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Improving digital access to services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples
Dr Peter Radoll Faculty of Business, Government and Law
University of Canberra [email protected]
@peterradoll
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The Internet is a communication tool that will give Indigenous communities the chance to not only tap into a vast accumulation of knowledge and experience from around the world, but to reaffirm, record and share their own history, stories and Culture.
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Some benefits of using ICTs • Lower transaction costs • Scheduling of appointments • Access to Health and Education – information and engagement • Better Civic Engagement – Gov. 2.0 • More informed – eg. Recognise Movement • Better income / Better Job • Maintain contact with Family and Friends • Emotional and Social Wellbeing
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National Statistics – Age of Population (ABS 2006 Census)
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• There were 548,400 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people counted in the 2011 Census. This represented a 21% (93,300) increase since the 2006 Census - almost double the rate of increase between the 2001 and 2006 Censuses (11% or 45,000). (ABS)
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Change in the Indigenous Population 2006 - 2011
Change 2006-2011
2006 2011 Number Percentage
New South Wales 138 506 172 622 34 116 24.6
Victoria 30 143 37 991 7 848 26
Queensland 127 580 155 826 28 246 22.1
South Australia 25 556 30 433 4 877 19.1
Western Australia 58 710 69 666 10 956 18.7
Tasmania 16 768 19 627 2 859 17.1
Northern Territory 53 663 56 777 3 114 5.8
Australian Capital Territory 3 873 5 185 1 312 33.9
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National Statistics – Highest School Qualification (ABS 2006 Census)
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National Statistics – non-School Qualifications (ABS 2006 Census)
Postgraduate
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National Statistics (ABS 2006 Census)
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National Statistics (ABS 2006 Census) Indigenous Households larger in number of incomes
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So what do we know
• 55% are younger than 25 • Don’t have a strong education background • 17% Unemployment • Not financially well off
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Challenge
Research demonstrates that to be connected you have to have: - A good income - Have a need to use ICTs - Have family and friends with ICTs – network effect - Have used ICTs in education or at work - Cyber Security - IP
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Remember
• iPhone – 2007, 3GS – 2009 • Android – 2008, 3G – 2009 • Facebook – Public in 2006 • Twitter – 2006 • Google+ – 2012
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How connected are we Nationally?
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Household type of connection to internet
• 2006 • 2011
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• Education and Employment are the key drivers of Individual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander household Internet adoption.
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• ABS Census 2006 and 2011 • Radoll, P (2010). Stone Chips to Silicon Chips: A Grounded Theory of Information and
Communication Technology adoption in Australian Indigenous households—rural, urban and remote. https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/8371/1/02whole_Radoll.pdf
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