Introduction Australia is an amazing country, with a rich artistic, musical, and spiritual heritage. The traditions set forth by Australians are some of the oldest and strongest traditions known in history. In the late 1700’s the Australian population experienced a growth, as did their economy with the colonization of Europeans. Many Indigenous Australians were greatly affected by introduction of diseases and conflict, conflict that steamed from Europeans taking the Indigenous Australians land.…
Australia is the biggest island in the world but the smallest continent and is separated into six states and two regions. Australia is the only continent that is ruled as a solitary country. It is occasionally casually stated as an island continent and enclosed by oceans. There are over 20 million individuals residing in Australia. Australian culture is comprised of persons from a diversity of cultural, indigenous, dialectal and spiritual upbringings. Many Australians are settlers or the…
(Cth), disability discrimination Act 1992 (Cth), and Age discrimination Act 2004 (Cth), are statues enacted to enforce human right. In 2004 and 2006, two state jurisdictions in Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria have adopted Human rights acts respectively. Inadequacy in protection of human right in Australia A critical drawback of the Australian system is the extensive workload of legislators constricting the…
The history of defamation law in Australia is one which has seen multiple attempts at reform in order to create a less convoluted tort. However, there ultimately still remains a number of inconsistencies within defamation law that demonstrates a need for additional reform in Australia. This notion is highlighted by various factors contained in the recent highly publicized Australian defamation case Hockey v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 652. In this case, Federal Treasurer Joe…
enforce”. Furthermore, they indicate the way the court of law determines what rules are to be enforced, through the history of proposed legal rules. The courts either apply or reject a recommended rule on the merits of its sources. Two sources in Australia have been mentioned by Sweeney, O’Reilly and Coleman (2013, p.5), that are able provide legally enforceable rules: parliament (statute law) and the courts (judge-made law). This analytical research essay will aim to emphasis on one area of…
Convention, 1951). The number of refugees is increased. During 2015, there were over 21.3 million refugees worldwide, an increase of 1.7 million from 2015 (UNHCR, 2016). Australia has a long history of welcoming refugees. Since federation Australia has welcomed over 800,000 refugees and humanitarian entrants (Parliament of Australia, 2017). With such a large intake of refugees one issue that is becoming more and…
Parramatta is a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It was established by the British in 1788. It is a centre of business, and the centre of transport in Western Sydney. Parramatta is the oldest city in Australia. It consists of many important historical buildings and places such as Cumberland Hospital Museum, Harris Park Heritage Walk, and it is the home of education, and has many schools as Arthur Phillip High School, which was built in 1960. Parramatta has many celebrations, and events,…
p.2") Disadvantaged groups such as the native indigenous people of Australia, are one of the most targeted communities of injustice. Stratification can arise throughout preceding generations of families, thereby, enduring social inequality. The Australian courts and constitution are two key factors which influence the rights given to people. In this essay I will examine the lack rights that the Indigenous people have in Australia, through the constitution and cases. I will also seek to…
In the film, Australia, Baz luhrman focuses on the power of belonging. This is shown through Nullah, Lady Sarah Ashley and Drover as the film progresses each character finds their belonging and identity. Baz Luhrman uses different camera techniques, such as different camera angles and music to intensify different scenes and represent different points of the film. Through these three characters Baz Luhrman explores the idea of belonging in Australia and how each person’s identity is important and…
Remedies closer to asylum seeker and refugees in Australia have slowly come to light as common incidents of mistreatment were recorded and publicised. those include terrible living conditions and ignored clinical attention and that once compared to animals, it's miles stated that animals have it better (Burnside, 2014). This reveals a outstanding hole between Australia’s Human rights duty under international regulation and the cutting-edge remedy in the direction of asylum seekers and refugees…