What’s involved?
While most women in Australia can expect to live to an average age of 82 years, an Indigenous Australian woman can expect to live to only 64.8 years. The situation is even worse for Indigenous men whose life expectancy is only 59.4 years.
From injury, to road trauma, to diabetes, to cancer, to respiratory disease and infant mortality, Indigenous health lags behind that of most Australians and is often comparable to that of the world's poorest nations including Mozambique and Bangladesh.
Oxfam Australia is part of a major national campaign being run by Indigenous and non-Indigenous groups to do something about this. We're calling on political leaders at federal and state level to commit to a plan to remove this inequality within 25 years - we need as many people involved as possible to show people care about this issue.
Find out more, sign the petition, write a letter.
If you'd like to get involved in events and campaign activities email terrencer@oxfam.org.au or subscribe to our newsletter.
Why should people do this?
It is a national scandal that the life expectancy for Indigenous Australians is almost two decades less than the general Australian population.
I want to do this!
