Why do we need a new flag? The current Australian flag does not represent many of the characteristics of Modern Australian Society. The current flag shows that we, Australia, still follow many of the doctrines of the British, which we no longer do. The symbols on the flag show a defunct relationship between
Isaac Wooley 4/22/15 Texas Government 2306 Section 342 Mr. Michael Smith Annotated Bibliography John, S., & DeBats, D. A. (2014). Australia's Adoption of Compulsory Voting: Revising the Narrative - not Trailblazing, Uncontested or Democratic. Australian Journal Of Politics & History, 60(1), 1-27. doi:10.1111/ajph.12042 In this article, Sarah John and Donald DeBats argue that compulsory voting was adopted in Australia due to experiences in other democracies. 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.
From the history of Australia, we can know that it has many connections with Britain. Australia is still a nation of the British Commonwealth of Nations and the independence of this country makes some citizens realize that Australia needs to change its national flag; however, the attitude of the other citizens tells us actually that most of them do not
State Sovereignty significantly helps Promote and Enforce Human Rights through Domestic Laws in order to relate and apply them to Australian citizens and people within the Australian Boarders. It inherits the ability to make laws without external interference, but this may also mean that Human Rights abuses in a country can occur with resistance to the UN. An example of this is Australia’s signed treaty of the UN Human Rights Declaration. It is Recognised, Legislated, Implemented and Enforced with the recognition of the Abolition of Slavery Article 4, but is accepted in the ‘Sex Industry’ due to the Governments interest in the growth of the Economy. However, State Sovereignty is not absolute as there are certain duties owed to the International
The United Nations Refugee Conventions allows a person to be defined as a refugee only if they are outside their country of nationality or their usual country of residence and is unable or unwilling to return or to seek the protection of that country due to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion is not a war criminal and has not committed any serious non-political crimes or acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. This treaty has increased the amount of migrants come to Australia and has also increased our population, though when John Howard introduced the Pacific solution, the amount of refugees coming to Australia dropped drastically. Signing the United Nations Refugee convention with that this treaty when signed made our country look good in its global community. Migration has changed along the many years from the first settlement to the White Australia policy , from that to multiculturalism to the United Nations refugee convention to now. All those years, all those treaties and laws make what we as a country are today, a country full of culture and traditions from all different countries
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 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
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.
Neither American nor America has been defined yet. There are many of various definitions on what “American” means. When it comes down to it American means simply to have a green card or a born citizenship. America is the ONLY country with out a set race or culture. American doesn’t mean we listen to rock, eat burgers and drink beer all day, or are of a certain color because it is not correct or accurate and we do not have the right to say otherwise.
The purpose of this is to bar asylum seekers from the refugee status determination system that applies on the mainland under Australian law. Instead, they go through a ‘non-statutory’ process governed by guidelines that are not legally binding. They have no access to the Refugee Review Tribunal and very limited access to the Australian courts. They must rely on a non-compellable and non-reviewable Ministerial discretion to be allowed to apply for a protection visa. Prolonged and indefinite detention and temporary protection visas have been shown to damage the mental health of already traumatised