Cultural Acknowledgement

Respect Recognise Value

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Why is Indigenous mortality higher than the
rest of the population?

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2012) Australian demographic statistics, March quarter 2012.
Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics

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Disparities by State

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 Equal access to healthcare is a
basic human right, and in
Australia, we expect it. So what if
we told you that you can expect to
live almost 20 years less than your
next-door neighbour?
You wouldnt accept it. No-one
should. But in reality, Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander People
can expect to live up to 1017
years less than non-Indigenous
Australians.
Reporter: Emily Nicol NITV 17/3/2017

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Why we have disparities:

The veteran journalist and Wiradjuri man, Guardian Australias Indigenous affairs editor Stan Grant,
has told a Sydney audience that racism is at the heart of the Australian dream, as he delivered a
speech about the impact of colonisation and discrimination on Indigenous people and their ancestors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEOssW1rw0I

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 Useful Sources
Close the Gap Prime Ministers Report 2017
http://closingthegap.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/ctg-report-2017.pdf

Close the Gap - Progress & Priorities report 2016

https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-social-justice/publications/close-gap-progress

Urquhart B (2009) Summary of selected social indicators

http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/determinants/social-issues/reviews/selected-social-indicators

The Business Reference Guide to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous

Peoples https://www.unglobalcompact.org/library/541
Why does the health gap exist? https://www.oxfam.org.au/what-we-do/indigenous-australia/close-the-gap/australias-indigenous-health-
crisis-in-depth/ & http://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2017/03/16/whats-difference-between-close-gap-and-closing-gap

Moving beyond recognition: respecting the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Peoples https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/OXF011-Indigenous-Rights-Report-Email.pdf
The Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Indigenous Youth: Reviewing and Extending the
Evidence and Examining its Implications for Policy and Practice, Muru Marri, UNSW
https://sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/sphcm/Centres_and_Units/IYSEWB_ResearchReport_MM.pdf