Society Flashcards
Pluralist Society Example on a meso level
‘Acknowledgement of Country’ at formal and informal events
Pluralist on a macro level
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
The acceptance of the traditions and cultural practices of minority groups in pluralist societies is protected by…
Legalism in Australia such as ‘Racial Discrimination Act’ (1975) and the ‘Sex Discrimination Act’ (1984.)
On a meso level, life expectancy strongly differs amongst ATSI and non-ATSI individuals due to
the lack of health care they have access to as more than 44% live in Inner and outer regional areas.
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 …
Closing the Gap Report 2020
73.6 years
82.2 years
In … the Indigenous employment rate was around … compared to around … for non-Indigenous Australians.
2018
49%
75%
Research by … in … reveals that Aboriginal student’s chance of …
PM&C in 2020
employment rises by 40% if they complete Year 10 or 11.
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.
ABS
12.3%
8.6%
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.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
29% of Year 9
The attendance rate for ATSI households
51%
ATSI earn an income in the …
bottom quarter of the national income.
… of ATSI Australians aged … reported problems accessing health care services
30%
15 and over
12 months
Percentage of ATSI preventable deaths
(60% of ATSI deaths younger than 75)
In … the (OID) … stated:
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’
… 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 …
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.
…. (HIPPY).
A … evaluation found that the program had early positive outcomes including …
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
Furthermore, in … approximately … Aboriginal students were enrolled in … in Australia due to scholarships
2013
3,000
boarding schools
The Indigenous Ranger Program provides … to assist … where currently there are …
employment and training opportunities
ATSI Australians in rural and remote areas to undertake work in natural resource management
approx 700 rangers.
The … Centre (Qld) offers … to increase ATSI employment
After … of operation, …
Mossman Gorge
residential training facilities
1 year
90% where ATSI Australians
About … people are highly prejudiced against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
one in four
In … , approx …% of Australian voters supported the … to include Aboriginals in …
1967
90%
referendum
our census and allow federal government to make laws governing them.
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.
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
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 …
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
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
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
