a. In Australia legislation has been put in place to ensure that all people can live and work safely in a socially diverse environment, free from discrimination. Everyone, regardless of race, religious belief, age, gender etc., is given the same opportunities and advantages. Legislation relates to balancing cultural needs and ensuring that not group of people is advantaged at the expense of others.

Make a list of eight areas of legislation that apply in the context of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural safety.

b. Provide eight factors that contribute to Indigenous ill health or to the common diseases experienced by indigenous people and explain how these factors contribute?

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Factors that contribute to Indigenous ill health/common diseases

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How these factors contribute

(This is Early childhood education CHCECE002)