Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders suffering disadvantage in Australia. The issues faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are significant in the Australian legal system, and include problems arising from evidence laws, criminal proceedings and bail laws. To begin with, the issue of evidence laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders has been addressed through legal mechanisms. Particularly, maintaining secrecy when taking evidence from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander causes considerable
SEXUAL HEALTH AMONGST INDIGINOUS AUSTRALIANS In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience sexual health inequalities when compared to the rest of the population. They are over-represented in notifications of sexually transmissible infections and viral hepatitis (Kirby Institute 2013) and have higher rates of teenage pregnancy (Li, Hilder and Sullivan, 2012). Sexual health according to WHO (2002) is not limited to absence of disease and dysfunction, it also refers to a state
life from the client’s perspective. It is an important consideration in promoting client centred approaches (Arnold & Boggs, 2011). The aim of this essay is to understand and analyse issues face by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders regarding their health. In addition, from the case study of Mr Drover, holistic and cultural health needs will
Commerce Year 10 legal studies Topic 1: Incarceration Donovan (2010) states that “Indigenous Australians are 13 times more likely to end up in jail than the rest of the population”. Currently, merely 3% of the total Australian population is Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islanders. On the other hand, they are greatly overrepresented in the criminal justice system of Australia as more than 28% of the prisoners around Australia are Aboriginal. The incarceration rates are dangerously high for they
governments believed it was sufficient to put aside or reserve land for Aboriginal people. Aboriginal people had little or no rights while living on this Crown land. However, through the cases of Mabo, Native Title and Wik Indigenous Australians are redeveloping links with the
Assessment Task Question 1 Explain the terms “health” and “wellness” The Oxford Dictionary defines health as “ The state of being free from illness or injury”. The WHO defines health as “ a state of complete, physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO 1978). Many factors can influence the “health” of a person or community. These factors may include but are not limited to, physical, psychological, social and cultural. Wellness can be
responsibility as it has played a valuable role in helping the aboriginals and also the community in general through its charity works and its awareness programs. While over the years they have been criticized for various reasons and also have court cases against them, it shouldn’t take away the impact they have had in the helping the community as a whole as well as how they have used its position as one the oldest and best airlines to raise awareness for people around the world about Australia’s rich
more desirable and losses in tourist satisfaction from increasingly recurrent coral bleaching events. Using economic representations of global tourism, recent studies have predicted that tourism preferences changing because of climate change could result in a significant loss of tourism revenues in the Maldives of over 30% by 2100. Present studies have shown coral bleaching events may limit tourism related to diving, fishing, and other interests connected to coral health. Climate change adaptation is