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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health — Current Policy Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

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This article addresses Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health problems and critically investigates current government policies which are attempting to raise the health standards of these Indigenous people. Particular emphasis will be placed on the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, which, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics census in 1986, stood at just over 61,000 or 2.4 per cent of the State's population.

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Section C: Research
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , July 1998 , pp. 18 - 24
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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