Closing the Gap Social Policy

Running head: CLOSING THE GAP SOCIAL POLICY
Closing the Gap Social Policy
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Issues, issue driver and values of Closing the Gap social policy
There were various kinds of issues that created the way for the emergence of Closing
the Gap social policy within Australia. Child mortality rate was high among the indigenous
Australians that led to the birth of the social policy within Australia. It was found that the
indigenous children who were four year old did not enrol themselves in that of early
childhood education that gave rise to the policy. It has been found that since that of target
baseline that was set in the year 2008 the child mortality rate of the indigenous population
have undergone decline by that of 10 %. It was found that twice number of that of low birth
weight babies were born to that of the indigenous women as compared to that of the non-
indigenous women (Smith, Crawford and Signal 2016). It hence points out to the fact that
closing the element of the life expectancy that is to be achieved by the end of the year 2031 is
not working along the right lines (Pmc.gov.au 2019). The school attendance rate of the
indigenous children have not undergone any kind of improvement which gave birth to that of
Closing the Gap social policy of Australia. It has been found that attendance rate of the
indigenous students have not been able to improve in between the years 2014 and that of
2018. The life expectancy of the indigenous children at birth was low when compared to that
of the non-indigenous children that increased the necessity of the social policy within
Australia.
The key issue that increased the need of the policy was that the indigenous
Australians were left at a disadvantage and hence some kind of the policy had to be
discovered (Hunter and Yap 2018). The social policy was aimed at building the strength
along with resilience of the Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islander people. It can help in
bringing about change in the society that can pave the path for the improved outcomes with
the Aboriginal families along with the communities. It was aimed at improving the
educational achievement along with the employment outcome of the indigenous Australians

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(Carson and Kerr 2017). There are disturbing indicators that point out the fact that there exist
health crisis pertaining to the indigenous population. The indigenous Australians had been
suffering from the high rate of the chronic diseases like the renal failure along with cardio-
vascular diseases. The policy wants to reduce the gap in relation to the employment that is to
achieved by the year 2018 but that is not working in the right direction.
The main driver that gave birth to policy was that there was increased prevalence of
that of the substance abuse along with the alcohol that gave birth to that of Closing the Gap
social policy in Australia. Issue driver of Closing the Gap policy was the increased use of the
tobacco among that of the indigenous population of Australia. Health status of the indigenous
people of Australia was worsening and this caused the birth of that of Closing the Gap social
policy of Australia. The issue driver was that there was gap pertaining to health infrastructure
that was deteriorating the health of the indigenous Australians (Abc.net.au 2019). The
housing of the indigenous people in Australia was causing them to suffer from various kinds
of illness. They had to live in the dismal condition that acted as driver of that of Closing the
Gap social policy of Australia. It was found that 5.5 % of that of the indigenous households
had been living in the overcrowded conditions that gave birth to that of Closing the Gap
social policy of Australia. There were various kinds of social factors like income along with
education that were the driver of that of social policy in Australia. The indigenous
Australians had been reeling under poverty and this led to that of Closing the Gap social
policy within Australia. The gap was widening in between the indigenous and the non-
indigenous population of Australia and this increased need of the birth of that of Closing the
Gap social policy. The health infrastructure was dismal among the indigenous Australians
that increased the need of some kind of social policy in Australia.
There were various kinds of values, beliefs along with the assumptions pertaining to
Closing the Gap policy in Australia. The value in relation to the policy was that it can help in