opportunities
ATSI Australians in rural and remote areas to undertake work in natural resource management
approx 700 rangers.

Question 19

The … Centre (Qld) offers … to increase ATSI employment
After … of operation, …

Answer 19

Mossman Gorge
residential training facilities
1 year
90% where ATSI Australians

Question 20

About … people are highly prejudiced against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Answer 20

one in four

Question 21

In … , approx …% of Australian voters supported the … to include Aboriginals in …

Answer 21

1967
90%
referendum
our census and allow federal government to make laws governing them.

Question 22

Historical force
Australian Day - celebrated as a day where…
- Aboriginal people represented as … such as … at…
… Island is luxurious hotel
—> used to be biggest cioncentration camps. Pamphlet does not account foe this
… an Aboriginal Elder and author feels “…”
The school textbook described why Aboriginal were not counted in the census when sheep were
“…”
-Last 2 week in Perth suffered from … ranging from young children from 14-15 years of age.

Answer 22

British arrived and began a frontier war between 1788-1939
wild animals
Reptiles and birds at the Australian War Memorial
Rottnest Island
Noel Nannup
we are refugees in our own country
We are civilised and they are not
7-8 suicides

Question 23

Economic Force
- … there were fewer than … in documentary Utopia
- Community … miles from Alice Springs, … people living under a single house
- Instead of improving, more than … $
- In …, the mining industry spent … on a campaign to …
* Labour prime minister Julia … reduced the tax to almost nothing and the revenue …

Answer 23

2008, 1000 houses
200 miles
20 people living under a single house
$80 million were spent on surveillance and removal of Aboriginal children with merely $500,000 supporting impoverished families
2010, $22 million
stop a proposed tax on their super profits
Jullia Gillard, lost estimated $60 billion

Question 24

Political force
- Minister of indigenous health, … has claimed he made “…’ to respond to chronic disease management since 2007
- No change as…
* Kevin Rudd promised … to building houses in the Indigenous communities.
* Media campgain national tv show … claims that aboriginal children sex slavery. Senior government official… which led to the Government discarded the …
- Within a year of Rudd’s apology … were taken from their families allegedly from neglect

Answer 24

Warren Snowdon
“significant interventions”
chronic disease manaement since 2007
1/3 of Aboriginal people pass away before 45 years old
700 million dollar
“Lateline”
Greg Andrews
Racial Discrimination Act
37 aboriginal children

Question 25

Legal force
* Indigenous Australians were not allowed to vote until …
* Indigenous workers had no minimum salary and could be paid … An example of this is in workers in the …
* Child protection services are still legally …
* …(journalist)
- … prison in WA applauded by a lot of people. The prisoners are going to be all Aboriginal prisoners from less than …

Answer 25

1962
less than a dollar in an hour
cotton fields
allowed to take children from their families, even hours after birth
Gerry Georgatos
14th
3% of the population

Question 26

MICRO LEVEL EXCLUSION
…-year-old …growing up, being called ’…’
Putting on …

Answer 26

34
Bec
‘boing’ and ‘abo
make-up is like a mask.

Question 27

MICRO LEVEL EXCLUSION …-year-old
Being … by police and …

Answer 27

18
Josh
wrestled down and swore at him

Question 28

MESO LEVEL EXCLUSION
…% of Australians in the survey said they believe the …

Answer 28

20
presence of Africans in Australia raises crime levels

Question 29

MACRO LEVEL EXCLUSION
Aboriginal people are one of the most…
The survey revealed … of respondents expressed anti-African sentiment. … the rate of … racism across most spheres

Answer 29

incarcerated people on the planet
43%
double the rate of the average rate of experiences

Question 30

DIFFERENCES
Life expectancy. Homeless vs non homeless
=…
School attendance in …

Answer 30

20 years
2018
ATSI 82%
NON ATSI 93%