Australia is a first world country with easy access to health care compulsory education housing and support services this is not the case for Aboriginal people living in remote and rural areas people in these communities are denied basic human rights Aboriginal people in rural communities suffer from inadequate healthcare, housing and education leading to high mortality rates, substandard living conditions and poverty.
functionalism considers education as a part of a working organism. Children who gain an education enter adulthood with the competencies to become employed, pay taxes and become healthy, productive functions of society. On the other hand, Aboriginals living in remote areas from a functionalist perspective would be viewed as …show more content…
Today the burden of disease, poor socio- economic and severe disadvantage of aboriginal Australians is a testament to a history of colonisation and its continuation ( Mitchell 2007) policies still push for communities to move from homelands and assimilate to be able to have access to the same health care, education and housing as non-indigenous …show more content…
Amnesty International states With proper services like health, education, water and shelter, people can be healthier and live longer on homelands- but right now the government is stripping funds for essential services from traditional aboriginal homelands. This will effectively force families into larger towns and cities (2014). These groups are advocating for the cuts to be reconsidered as well as questioning why the government stated aboriginal health, education and housing are a priority and then cut funds placing communities at a greater disadvantage. While organisations like these are working with communities to improve their quality of life and consearns and what they are doing is on their websites these issues will only gain an interest from the general public if they are promoted and made aware of through much bigger public platforms there is very little aboriginal representation in marches parliament or on television if more mainstream media attention was focused on the poverty remote and rural areas were suffering this could force the
functionalism considers education as a part of a working organism. Children who gain an education enter adulthood with the competencies to become employed, pay taxes and become healthy, productive functions of society. On the other hand, Aboriginals living in remote areas from a functionalist perspective would be viewed as …show more content…
Today the burden of disease, poor socio- economic and severe disadvantage of aboriginal Australians is a testament to a history of colonisation and its continuation ( Mitchell 2007) policies still push for communities to move from homelands and assimilate to be able to have access to the same health care, education and housing as non-indigenous …show more content…
Amnesty International states With proper services like health, education, water and shelter, people can be healthier and live longer on homelands- but right now the government is stripping funds for essential services from traditional aboriginal homelands. This will effectively force families into larger towns and cities (2014). These groups are advocating for the cuts to be reconsidered as well as questioning why the government stated aboriginal health, education and housing are a priority and then cut funds placing communities at a greater disadvantage. While organisations like these are working with communities to improve their quality of life and consearns and what they are doing is on their websites these issues will only gain an interest from the general public if they are promoted and made aware of through much bigger public platforms there is very little aboriginal representation in marches parliament or on television if more mainstream media attention was focused on the poverty remote and rural areas were suffering this could force the