RIGHTS AND

FREEDOMS
YEAR 10

Aboriginal & TSI Peoples

Land

History

Spiritualit
y

Communi
ty

Culture
and
tradition

ACCE
SS
Health Care

Social Attitudes
Education

The Gap

Access
Aboriginal &
TSI Peoples

NonAboriginal &
TSI Peoples

INDIGENOUS RIGHTS TO
HEALTH
STATISTICS:
Aboriginal health standards in Australia are
now so low that almost half of Aboriginal
men and over a third of women die before
they turn 45.
Aboriginal life expectancy is more than 10
years below that of the average nonAboriginal Australian.

Source:http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/health/aboriginal-life-expectancy#ixzz489iTBSMO

I always say that

when we lose an old
person, we lose a
library language and
culture.

Lola Forester, Aboriginal radio

presenter

2008 National Indigenous Reforms

Agreement
They are to:
close the gap in life expectancy within a generation (by
2031);
halve the gap in mortality rates for Indigenous children
under five by 2018;
ensure access to early childhood education for all
Indigenous four year olds in remote communities by 2013;
halve the gap in reading, writing and numeracy
achievements for children by 2018;
halve the gap for Indigenous students in Year 12 (or
equivalent) attainment rates by 2020; and
halve the gap in employment outcomes between
Indigenous and other Australians by 2018.

WHY?
Causes for a low life expectancy include:

poverty,
poor health and nutrition - Research found that about
80% of the life expectancy difference is due to
preventable chronic conditions, such as type 2
diabetes and cardiovascular disease,
poor housing,
dispossession of their traditional lands,
low education level,
high unemployment,
hiddenracism, and
inability of politicians to address Aboriginal problems.
Source:http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/health/aboriginal-life-expectancy#ixzz489imdFGC

CLOSING THE GAP

Campaign for Indigenous health
equality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
1tZaTf21D64

Why do
Indigenous people
face health issues
in Australia?

What does this say about their rights and freedoms?

INDIGENOUS RIGHTS TO
EDUCATION
STATISTICS:
In 1994, 5% of Indigenous people aged 15
and over reported that they had never
attended school and 71% who were no
longer attending school had left before
completing Year 12. A further 17% had
obtained a post-school qualification.
ABS.
24% of people in remote
communities have a school that
goes up only to Year 12. 29%
have a school up to year 10

1642 - Number of Aboriginal

students enrolled in preschool
in 2014; same figure for 1999.

67% of Year 10 Aboriginal

students in Queensland who go
on to complete Year 12,
compared to 83% among nonAboriginal children [4].

AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS

COMMISSION (AHRC)
RIGHTS TO EDUCATION
The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the
right of everyone to education. They agree that education
shall be directed to the full development of the human
personality and the sense of its dignity, and shall
strengthen the respect for human rights and fundamental
freedoms. They further agree that education shall enable
all persons to participate effectively in a free society,
promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among
all nations and all racial, ethnic or religious groups, and
further the activities of the United Nations for the
maintenance of peace.

INDIGENOUS RIGHTS TO
EDUCATION
STATISTICS:

Why ?
Barriers include inappropriate
teaching materials and a lack of
Aboriginal role models.
Aboriginal education requires
connection to communities and
informed parents.
Source:http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/education/barriers-to-aboriginal-education#ixzz48IJei0HJ

Why ?
Poverty.Because parents cannot afford
health services students have poorer
health than their peers. Hearing loss is
one consequence with all its side effects
which affect learning.

Connection to their
communities.Many
Aboriginal people like to
reside in their own
communities and will not
leave them for skills
training.

Lack of infrastructure:Analysis showed

that for every dollar spent by the
government on education of a child in
the Northern Territory, just 47 cents was
spent educating a child in a remote
community (Wadeye).

Uneducated parents.Native
Welfare took Aboriginal
children away up until the late
1970s. Aboriginal parents
where one parent was white
were in constant fear that if
they sent their children to
school they would never see
them again.

Rights to Education
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=paDvEOC
SCpw

Why do
Indigenous
students face
issues in
Australia?

What does this say about their rights and freedoms?

Indigenous people and Social

Attitudes
Stereotype: A widely held but fixed
and oversimplified image or idea of a
particular type of person or thing.

Why is this not OK?

Stereotypes towards Aboriginal

Peoples

areprimitiveand nomadic,
lack complex lawsand social organisation,
aredrunks,
areviolent,
live in theoutback,
areun-educatedno hopers,
are involved in too muchcrime,
receive too much fromwelfare,
get morethan the whites,
eat the wrong foods(white sugar, flour, McDonalds, etc.),
dont have areligion, have sinned and need to pray for forgiveness,
dont use thelandthey get for free,
gettreated too lenientlyby police and courts,
do not want to work andare lazy,
must fit the image of adark-skinned, wide-nosed person (i.e. a full-blood),
live atraditionaltribal/ancient lifestyle,
are not really attached to their land because theylive on the fringeof towns and cities,
are likeleechesand drain away each others resources,
are problems(the Aboriginal problem) and Aboriginal people have problems.

Source:http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/people/stereotypes-prejudice-of-aboriginal-australia#ixzz48IYz7VA4

HOW DO YOU
THINK
STEREOTYPES
MAKE PEOPLE
FEEL or ACT?

What does this say about their rights and freedoms?

BREAKING STEREOTYPES
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSNvfk0zF
Nc

LETTER TO THE PM!

BE PERSUASIVE!

TASK: Write a short letter (half a page) to the

Prime Minister about ONE of the challenges
that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Peoples face.
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EXPLAIN THE CHALLENGE

PROVIDE EVIDANCE
EXPLAIN THE EFFECT
WHAT CHANGES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE
AND WHY?