Powerpoint 2 the Facts Exposed

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In Australia

there are over

510,000Indigenous

people

a!ing up

"#5$ o% thetotal

Australian

population



Soe live on the

&eauti%ul Torres Strait

Islands, others live inreote 'ounities,

'ountr( to)ns or

ur&an 'ities



Together )e share a 'oon huanit(

*e are all 'reated e+uall(

ut our opportunities in li%e and our levels o%

disadvantage var( greatl(



One o% us is

e-pe'ted to live 1.(ears longer than

the other

One o% us is / ties ore

li!el( to have dia&etes

One o% us is 10 ties ore li!el( to &ediagnosed )ith !idne( disease

Toda(

ne of us is

Indigenous and one

is not



A huge gap e-ists &et)een the li%e e-pe'tan'(and health o% those )ho are Indigenous and

those )ho are not#

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I n d i g e n o u s M e n

I n d

i g e n o u s W o m e n

N o n - I n d i g e n o u s

M e n


W o m e n

65

77

82

Life Expectancy Gap !7 yea"s

Toda(

I n d i g e n o u s M e n

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I n d

i g e n o u s * o e

n


M e n


W o m e n

65

77

82

I n d

i g e n o u s 0 e n



Li%e e-pe'tan'( rate %or Indigenous Australians are alaringl(

siilar to those in a nu&er o% developing 'ountries

Average Li%eCountr( E-pe'tan'(

Ca&odia 5 angladesh and Pa!istan 21 Indigenous Australia 2" olivia and hutan 2/ India 23 Indonesia 2. 4ietna, Soloon Islands, 4anuatu 2

#am$odia %ang&ades' Indigenous (ust)



ut su'h a gap has no pla'e in our so'iet(

It 'annot &e tolerated

*e 'annot loo! a)a(

*e have to 'are

*e have to as! )h(



The reasons are 'ople-#

So'ial, e'onoi' and ph(si'al %a'tors all pla( a role#

6ispossession 6islo'ation 6is'riination

Poor and over'ro)ded housing Poor diet and nutrition

7neplo(ent Liited a''ess to health 'are servi'es8/ ties the rate %or

non9Indigenous people :

Lo) in'oe 8Indigenous Australians earn ;ust 2"$

o% the in'oe o% non9Indigenous people:#

W'y is t'e"e a gap*

These all lead to the Gap

La'! o% edu'ation 8In

"002, "1 $ o% 15 (ear old

Indigenous people )ere not

parti'ipating in s'hool

edu'ation:



<or an(Torres Strait

Islander and

A&original

peoples

the odds are

sta'!ed

against the



Epo)erent

Servi'es and resour'es

Opportunities

Edu'ation and training

=e'ognition and respe't

*or!ing in partnership

E+ualit(

Ho) can +e #&ose t'e Gap*

*e have the resour'es and !no)ledge to 'lose the gap



In the reote >i&erle( region

o%

*estern Australia, Caritas Australia

is )or!ing )ith the 6ia&etes

anageent Progra on the

prevention,

management,

treatment

and care of diabetes



The lo'al people are ta!ing 'ontrol o% their o)n health#

6ia&etes in these 'ounities is de'reasing?

,a"enta&

Ino&ement

.c'oo& fitness

and 'ea&t' p"og"ams

,"oision of

'ea&t'y

$"ea/fasts

#oo/ing c&asses using &oca& and t"aditiona& foods

ia$etes

education

1"aining of

community&eade"s to "un

t'e p"og"am

Nut"ition education

.'ops a"e c&ea"&y identifying 'ea&t'y

food +it' co&ou"ed stic/e"s

Success is $eing ac'ieed t'"oug'



Together )e are a!ing a di%%eren'e

prooting a 'hange in li%est(le &ehaviours and health to

Close the Gap



Together , +e a"e moing fo"+a"d

e 'as p"omised t'at Indigenous peop&e +i&& get 'ea&t' se"ices

e3ua& to t'ose of t'e "est of t'e popu&ation +it'in !0 yea"s)

But

We can do mo"e 4) +e need 'e&p)

,"ime Ministe" M") ein udd 'as p"omised to c&ose t'e

!7-yea" &ife expectancy gap $et+een indigenous and

non-indigenous (ust"a&ians $y 200)

No+ +e need to ensu"e t'at t'e

goe"nment /eeps its p"omise)





*hat is t'e #&ose t'e Gap #ampaign*

1'e #&ose t'e Gap campaign is ca&&ing on (ust"a&iangoe"nments to ta/e action to ac'iee 'ea&t' e3ua&ity fo"

Indigenous (ust"a&ians +it'in 25 yea"s $y

( &ong-te"m inestment in Indigenous 'ea&t'9

inestment in financia& and 'uman "esou"ces

Inc"easing Indigenous cont"o& and pa"ticipation in t'e de&ie"y of 'ea&t'

se"ices to ensu"e t'at peop&e a"e actie pa"tne"s in t'ei" o+n 'ea&t'

(dd"essing c"itica& socia& issues suc' as 'ousing: education

and se&f-dete"mination +'ic' cont"i$ute to t'e Indigenous 'ea&t' c"isis



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