Rather than view Australian history as a closed system, they attempt to explore how experiences in other democracies shaped the decision to have compulsory voting in Australia. The writers’ views are that compulsory voting was adopted to protect an apathetic majority from outspoken minorities. The article would be a useful source in the writing of a paper on compulsory voting because it examines how experiences in other nations affected Australians’ decisions to make voting compulsory. The article also further explores the debates in the nineteenth century Australian colonies, which led to the adoption of mandatory voting, in the context of other democracies. TWOMEY, A.
The Australian Human Rights Commission held inquires into areas of discrimination and human rights; recommendations are made to the government for the removal of discrimination and legislation which doesn’t fulfil with UN human rights treaties. Non-legal responses such as Lobbying by NSW Gay and Lesbian rights lobby argues that the legally recognised institution of marriage shouldn’t exclude same sex couples. It’s agenda is to advocate and promote the issue, to an extent this is seen effective as it generally speaks on behalf of same sex couples. Most of the responses to the recognition of same sex relationships are legal responses, changes to the law have recognised same sex relationships as having the same legal standing as heterosexual de facto relationships this is enforced through the Property (Relationships) Act
2013. Master franchise opportunities in Australia. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.whichfranchise.net.au/index.cfm?event=getArticle&articleId=13. [Accessed 07 May
Australia, it is time for a new flag. We, as the people of Australia, need to change the flag of this beautiful nation, as it only represents the doctrines and aspects set by the British. Not only does the flag show that we are still apart of the British, but marginalises the many people of this land. Australia now being a fully self-governed country is blooming with multiculturalism and individualism, which is not shown on the flag. Why do we need a new flag?
Australian Anti-discrimination legislation and the Disability Education Standards 1. The main function of HEROC is to protect Australian’s human rights. The Human Rights commission has a president who also is the chief executive officer, which incidentally is not recommended good governance practice. Ideally the function of president and chief executive officer should be performed by two people. Also in another departure the president and CEO is also the Human Rights commissioner.
This was not considered unfair treatment by the Australian society for the simple reason that they did not exist under Australian law and were considered ‘present absentees (Hudson and Bolten, 1997). Racism and egalitarianism were interwoven until approximately the 1970. Traditional value of egalitarianism does not reflect contemporary values, but since federation immigration laws and Australia’s multiculturalism seems to reflect that egalitarianism is relevant in contemporary Australia. In saying that, a sense of Xenophobia still exists in its multicultural environment, as “having a fair go” can be seen as non-existent when society separates itself from particular cultures for example, identifying certain racial groups as ‘Muslims’ in comparison to who is deemed as acceptable ‘Australians’ (Watson, 2011). It can be argued that Australia’s national identity has been formed from images and ideas of being Australian which society and the media have shaped through story-telling, myth making, news reporting, academic pontificating, cinema production and watching, and more.
Mr.O’Sullivan doesn’t have the right to take Mr. Crow’s home and rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness from the Declaration of Independence. He is guilty of taking property that wasn’t his by force which is breaking the second amendment of the Bill of Rights because it clearly states, “government can’t take property without cause”. So therefore, he definitely isn’t supposed to take it without going through a process. He has handled this solution all wrong, for the punishment, Mr. O’Sullivan will be sentenced for a few years of prison and taking classes to help him go through what he did wrong and what he could have done to avoid this situation. This punishment was chosen because according to the 8th amendment of the bill of rights, “all punishment must be reasonable”.
| The Australia Flag Debate: | Should Australian Change Their Flag Now? | | Jinxing ZHOU (Chow) | 2014/5/22 | | The Australian Flag Debate: Should Australian Change Their Flag Now? Australia, which official name is the Commonwealth of Australia, is one of the British Commonwealth Nations. And it is a young country which is like the USA. In the 18th century, when the first British settled down here, Australia became a colony of Britain.
Australian Employment Law I. Introduction The purpose of this essay is to construct an argument toward if the Fair Work Act of 20009 is a fair piece of legislation in terms of protecting the rights of employees and employers with regard to minimum wage determination statues, if need the Act is working for the people of Australia or if it is not working. This issue can easily be debated in terms of if the law meets the needs of the whole and not just some. Is the law efficient, equitable and sustainable or will it needs to be reformed due to social changes and needs of the Australian people? This paper also wants to discuss if the maximum amount hours worked by the people is fair also.
The younger generation of the aboriginal culture was forced into residential schools, which isolated them from their culture, family, and their ways of life. Conflict theory is based on two principles: power is the core of all relationships and is scarce, making it unequally divided in society, and dominant groups promote their social values and ideologies at the expense of minorities (Ravelli & Webber, 2012, p. 48). The first principle can be applied to the fact that the government wanted to secure the land and follow the Anglicised method of individual property in Canada; the aboriginals were not allowing that to happen (McClinchey, B. Residential Schools, 2013). Conflict theorists would argue that this was a selfish act due to a power struggle.