Causality: links between equality and human rights, health and education

Inequality: variations in human rights within countries

Who are the ATSI?

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Avg life expectancy ~10 yrs lower than non-indigenous Australians
- 70 yrs compared to 80 yrs
Have AUS's highest levels of drug and alcohol abuse, and homelessness
Seeing their traditional lifestyles disappearing

How have the ATSI been discriminated against?

ATSI Inequality Indicators

By 2011, 54% ATSIs aged 20-24 achieved Australian equivalent of A-levels

Health Issues

2016 report by HealthInfoNet, an NGO, found that ATSIs often lack:
- Good (or any) employment opportunities
- Safety
- Access to decent education
- Connections to family and friends
- Enough money to get by on a day-to-day basis
'Closing the Gap' initiative
- 2005-2012: life expectancy gap for ATSI men closed by 0.8 yrs, closed by 1 yrs for ATSI women
- 1998-2012: death rates from circulatory diseases reduced by 45%, death rates from respiratory diseases reduced by 27%
- 2008-2012: death rates from all avoidable causes 3x higher than non-ATSIs
- 1998-2012: ATSI infant mortality reduced by 64%

Education Issues

20% compulsory school-age ATSI children not enrolled
- Many ATSI children enrolled do not attend regularly
- ATSI parents suspicious of official institutions so refuse to enroll their children
78% ATSI children chieved required literacy standards at age of 8
- Compared to 95% non-ATSI children
- In Northern Territory, 42% ATSI children reached required literacy standard

How is the Prime Minister attempting to promote anti-racism and equal rights?

	Created by Wesley Spearman over 6 years ago

A level Geography (Health, Human Rights and Intervention) Note on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Discrimination in Australia, created by Wesley Spearman on 22/04/2018.