australia day

australia day, originally uploaded by omnia.

i hope on australia day tomorrow, the situation of indigenous australians isn't forgotten

More than half the australian aboriginal male population and 40% of females die before reaching the age of 50

Comprising just 2% of the population, they make up an estimated 12% of the homeless, 19% of the prison population, 31% of people living in “improvised dwellings", 41% of child abuse and neglect cases and 50% of inhabitants of dwellings with 10 or more people.

The imprisonment rate for adults is 14 times higher than it is for the non-Indigenous population, while the unemployment rate is nearly three times higher, around 23%, compared to 8% in the general population.

www.wsws.org/articles/1999/aug1999/abor-a14.shtml