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Rolling Stone music magazine featuring famous Australian artists from Rolling Stone Australia, 2020

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The most traditional music of Australia would be Indigenous music, with the characteristic sounds of a didgeridoo, however, when thinking of modern, popular Australian culture, there are many artists and bands that have made our country proud on the global stage. We have produced and enjoyed a wide range of musicians over the years, ranging from ‘rock’, ‘pop, ‘electronic’ and ‘hip hop’. Here are some you may know:
- INXS
- AC/DC
- Cold Chisel
- Kylie Minogue
- Olivia Newton John
- Sia
- Flume
- Tame Impala
- Midnight Oil
- John Farnham
- Crowded House
- Tina Arena
- Hilltop Hoods

Rolling Stone Australia. (2020). Rolling Stone’s 50 Greatest Australian artists of all time. https://au.rollingstone.com/50-greatest-australian-artists

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Iconic Cancer Council campaign ‘Slip, Slop, Slap’ image from Chang, 2022

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“Thongs”, singlets, shorts are all staples of the Australian uniform to avoid the melting summer heat, but it means that we are often exposed to the harsh sun. Australians are raised hearing the health campaign ‘Slip, Slop, Slap’ and ‘No Hat, No Play, No School Today’. So, while we dress sparsely to help the heat, we are ingrained with sun-safety to compensate from a young age.

Chang, C. (2022). Iconic aussie phrase most people can’t finish – so can you? https://www.news.com.au/national/iconic-aussie-phrase-most-people-cant-finish-so-can-you/news-story/fe1e7164627aadcc2967942fb11d6220

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Principle health issues of Egyptian refugees

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Principle health issues of Egyptian refugees

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Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. (2023). General statement for drugs for the treatment of hepatitis C. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. https://www.pbs.gov.au/info/healthpro/explanatory-notes/general-statement-hep-c

Davis, J. S., Phillips, C., & Clifford, V. (n.d.). Schistosomiasis. https://refugeehealthguide.org.au/schistosomiasis/

Maclachlan, J., Cowie, B., Isaacs, D., & Davis, J. S. (n.d.). Hepatitis C. https://refugeehealthguide.org.au/hepatitis-c/

Phillips, C., & Francis, J. (n.d.). Malaria. https://refugeehealthguide.org.au/malaria/

World Health Organization. (2023). Hepatitis C. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hepatitis-c#:~:text=Hepatitis%20C%20is%20an%20inflammation,including%20liver%20cirrhosis%20and%20cancer.

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AMES Australia. (n.d.) Accommodation Services. https://www.ames.net.au/settle-in-aus/accommodation-services

Blackford, K., Crawford, G., McCausland, K., & Zhao, Y. (2023). Describing homelessness risk among people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Western Australia: A cluster analysis approach. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.704

Rezaei, O., Adibi, H., & Banham, V. (2023). Integration Challenges of Immigrants from Non-English-Speaking Backgrounds in Australia: A Critical Review from 1975 to 2021. Diaspora Studies, 16(1), 1-31. doi:https://doi.org/10.1163/09763457-bja10024

Sisters of Charity Foundation. (n.d.) Asylum seekers housing program & support. https://sistersofcharityfoundation.org.au/how-we-help/asylum-seekers-housing-program/#:~:text=The%20Asylum%20Seekers%20Centre%20provides,education%2C%20nutrition%20and%20social%20support

SSI. (n.d.) Humanitarian settlement program (HSP). https://www.ssi.org.au/our-services/settlement/humanitarian-settlement-program-hsp/?gad=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw9rSoBhCiARIsAFOiplnpBBH4G26cTEU8vTxfGN6Aru6mFNC9Q5G1nDf-I_7AaRmjQw04QR8aAvf4EALw_wcB

World Health Organization. (n.d.). Social Determinants of Health. https://www.who.int/health-topics/social-determinants-of-health#tab=tab_1

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Domain 7 of the Culturally Responsive Clinical Practice standards framework highlights not only the necessity of nurses, clinicians or any health care provider, to be culturally safe, but also take the time and initiative to understand and recognise external influences that impact the way our patients, especially multicultural patients, experience the healthcare system. Competency 12.1 encompasses key aspects of ‘cultural safety’ such as self-reflection of psychosociocultural influences that may affect your patients experience (Working Group of the Migrant and Refugee Women’s Health Partnership, 2019). It goes further than in 12.2, to invoke care providers to recognise the more underlying, systemic biases that play a role in accessing and experiencing health care as a multicultural patient (Working Group of the Migrant and Refugee Women’s Health Partnership, 2019). As a highly privileged, Caucasian Australian from suburban Perth, I often forget how factors such as resource allocation and institutional policies have real world effects for people of a less fortunate position. Understanding that being able to travel to see the only Specialist on one specific day all year in a rural setting is just not possible for many people and I believe learning these things and keeping my mind as open to these influences will enable me to provide better, more personal and less judgemental care to future patients. As per framework standard 12.3, I will always try my hardest to provide individual care that incorporates not only the patient but their family and community, to listen to them and take in as much of their background and culture so that to better equip me to provide care in a way that is appropriate for them specifically. This includes always thinking to include a translator as often/promptly as possible and learning some of the language of my patient if possible. Medical jargon is hard enough to understand let alone in a foreign language. I believe these simple steps really will improve health outcomes for multicultural patients.

