Because we care about our patients… To make sure that no Indigenous Australian misses out on these opportunities to reduce their risks and improve their health, we ask every patient whether they are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Will I be treated differently depending on my answer?
Your Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage is something that is personal to you. You do not need a letter of confirmation to identify as an Indigenous Australian.
Benefits for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community include: Safe, high-quality and culturally appropriate clinical care. Understanding that self-identification is important to enable access to services in response to community health needs.
One Nation NSW has proposed to abolish self-identification and introduce a “new system” relying on DNA ancestry testing with a result requiring a finding of at least 25 per cent "Indigenous" before First Nations identification is accepted.
In NSW Aboriginality determined through the Commonwealth Government definition can be confirmed through a Letter of Confirmation of Aboriginality or a Certificate of Aboriginality.
be a member of a Tribe recognised by the Federal Government. have one-half or more Indian blood of tribes indigenous to the United States, or. must, for some purposes, be of one-fourth or more Indian ancestry.
We do not provide certificates to confirm Aboriginality.
Aboriginal Self-Identification Question process
Any client may self‑identify as being an Aboriginal person, regardless of legal status under the Indian Act. No proof of ancestry or belonging to a band is necessary.
Indigenous Peoples are distinct social and cultural groups that share collective ancestral ties to the lands and natural resources where they live, occupy or from which they have been displaced.
Where the client is a child under 15 years of age, the parent or guardian is asked to declare the client's Indigenous status on their behalf. If the parent or guardian is not available, a close relative, friend or another member of the household accompanying the child should be asked to provide this information.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can get a free health check once a year, as well as free follow-up care if needed. This helps keep people healthy by identifying risks of ill health early to prevent chronic conditions from developing.
'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person' is a term used when referring to a person of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent.
Mitochondrial DNA is a reliable source of genetic information about Aboriginal ancestry, but it can't help at all if your Aboriginal ancestors sit anywhere else in your family tree. That is, it's only useful to track direct from mother to grandmother to great grandmother, and so on.
We have a range of payments and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
For Indigenous Australians, Age Pension: 53%, Total: 53%, JobSeeker Payment: 28%, Youth Allowance (other): 20%, Disability Support Pension: 10%, Youth Allowance (student and apprentice): 1%, Parenting Payment (single): 8%, Carer Payment: 3%, Parenting Payment (partnered): 2%, ABSTUDY (Living Allowance): 2%.
Besides the A$75,000 payment, eligible “Stolen Generations” applicants will also receive a one-off “healing assistance payment” of A$7,000 and an opportunity to tell their story to a senior government official along with “a face-to-face or written apology.”
Assimilationist terms such as 'full-blood,' 'half-caste' and 'quarter-caste' are extremely offensive and should never be used when referring to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Aborigines • native/native Australians • lost (e.g. Lost language, cultures).
'Nation', 'community', 'people', 'mob' or the local language or Page 3 culture group name is usually preferable to 'tribe'. 'Mob' is an Aboriginal English word and as such may be more appropriate, but community acceptance may be required before using this word.
There is no one Aboriginal word that all Aborigines use for Australia; however, today they call Australia, ""Australia"" because that is what it is called today. There are more than 250 aboriginal tribes in Australia. Most of them didn't have a word for ""Australia""; they just named places around them.
There are some amounts don't need to be include as income in your tax return. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and Indigenous holding entities don't need to pay income tax or capital gains tax on native title payments or benefits.
Infrastructure: $316.6 million in 2021-22, including $269.2 million for the Aboriginal Housing Office.
FREE dental care is available for all Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island Adults, children and young people. An Aboriginal Dental Clinic is located in the Aboriginal Community Health Centre at 1 Elaroo Road, La Perouse.
Indigenous Status is a measure of whether a person identifies as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin. This is in accord with the first two of three components of the Commonwealth definition.
Losing Indian Status (Enfranchisement)
The process of losing one's Indian status for citizenship rights was called “enfranchisement.” Initially, any Indians who obtained a university degree and/or became a professional such as a doctor or lawyer would automatically lose their status.