Constitution of Australia

community, they suffer from being neglected by the state, however, recent developments have manifested progression domestically. In the 1967 referendum, over 90% of Australian voters (consisting of no Aboriginal descent) agreed to change the Australian Constitution to give the federal parliament the power to make laws in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and to allow for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be included in the census, giving them recognition as…

participation rates of young Australians have significantly dropped despite the increasing need for them to rise due to Australia’s fast aging population and decreasing workforce creating a strain on the economy and government (ABC News, 2015). Australia needs to increase participation rates of indigenous Australians, which goes hand in hand with tackling mental health issues in the community to motivate the youth to strive for better futures. Statistics show that unemployment rates were higher…

This report identifies the challenges faced by the modern health professionals in understanding the complexities of providing culturally competent Aboriginal health, physiotherapy and rehabilitation care within the Australian primary health care system. Non-Indigenous health care professionals cannot truly understand the true complexity of the past impacts of colonialism, the political process and the community’s prejudice effects on the Indigenous health status. This report intends to inspire…

indigenous people to claim native title. However, native title became a controversial political issue in Australia in 1992 especially that the high court left many aspects of indigenous land rights unsolved. People supporting indigenous land rights insisted on having more land owners, however, supporters of mining wanted to have limitation on the native title. Such issue was then addressed by western Australia with the land titles and traditional usages act 1993 that aimed to get rid of the…

to do to gain equal rights as everyone else. Within indigenous people, there are thousands of smaller groups within called “bands” or “tribes.” Each tribe is different from one another, tribes vary in location from North America, all the way to Australia. Tribes all have a chief to help control the tribe, although every tribe chief is different and have their own set of rules. The Cahto are one of the thousands different indigenous group is in this world. Cahto are specifically an indigenous…

In the case of Australian context, it should be noted that Australia represents a federation of eight States and Territories and, based on the constitution, they are eligible to design and implement their own curricula. However, in 2008, the Melbourne Declaration announced the development of the common national curriculum to be implemented in the each of the…

Commonwealth bank of Australia was founded back in 1911 by the commonwealth bank act that was in favour of bank nationalization. The bank started its first branch in 1912 in Melbourne and later joint hands with the state savings bank in Tasmania and a year later it was able to spread its branches in six different states. After 1920 the bank gradually expanded its role in central banking and along with time continued expanding and earning a good reputation in the market (Australia, 2014).…

by turning labour exchange into a commodity. Disregarding the many reasons people work, beyond money, such as self-esteem, identity, independence, community standing also disregards the basic needs ratified by International Labour Organisation Constitution for dignity and respect (Howe, 2013; ILO, 1944). Recognition of these reasons for working, identifies the employee’s significant contribution to the employment relationship where removal of protective unfair dismissal laws, would reduce…

Indigenous Australians Indigenous Australians, defined Indigenous Australians are defined as; “The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia, who are descended from the groups that existed in Australia and the surrounding islands prior to British colonisation.” Indigenous Australians are often referred to as the ‘First Peoples of Australia’, due to their status as being the first human settlers to the Australian continent, approximately 60,000 years ago. However, this broad and…

by Aboriginal leaders because Howard did not consult them to draft it. McKenna highlights the impact of the Mabo decision on the republican movement. Indeed, the Mabo decision shattered “the spirit of Terra Nullius” drafted in the Australian Constitution and appealed for constitutional reform which would acknowledge the Aboriginal people and reveal the new reality of the Australian society. As McKenna wrote, “At the 1998 Constitutional Convention, the preamble would become the only…