Australia

selection panel for 2016, I present to you an amazing and accurate representation of Australian culture and community, the film directed by Baz Luhrmann, Australia. The film Australia was set in 1939, Lady Sarah Ashley played by Nicole Kidman travels from Britain to Australia to meet her husband Maitland Ashley played by Anton Monsted in northern Australia as the business is failing at Faraway Downs Farm. Maitland sent his Drover played by Hugh Jackman to collect Sarah from the city of…

Indigenous Youth and their oppression in a modern white Australia We may be living in a time where social and cultural equality is becoming an important issue and topic in many countries. However here in Australia Indigenous Australians are still being oppressed and marginalised by a dominant white culture. Aboriginal youth have been born into this dominance but arguably suffer from the stereotypes the most in today’s society. The films Yolngu Boy and Black Chicks Talking highlight these…

Aging population is one of the most significant and challenging issues in most developed countries. In Australia, during 1994 to 2014, the percentage of people aged 65 years and over increased from 11.8% to 14.7%, and the percentage of those aged 85 and over nearly doubled from 1.0% to 1.9% (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2014). On the contrary, the total number of people aged under 15 years fell 2.8% from 21.6% to 18.8% (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2014). As the decrease of fertility and…

In 2008 The Federal Government of Australia made a commitment to closing the disparities gap between the Australian government and Indigenous people. This movement was outlined in Prime Minister Rudd’s 2008 Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples speech. In Prime Minister Rudd’s speech, he outlined several initiatives known as the Close the Gap Approach, that he believed would reset the relationship between Australian governments and Indigenous peoples as well as lower the disparities between…

and down the drain. Drinking is a social norm in Australia, people often go to pubs after a day’s work to blow off steam, and some go out during the night, it is such a regular occurrence that some marketing campaigns now focus on “having a cold one”.…

Australia Prospective Marriage Visa Australian prospective marriage visa is an immigration opportunity for applicants who wish to get to Australia and get married within nine months of immigration. The immigrant is required to marry either an Australian or New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident of Australia. The Subclass 300 applies to the Australian prospective marriage visa The candidate can apply for this visa only if he is outside Australia. Thus, if the process application work was…

Interestingly, the convict origins of mateship perhaps explain some of the political maneuvers it later developed. The celebration of mateship is no more promoted than the various unionists and movements around Australia, in the past and indeed the present. Mateship can be seen to be used in the Union movements against government and business’ trying to weaken their authority, an idea of which draws many parallels to the convicts that suffered but banded together under the strain of authorities…

remain without any protection and their lives are at risk because of their living conditions and where they are. They live in really poor conditions with no hope of going somewhere safe. Even though this is a big problem Australia is not helping the political parties of Australia seem to be putting lots of effort into harsh and punishing methods to push…

According to Cyril Pearl (1969) ‘Beer is a religion in Australia’. She grasped the true link between drinking, masculinity and patriotism. Although Tony Dingle, an economic historian, indicated that in fact Australians drink more tea than they drink beer. Such misconceptions are not really bothered by factual information. It is commonly thought that getting drunk is what Australians equated with ‘the good life’. However, while this lifestyle is usually commemorated, Donald Horne pointed out in…

INTRODUCTION This assignment demonstrates the health grade, cultural beliefs, norms and issues disturbing the well-being status of refugees in Australia. The people who live outside from their country of nationality or away from their routine habitation are known as refugees (Karlsen, E. 2011). They came from different countries, cultures, customs and languages, so they experience various difficulties while interacting with indigenous people of that land and results in deprivation of…