Australia Institute: Generation Members and Non-Indigenous Australians

australia institute: While the disadvantage gaps between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians are well known, the new study by the Australia Institute of Health and Welfare provides the first detailed insight into the extensive problems endured by the stolen generation, according to Nine News Australia. It found stolen generation members are in much poorer health than other indigenous Australians and are more likely to have been jailed, homeless or unemployed. To improve your experience update it here News National Extent of stolen generation's woes exposed1 00am Aug 15, generation members and their descendants suffer much greater levels of health, social and economic disadvantage than indigenous people who weren't forcibly removed from their families, a study shows. They're also more likely to be relying on government welfare to survive, and experience higher rates of violence and mental health problems. The study was commissioned by the Healing Foundation to uncover the extent of health, economic and social problems the stolen generation suffers as a result of being removed from their families under government policies imposed between 1910 and 1972. The picture is just as grim for their descendants, who are more likely than other indigenous Australians to be in poor health and have experienced greater levels of violence, discrimination and arrest rates. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.