Sentences with phrase «indigenous youth population»

This ratio varies between state and territories depending on size of Indigenous youth population.

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She said she doesn't want any groups of students or young workers unintentionally left behind by whatever changes the Liberals ultimately decide upon, but suggested that future changes would look to target vulnerable populations like indigenous youth and new immigrants, who have a harder time accessing the job market.

The unemployment rate for Indigenous people over the age of 30 is higher than the unemployment rate for the total youth population.

This work has documented sound evidence for high rates of cannabis use in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.18, 22 — 25, 30, 43 However, it is increasingly recognised that the issues so far documented may also have appeared in peri-urban populations of Indigenous youth.

The primary healthcare service provides for a population of 764 Indigenous Australians aged 10 — 24 years, which represents 28.5 % of a total of 2677 Indigenous persons in the local population.34 The community - based youth service serves a population of approximately 4338 Indigenous young people aged 10 — 24 years, which represents 30.1 % of a total of 14 391 Indigenous persons in the local population.34 The client base of both services includes a significant number of young people who move between the regional centre and the remote and very remote communities of far north Queensland.

Indigenous youth are already over-represented in the prison population; the budget changes, which include cuts to Aboriginal Legal Services, can only exacerbate this.

Given that a significant characteristic of the Indigenous population is youth, and considering the challenges that face Indigenous young people it is imperative that innovative solutions be sought to address the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the Australian criminal justice system.