Some people dismiss the Apology to the Stolen Generations as a symbolic gesture saying that inequality of the life experience of Indigenous Australians needs to be addressed with practical policy measures. Discuss the concept of symbolic political and practical policy measures. Do the two approaches conflict or relate? “We the Parliament of Australia respectfully request that this apology be received in the spirit in which it is offered as part of the healing of the nation,” (Rudd 2008). Whilst the parliamentary apology to the Stolen Generations is undeniably a symbolic political measure, it is only through demonstrating genuine and unfettered remorse for the mistreatment the Aboriginal people have suffered that the Government can hope to improve the quality of indigenous life experience.
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The soldiers being charged are Australians, then should they have not been tried by Australian court? British’s practice of imperialism prevents the Australian government from doing so. Also the trial is set up for the Australians to be found guilty; setting the Australians as examples to retain order within the British army. British once again using its practice of imperialism see Australian sacrifices’ as a small price to pay. Australian government is said to have agreed with the convict, one can assume this is due to British influence, practice of imperialism.
[edit] Case for the Pacific Solution The Pacific Solution was introduced as a deterrent to asylum seekers travelling by boat to Australia without the authorisation of the Australian government. This is not actually required under the Refugee Conventions Australia has signed, however in support of the policy Prime Minister Howard prominently stated that "We will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come. "[3] By redefining the area of Australian territory that could be landed upon and then legitimately used for claims of asylum (the migration zone), and by removing any intercepted people to third countries for processing, future asylum seekers were deterred from making the dangerous journey, once they knew that their trip would in most likelihood not end up with a legitimate claim for asylum in
Australia fines its citizens for not voting and we could do the same in the U.S. This would cause a lot more people to vote, because most people would not want to waste their money on a fine they could have avoided. This would also encourage minorities, who do not have enough money to vote, because they are unable to
Doublethink in the book is different from doublethink today because the government is not forcibly putting examples of it everywhere in an effort to brainwash the population. (Raskin and Kolet). In the novel, Newspeak was the official language of Oceania. It was constantly being thinned out as to limit the range of thought among citizens in order to eventually make thought crime impossible. In today’s world, this is similar to the abbreviations used when texting.
In the result of Lindy Chamberlin the jury made a wrong decision and there was not enough evidence to convict her but she was still convicted. The death penalty should not apply to corrupt countries as it means judges or jury’s can be bribed and allegations can be said to send an individual to prison or even death row. Australia’s legal system is based of the principle “innocent until proven guilty” making justice available when enough evidence can be supported to convict a criminal. Australia is a hygienic and clean country and continues to be that way in all of its correctional
Thus, the illegal immigrants should be punished through deporting back to their native country if within the period of time the they are here, they have just being slack off or breaking the laws such as stealing, etc. Then, they have no reason to say that the US didn’t give them the chance to be its resident, but it’s just their own fault. Illegal immigration should be eliminated, but the immigrants themselves should be treated with more understanding, instead of negative reactions. If every country is great as US (a free country), then the issue would not even come up. Freedom is always something that everyone want to have, some have it, some do not.
The harsher the law can be against such vioilence the less it will be happening and together we can end this corruption. I really think this act is outrageous and disgusting and im pretty sure you all do, so lets try to make a better future and make Australia a safer place for the upcoming generation. Thank
The Sydney Morning Herald recently published an article, ‘Should commercial surrogacy be legal in Australia?’ Highlighting the issue that payments to surrogates are illegal in Australia, but is allowing the practice the best choice for children and their families? The article claims that commercial surrogacy would be more beneficial for the child and that it will therefore be achieving justice for all participating members. The surrogacy statistics of Australia showed that it is 62% likely of a risk that the surrogate will keep the child when carrying the infant for a gay couple. Legalising commercial surrogacy would demonstrate to avoid issues like this arising. This highlights how non-legal mechanisms contribute to this contemporary issue in making society aware of this growing issue and therefore put pressure on governments and legal systems.