Sentences with phrase «australians life expectation»

Not exact matches

Disappointed exhibitors at last week's Australian Industry Expo 05 were organising a petition as they sought answers from organiser Consolidated Events Australia as to why the Geoff Gallop - endorsed show had failed to live up to expectations.

However, the movie, which stars Australian newcomer Jordana Beatty in the title role, unfortunately doesn't live up to its full potential and expectations, which were created by the successful book series it's based on.

Benchmarks and targets for achieving equality of health status and life expectation should be negotiated, with the full participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and committed to by all Australian governments.

Third, there has been very little progress in reducing this inequality gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians over the past decade, for example in relation to long term measures such as life expectation.

Substantial inequalities exist between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians, particularly in relation to chronic and communicable diseases, infant health, mental health and life expectation.

Under the life expectation estimation formula adopted by the ABS in 2003, [34] Indigenous males» life expectation was estimated to be 59.4 years over 1996 - 2001, while female life expectation was estimated to be 64.8 years: a life expectation inequality gap when compared to the general Australian population of approximately 17 years for the same five year period.

In a submission made to Infrastructure Australia in July 2008, the Steering Committee stated that they believed that an address to infrastructure needs in Indigenous communities falls within that remit, pertaining not only to economic development in those communities, but also to the Australian Government's goal of providing the necessary infrastructure by 2018 to support the achievement of Indigenous health and life expectation equality by 2030, as set out in the Close the Gap National Indigenous Health Equality Statement of Intent.

That the Australian Government establish a monitoring body or mechanism to monitor the activities of the range of government agencies with varying degrees of responsibility for Indigenous health with the primary aim of supporting the Australian Government's target of achieving Indigenous life expectation and health equality by 2030.

I believe that the COAG commitments, the signing of the Close the Gap Statement of Intent and the development of the Indigenous Health Equality Targets mark a watershed in the history of Indigenous health: the moment when we dared to take our dreams of a future in which Indigenous and non - Indigenous Australians stand as equals in terms of health and life expectation and began to turn them into reality; the moment when we said «enough is enough» and began to set in place an ambitious, yet realistic, plan to bring Indigenous health inequality to an end within our lifetimes.

The gap is the big one between the health status and life expectation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

That the commitments made by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) and the Australian Government in relation to the achievement of Indigenous health status and life expectation equality by 2030, as set out in the Close the Gap National Indigenous Health Equality Summit Statement of Intent, inform the findings of the Review, and provide its broader context.

The Social Justice Report 2005 identified a need for fundamental change to our approach if things were to improve, and Indigenous Australians to stand as equals, in terms of health and life expectation, with other Australians.