General Wellbeing
Define wellbeing.
The quality of life experienced by people individually and collectively
The standard measured by levels of contentedness.
Happiness
3.8% of this is Indigenous.
Total Australian population
True or False: Emergency accomodation is a permanent solution to homelessness.
False.
What is the title for WHO?
The World Health Organisation
The only GOLD standard Australian city according to the Happy City Index.
Brisbane
What is the percentage allocated to Education by the EIU Index?
10%
True or false: Indigenous Australians have significantly higher ratios of persecution and incarceration.
True
What is the primary causing factor leading to homelessness in Australia?
Domestic Violence.
The organisation best known for combating poverty globally and providing aid for underprivileged communities.
Oxfam
Which state has Australia's happiest suburb?
Victoria (Nillumbik)
The Global Liveability Standard linked with the safety and threat of terror in an area.
Stability
SURPRISE FREEBIE!! Who is the best teacher at Xavier?
Miss McSweeney
Which organisation states, "In 2023, through our 88 homelessness and housing services, we supported 32,928 people in need to thrive."
Mission Australia
The independent organisation that determines the annual Global Liveability Index.
Double points available for knowing the full title.
EIU - Economist Intelligence Unit
The term for inequalities generated based on where people live.
Spatial variations
Describe one challenge to wellbeing and a solution that currently exists in Australia.
According to the National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy (NASCA), over 17,000 Indigenous young people are supported in what?
Education and community involvement.
What percentage of the Australian homeless demographic are living on the streets?
6%
Minimum global standards of human rights were established by this organisation in 1948.
United Nations.
St Vincent De Paul act as advocates for individuals experiencing challenges to wellbeing. List at least 3 challenges people may experience.
Housing insecurity, impacts to mental and emotional health, low income and employment insecurity, physical health and safety such as domestic violence, limited accessibility and proximity to adequate resources.
List at least 3 factors measured by the Happy City Index
Citizens, Governance, Economy, Environment, and Mobility & Health
Which state or territory has the highest population ratio of Indigenous Australians?
Double points for getting the percentage.
Northern Territory (30.8%)
This Australian NGO helps 2,180 people to find housing, and supports 1,360 people at risk of becoming homeless through providing meals, affordable housing programs, education support, building life skills and providing financial advice and assistance for low income earners.
The Red Cross.
The organisation working in collaboration with the Commonwealth government and the Coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peak Organisations.