Working Group of the Migrant and Refugee Women’s Health Partnership. (2019). Culturally Responsive Clinical Practice: Working with People from Migrant and Refugee Backgrounds: Competency Standards Framework for Clinicians January 2019. Migrant and Refugee Women's Health Partnership. https://culturaldiversityhealth.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Culturally-responsive-clinical-practice-Working-with-people-from-migrant-and-refugee-backgrounds-Jan2019.pdf

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Image of "Pink Piggy” aka Pigface aka Karkalla and cited at Green Olive at Red Hill, 2019

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The Pigface plant can be found in the Australian Bush Food Garden at Green Olive at Red Hill, where the image was sourced from (Green Olive at Red Hill, 2019). I could not find many referenced sources but I have a vivid memory from around age 8, my primary school ran an Indigenous education session with a local Aboriginal educator and they taught us about “Pink Piggy” as they called it then. I have since learned that the flowers, fruit and leaves are edible but distinctly remember learning that the oozing, viscous fluid inside the leaves has anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that meant Aboriginal people had long been using it on wounds to aid with healing (Green Olive at Red Hill, 2019).

Green Olive at Red Hill. (2019). Pigface. https://www.greenolive.com.au/blog/post/pigface#:~:text=The%20juice%20from%20the%20leaves,more%20about%20Australian%20bush%20foods%3F

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Footy/AFL/Australian Rules Football is the beloved game of Australia where hundreds of thousands of people gather to watch games. Two teams of 18 players run the length of the field handballing, kicking, bouncing, marking and tackling to aim for four goal posts, two ‘points’ or ‘behinds’ (one point each) and one middle ‘goal’ (six points each). Not only does the AFL organisation provide physical health options such as AusKick (for young kids), but is heavily involved in promoting mental health and wellbeing.  This can be viewed at https://www.afl.com.au/mental-health-wellbeing/about (AFL, 2023)

AFL. (2023). Mental Health and Wellbeing Information. https://www.afl.com.au/mental-health-wellbeing/about

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Negative Aussie Culture: Tall Poppy Syndrome

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Negative Aussie Culture: Tall Poppy Syndrome

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When I think of Australian culture, I can’t help but always think of our penchant for Tall Poppy Syndrome. This is mostly viewed negatively, associated with jealousy and even the metaphor of ‘chopping down the tallest poppy’ is aggressive. This might have an influence on the ongoing gender pay gap problem in Australia, in which the Healthcare sector still has the second-highest disparity according to ABS data, and also the fear and bigotry surrounding the Voice to Parliament (Australian Government, 2023).

While this Australian metaphor can be viewed negatively, it also highlights our cultural values of humbleness, equality (ironic, really) and progression together. I think if we focus a bit more on the positive side of this metaphor, widespread improvements will follow for situations such as the gender pay gap and the elevation of a disadvantaged population that the Voice to Parliament will bring.

The Australian Government. (2023). The ABS data gender pay gap. Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). https://www.wgea.gov.au/data-statistics/ABS-gender-pay-gap-data#:~:text=The%20gender%20pay%20gap%20by,in%20Public%20Administration%20and%20Safety

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A Bunnings Snag is a sausage in either bread or a bun, with or without sauce and onions. Picture from Bunnings, 2023

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The Bunnings Snag is a weekend essential for Australians visiting Bunnings. The classic sausage in a bun, with or without onions and loaded with sauce might not be the healthiest for our waistline, but it is for our community.Your $3.50 goes to local community groups such as schools, sporting groups, local community groups that assist the disadvantaged, local health/wellbeing groups and more.

Bunnings. (2023). In our community. https://www.bunnings.com.au/about-us/in-our-community

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Health to me means being free from disease, but also being well and able to live my life doing things that bring me joy. This means able to walk my dog without ailment, cook healthy meals for, and with my family, spend time with my loved ones, and age with dignity. There are millions of external things in this world that can make you feel happy and well, but I believe being truly healthy is the intrinsic generation of happiness within yourself, a self-sustaining happiness that doesn’t disappear if you drop your phone in the ocean or get fired from your job. Being at peace with yourself and where you are headed in life, who you are surrounded with, and the way you fill your days is simply elevated by being free of disease, being able to eat healthy foods and being surrounded by loved ones. I think to be unhealthy, more that one aspect has to be affected, for example if I became unwell, I believe I would only truly become unhealthy when my mental wellbeing suffered because of it (the combination of poor physical + mental health). I think living healthy is a privilege that not everyone gets and not everyone can afford so I feel grateful for whatever spectrum of health I can achieve.