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CLOSE THEGAP
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In Australia
there are over
510,000Indigenous
people
a!ing up
"#5$ o% thetotal
Australian
population
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Soe live on the
&eauti%ul Torres Strait
Islands, others live inreote 'ounities,
'ountr( to)ns or
ur&an 'ities
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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(
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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
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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#
60
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
N o n - I n d i g e n o u s
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
60
I n d
i g e n o u s * o e
n
N o n - I n d i g e n o u s
M e n
N o n - I n d i g e n o u s
W o m e n
65
77
82
I n d
i g e n o u s 0 e n
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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$odia %ang&ades' Indigenous (ust)
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ut su'h a gap has no pla'e in our so'iet(
It 'annot &e tolerated
*e 'annot loo! a)a(
*e have to 'are
*e have to as! )h(
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The reasons are 'ople-#
So'ial, e'onoi' and ph(si'al %a'tors all pla( a role#
6ispossession 6islo'ation 6is'riination
Poor and over'ro)ded housing Poor diet and nutrition
7neplo(ent Liited a''ess to health 'are servi'es8/ ties the rate %or
non9Indigenous people :
Lo) in'oe 8Indigenous Australians earn ;ust 2"$
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:
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<or an(Torres Strait
Islander and
A&original
peoples
the odds are
sta'!ed
against the
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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
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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
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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'
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Together )e are a!ing a di%%eren'e
prooting a 'hange in li%est(le &ehaviours and health to
Close the Gap
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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)
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*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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What can y do to Close the Gap?
Sign the Close the Gap pledge
www.oxfam.org.au/closethegap
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Get 0 f"iends: fami&y: neig'$ou"s tosign a #&ose t'e Gap p&edge)
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