Study guide: Diversity in Australia

📋 Course Outline

1. Australian Diversity Principles
2. Marginalised Groups and Support

📖 1. Australian Diversity Principles

★ Must-know

📌 Australia respects an individual's right to self-identification and recognises that no one person is intrinsically superior to another.

Further detail

• The diversity facts presented in the course are taken from Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census Data. — ABS

💡 Memory Hook

Self-identification is respected; no person is intrinsically superior.

📖 2. Marginalised Groups and Support

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Marginalised groups: groups of people that do not have the same access to rights, resources and opportunities as the rest of the population
• Protective factors: attributes or conditions that give people resilience and protect them from negative impacts such as stress and risks from discrimination

★ Must-know

📌 Workers should provide people from marginalised groups with the same opportunities and support given to all Australians while learning about their particular needs and backgrounds.

• Discrimination against marginalised groups can produce social exclusion, leaving people out or marginalising them.

Further detail

• A safe and comfortable environment, such as a church, mosque or time spent with family, is an example of a protective factor.

• A person who has experienced discrimination in a medical setting because they are homosexual may avoid seeking necessary medical attention.

💡 Memory Hook

Discrimination → social exclusion → reduced access and altered responses to services.