Australia stands alone internationally in perpetrating this injustice. The Migration Litigation Reform Act 2005 (Cth) excludes asylum seekers from their legal rights. It grants the Court the ability to deliver judgment on any issue, including the case as a whole, if they believe it has no reasonable grounds for success. This may seem reasonable, however the definition of ‘no reasonable grounds for success’ is as follows: For the purposes of [these sections], a defence or a proceeding or part of a proceeding need not be: (a) hopeless; or (b) bound to fail; for it to have no reasonable prospect of
True Blue? On Being Australian "Australia needs sudden shocks of reorientation within its society that will divorce it from the largely irrelevant problems of the British, make it possible to speed necessary changes and to develop some new sense of identity, some public feeling of being a people who can be described - even if incorrectly - as such-and-such a kind of nation, and act at times as if it were so. Australians are anonymous, featureless, nothing-men. This modest anonymity reveals itself in the argument that Australia does not run to the kind of person we could turn into a president. "Donald Horne - 1964 Australia is a country filled with so much multiculturalism that it is often hard to distinguish what qualities and values
c) Why do you think they had a variety of schemes that encouraged a particular group of people? I think that they had a variety of schemes about who could enter Australia so they could be used as slaves, for example in the 1920’s scheme were introduced to bring out boys aged between 14 & 16 as ‘boy farm
History Revision Notes Aboriginal Australia Aboriginal Australia The Place - Australia – Latin ‘Australis’ – southern - Chinese & Japanese knew about Australia around 13th century and made maps of North Aus. - There was between 750000 to 300000 people living in Australia before the Europeans - There were over 500 different nations and over 250 separate Aboriginal languages - Most of the population distribution is around the coast (fertile land, temperature, harbours) The indigenous people of Australia - Most names of places were made by the Europeans - Aboriginal – inhabiting in or existing on the land from the earliest times or before arrival of colonists - Migrating Factors (Push
Australia has adopted regional and global military ties to ensure the defence of its territory and its strategic interests linked to international peace and stability. The role of government and non-government organisations help shape and strengthen defence ties. Defence ties include regional and global relationships that draw on historical alliances and treaty agreements. Today the links that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) has with the rest of the world are varied and important. They include military, peacekeeping and humanitarian relief.
Australia's identity is said to piggy-back off the English and Americans, the key countries that influence Australia. In the article "Australian identity: who the bloody hell are we?" it is written that "It’s a case of stealing someone's heritage and pasting in your own; except not everyone knows the Australian version yet." The article expresses the struggle for Australia to generate its own unique identity. This problem with this is that fact that Australia does not have the Revolutions of France and America, neither the rich history of the Spanish or Chinese, Australia is too young.
The individual from a philosophical point of view deserves the right to make a choice for themselves and not be abridged by the government. The government has the right to limit individuals actions for those that pose a significant threat. However marijuana is the most used illicit drug in Australia with reports of over 1/3 of all Australian's over the age of 14 having tried the drug. Marijuana is also claimed to have no real harm to individuals with no recorded deaths (NDSHS, 2007). It should be recognised that the right to choose whether or not to use marijuana would have to be linked to the idea
Evidence of the latter is seen in both parties already claiming credit for the policy breakthrough. But there are significant issues not addressed, and significant opportunities missed. The recommendations do not assist asylum-seekers in countries where Australia has no immigration staff. Asylum-seekers from Afghanistan and Pakistan, two of the largest sources of refugees, have no formal channels to seek asylum, no queues to jump. Immigration protocols in other countries also need overhauling, to provide streamlined assistance with clear criteria, priorities and timelines.
The term "the full Bill" refers to the rights that are judicially enforceable and that cannot be overridden by Act of Parliament. An America Bill of Rights is the prominent example. There is also a "half-way Bill" that would be enforceable against the executive and, in the absence of clear statutory enactment to the contrary, it would be presumed that Parliament in passing legislation did not intend to infringe these rights. However, a New Zealand half-way Bill would not give the courts the power to invalidate an Act of Parliament. Whilst in the UK, Chapter III give courts the power to issue a 'declaration of incompatibility' where legislation is inconsistent with the Bill of
They are not here un illegally! We are participants to the United Nations Refugee Convention which means that it is legal to seek asylum in Australia, despite the fact if you arrive by boat without a visa. Asylum seekers are perceived as ‘illegal immigrants' because politicians have made it seem so. By keeping the asylum seekers captive in detention centres, we let the public pass judgement on them, assuming that their prisoners who need to be caged up because they have committed an offense. By terminating mandatory detention and the misinterpretation of refugees in the community, the world would be a better place and Australians would actually be proud of who they are and what they stand for.