Why Are Australia Marginalised?

The township of Woorabinda is in Central Queensland, approximately 180km west of Gladstone. Woorabinda was established in the late 1920’s because Aboriginal peoples were being forcefully removed from their traditional lands at Taroom so early settlers could develop these lands. Woorabinda is situated on the traditional lands of the Wadja Wadja/Wadjigu and Gangula Aboriginal peoples according to the anthropologist Norman Tindale. Tindale documented in 1938 the residents of Woorabinda represented 47 clans, which included people from all over Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory. (N, Tindale, 1974)

The indigenous people of Australia, are both heavily traditional people, who have had to face some issues regarding communication, health, stereotypes as well as human right breaches.

Its time to address the indisputable relationship between the enduring impact of colonisation and current health status of Indigenous Australian and Torres Strait Islander people . Throughout the paper key points will be addressed about that will show how the past of Indigenous Australian and Torres Strait Islander people is still affecting to this very day. Three factors that will be spoken about include the Historical and contemporary factors, the role of race and racism and Indigenous Australian and Torres Strait Islander’s perspective on health and wellbeing. Within each of these factors is more proof

As a result of the difficult historical and current events, Aboriginal women’s overall health situation has suffered. Aboriginal women have a lower life expectancy and have a poor understanding of their own health in comparison to non-Aboriginal women despite the improvements made in the last few decades (Halseth, 2013). Aboriginal women have an increasing large number of health issues in areas such as diabetes, HIV/AIDS, cancer and also the mental health issues that have these women in conditions where they experience domestic violence and drug and alcohol abuse (Halseth, 2013).

Discrimination based on race, gender and Aboriginal status continues to be a recurring theme in the lives of Aboriginals that live in Canada. Colonialism has had a negative impact on the lives and lifestyles of Aboriginals throughout Canada. They were forced into reserves that were located in unsuitable land for the European settlers to use. The European settlers would refer to the aboriginals as ‘barbaric’ and ‘uncivilized’ while they categorized themselves as ‘educated’ and ‘cultural’ (Farihah Ali, 2015). This mentality is what emerged the negative stereotypes directed towards Aboriginal people and has also had a negative impact in their way of life. These stereotypes have opened doors for discrimination against Aboriginal people

For the first 100 years of British rule, the Indigenous people were treated as second-class citizens. The Aboriginal people had no rights because of many reasons, one of the reasons that they had no rights was because were considered as second class which meant that they didn’t have the same rights as the non-indigenous people. The aboriginal people were treated as slaves because they did not have any rights. They didn’t have the right to vote, they didn’t have the right to marry who they chose, they didn’t have the right to the status and culture and they didn’t have the right to rule their land. The ‘social conscience’ of many Australians was changing because they wanted the Aboriginal people to have the same rights as them and also they thought that it was unfair for them to be allowed in

Canada is considered as one the most diverse country in the world where people of many race, religion, colour and sexual orientation live as one nation. According to Statistics Canada, 20 percent of Canadian population is represented by immigrants, the highest among G8 notions. On world stage, Canada has been a consistently a strong voice for the protection human rights and advancement of democratic values. Canada has played an important in the world promoting human rights, from the drafting of Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1947/48 to our current commitment world human rights issues. Canada has been seen as a global leader by other countries. However, when it comes to treatment and living standards of Aboriginal people, Canada has

Disabled Country, written by Neil Marcus, displays that there is a culture that persons with disabilities are a part of. It demonstrates that they do not identify with abled Americans, as a result of their lives being too different. To me, this poem not only presents that everything that a person with disabilities does takes into account their disability- it also presents that people with disabilities are still able to perform the same types of activities as abled people. Disabilities themselves do not stop people from engaging in activities, societal barriers do.

Throughout history the disabled have been mistreated and abused. Today we are making improvements to make it better. We should be trying to make it better all disabled people in the future, because they deserve the right as much as any other person.

issues that have yet to be solved. Hence, while there is an increasing dichotomy between

Health outcome for Australia’s general population performs relatively better when compared to its international peers. However, this case scenario is not reflected in its indigenous populations. Most Indigenous communities access poor health services compared to the rest of the global population. For instance, major disparities currently exist in the reported life expectancy between Aboriginal people as well as non-Aborigines within Australia. The Aboriginals as well as Torres Island residents have the lowest life expectancy reported within Australia (Ross, 2006, p. 56.) There has been minimal improvement in the mortality rate over the last decades and is currently about 6 to 8 times higher than that of the overall population (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2006). Aboriginal as well as residents of the Torres Strait Island live approximately twenty years less than Australians from non-Indigenous communities (Ross, 2006, p.56).

The privilege afforded to those who live in the top one precent of economic wealth in the world often gives way to societal negligence as the monetary advances of life in the higher class shrouds the truth of the socially and economically disadvantaged minority. Due to Australia’s status as an MEDC allows the deemed poverty line in the country to be far greater than the $1.25 a day average seen elsewhere. This is a result of an urban setting, as the disadvantaged are unable to live subsistent lifestyles, thus requiring provisions to allow for the minimum economic independence to buy their food and other necessities. This therefore leaves this faction of the population to become dispossessed of other needs such as shelter and career opportunities.

This report by Aussie Democracy Now on the lack of access to justice for Aboriginal Australians is made to Senator the Hon. Nigel Scullion, Minister for Indigenous Affairs. Aboriginal Australians are overrepresented in the justice system as both victims and offenders. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the 2016 imprisonment rate of Indigenous people was 2 346 per 100 000 people, while the imprisonment rate for non-Indigenous people was 154 per 100 000. This report covers the difficulties Indigenous people face in accessing legal services due to cross-cultural and language barriers. It also provides recommendations to combat the lack of cultural understanding within the legal profession along with recommendations

I have informed myself with the content of the article and after significant reflection I have considered various perspectives on the issues surrounding the health and well-being of the Aboriginal population. I have had little exposure to Aboriginal media items; however, my current enrollment in the course has empowered my curiosity pertaining to the elements of aboriginal culture and the justification of these people. The article is pro-aboriginal and illuminates discerning evidence that the Aboriginal population has suffered from historical trauma that has influenced the lack of notability in today’s society.

This research is based on the theory of planned behavior, which talks about the employer’s perception towards hiring the disabled workers (Jasper, & Waldhart, 2013). The key variables that will be utilized in this study are the manager’s or employer’s perception and the rate of hiring of disabled employees. In this case, the employer’s perception is the independent variable while the hiring of disabled employees is the dependent variable. From the planned behavior theory, it was evident that employers have a negative attitude towards hiring the disabled individuals and those organizations with a large number of employees are the ones willing to hire the disabled workers. The assumption that was drawn from this theory is that there is a discriminatory perception towards hiring individuals with disabilities in most organizations.