Australia is an amazing country, with a rich artistic, musical, and spiritual heritage. The traditions set forth by Australians are some of the oldest and strongest traditions known in history. In the late 1700’s the Australian population experienced a growth, as did their economy with the colonization of Europeans. Many Indigenous Australians were greatly affected by introduction of diseases and conflict, conflict that steamed from Europeans taking the Indigenous Australians land. As time passes so did the conflict the gold rush, and agricultural industries brought hope, money, and a new way of life for many. But in the 21st century the issues that continue to face Australians are Education, a poor Health Care system, Marriage …show more content…
Studies also show that in order to alleviate the gap between rich and poor, the Australian government needs to create a better solution to reduce poverty and unemployment rates. Many labor forces in Australia have described the cycle between joblessness and low-quality employment as one of the leading cause of cyclical unemployment, cost-push inflation, and income inequality. With a population of over 24 million Australians, it should surprise us that with just nine of the wealthiest individuals combined have a net worth that is equivalent to the bottom 20 per cent of the income workforce. Unemployment is a major socio-economic problem especially among ethnic and racial minority groups in Australia; structural unemployment contributes to the increase of youth unemployment and furthers the belief set forth by the class system of role satisfaction. As unemployment rates continue to rise, so has crime and deviancy among the underclass. A criminologist by the name of R. Eckersley established a direct link between the rise in crime and unemployment, his “ 'research in Australia and overseas has linked unemployment to mental and physical ill-health, suicide, drugs and crime ' (Eckersley 1988:27).” We see the link between relative deprivation and social disorganization and the influence it had on crime and deviancy, seldom do we consider exactly how much of an effect crime has on our social environmental, and public health. But as we’ve learned that through