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=Trend 13= Understanding will grow that sustained poverty Is expensive, debilitating, and unsettling. (Sustained Poverty**~** Opportunity and Hope)

__**External Factors **__

1. There are 2.2 billion children in the world. Over 1 billion children live in poverty. Australia was ranked as the 14th highest with child poverty in 2007. (http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats)

2. Two million Australians - or 1 in 10 Australians - live below the poverty line. (http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/lifematters/life-on-234-a-week-no-fresh-food-holidays-or-visits-to-the-doctor-20110104-19f57.html)

3. The unemployment rate of Australia is 5.1 % (CIA Factbook)

4. The 2011/2012 government budget in Australia has committed $4.8 billion dollars in aid to UNICEF to alleviate world poverty.(http://www.unicef.org.au/Act/Speak-Out/Commit-to-tackling-poverty.aspx)

5. Indigenous Australian households with low income have substantially lower incomes than non Indigenous households with low income. Indigenous children are 8 times more likely to live in poverty than non-indigenous children. (Australian Collaboration, 2010 - http://www.australiancollaboration.com.au/_factsheets/Causes_Poverty_FactSheet.pdf)

__**Internal Factors**__

1. Tempe High School saw the need for extra support for indigenous children, Tempe High School has dedicated a room to indigenous students, so that they receive proper support when needed throughout the school day.

2. At Heathcote High School, the principal works very closely with the local TAFE school to ensure that students, who choose TAFE over years 11 and 12, are successful in their endeavour to aquire a trade.

3. The New South Wales government provides laptops to all high school students in an attempt to provide them with the necessary technology to be prepared for a global world that depends on technology and workers with the knowledge of how to use the technology. In New South Wales, students of poverty are not denied technology.

4. The New South Wales government provides equitable funding to all schools to ensure that resources and services are available for all students to receive an appropriate education.

5. The New South Wales government is pushing for additional standardized testing to monitor the progress of students in literacy and math. The disaggregated data is available to schools, so that they can improve instruction for all students.