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Reconciliation Week 2007
Close
the gap: demand
Indigenous
health
equality
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The QUT Equity Section, in conjunction with Oxfam Australia, held a forum on Tuesday May 29 at the KG Amphitheatre to discuss current issues in Indigenous Health and strategies to address these issues.
Key Speakers below: Senator Andrew Bartlett , Member of the Australian Democrats; Ann Matson , Oxfam Australia ; Dr Steve Hambleton , Member of the AMA’s National Indigenous Taskforce |
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Did you know that -
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infant mortality is three times the rate of non-Indigenous Australian infants.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders still live 17 years less than non-Indigenous Australians
- an Indigenous baby born in Australia is statistically more likely to have a shorter life than a child born in remote rural Bangladesh or Nigeria
- Research from the USA, New Zealand and Canada shows that the mortality rates of Indigenous peoples can be reduced by 30 per cent in tens years or less with adequate funding for services such as primary health care
Take action!
Sign the urgent petition below to tell our politicians to fix this preventable crisis, and commit to achieving Indigenous health equality within a generation. There are a number of petitions you can sign and information on ways to get involved
Get Up! http://www.getup.org.au/campaign.asp?campaign_id=79
Oxfam http://www.oxfam.org.au/campaigns/
ANTAR http://www.antar.org.au/action/current_actions/
Fact sheets
1967 Referendum
2007 is the 40th anniversary since the 1967 Referendum. What is the significance of the 1967 referendum? What rights did Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have prior to 1967?
Bring them Home - stolen generations
Who are the stolen generations and what has been the impact of government policy since European occupation? Find out how the Bringing them Home report highlighted the issue of stolen generations and how much still needs to be done.
Stolen wages
Since the early 1900s up until the late 1980s the Queensland Government's policy of state control over Aboriginal people saw them paid only 66% white wages and these monies were held 'in trust'. Where is the money now?
Oodgeroo Noonuccal - fighting for Indigenous rights
Oodgeroo Noonuccal is an important figure in Australia and whose name QUT has a proud association with. Find out about the Inaugural Oodgeroo Noonuccal Public Lecture on 1 June, 2007.
Useful links
www.reconciliation.org.au
www.reconcile.org.au
www.antar.org.au
www.antarqld.gov.au
www.nsdc.org.au
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