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Therefore, to fully address the Syrian Refugee Crisis, the world’s governments must advocate for the creation of multi-cultural awareness and education programs. Millions of refugees leave from Syria and migrate into other Middle Eastern countries, European countries, or even North American countries, which all have starkly…

The spirit of fairness is a code that underpins Australian culture and one that embraces the mindset of a fair go for all. In this same spirit, unfair dismissal protection has existed in Australian workplace for almost four decades and is as such, entrenched as a workplace right, rather than privilege. Despite this, the last three decades have seen an increasing drive towards the neo-liberal economic ideals of competition, flexibility and efficiency and as consequence to this, an agenda of…

1. Chestermen 2005 notes that there was a l sense of guilt on the part of non-Indigenous Australians, because Indigenous Australians are so badly off today in such a wealthy a country as Australia. Additionally, this is a situation that few would disagree has come about to a significant degree because of historical injustices. It is completely appropriate that non-Indigenous Australians feel guilt about the current dilemma of Indigenous Australians. Feelings of guilt can be a motivating force in…

destruction of the environment, loss jobs, and financial benefits Sibelco Sand mining The company Sibalco based in Belgium and Europe have peaked in their sand mining operations in Australia. In 2011, the Stradbroke sand mining began in 1948 on NSI Sibalco have worked hand-in-hand with community organizations, and government to improve and enhance the quality of life of the environment in Stradbroke. Sand mining is a practice to extract sand from large pits or beachsides. It is…

Observance Committee (NADOC) (Australian Government, 2015). In 1991, thirty five years later NADOC expanded to include Torres Strait Islander culture and peoples (Australian Government; Indigenous Affairs, 2015) and has now become a proud week long celebration from the first to second Sunday in July (Australian Government, 2015). Each year’s theme is; ‘an…

Stolen Generation teacher 's and educators need to be sensitive, it may affect some students as it can be a family matter for them. Thus many Indigenous parents in Australia dislike for what their children are been taught, For example, when children are told that Captain James Cook discovered Australia and they have settled in Australia instead of invaded (Nichol, 2011). It is important to be accurate and relevant while teaching Indigenous history as it is a very sensitive subject. It is very…

Thursday Island, a small island in the Torres Strait is located 2,640km north west of Brisbane, 804km north of Cairns, 141km south west of Papua New Guinea, 35km north west of Cape York. Its area is about 4.5 square km and is legally part of Queensland. Locally known as “TI”, or the Torres Strait Islander name is Waiben, means ‘dry place’ due to the geological of the island it has lack of fresh water; island gets its water supply from a dam in Horn Island. TI has a tropical humidity and has two…

found that there is a strong link between a student’s performance and school attendance and that 20 percent of the gap in school performance is caused by poor attendance (Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet, 2015). Hence, to close the gap, the Government requires every child to attend school on a regular basis. However, many Indigenous children live in rural areas, and they would have to leave their communities if they are to attend school. This becomes a problem because many Indigenous…

Introduction David Malouf is a prominent author of Australian literature. The present research is a study of male identity in David Malouf’s Remembering Babylon. The men reflected in Remembering Babylon (1993) reveal the Australian ethos, social milieu, and cultural realities of the period when they were being written. As well, his novel elaborates the description of the men’s lives, and identity in the Australian society. Although research on men has a long history,…

Islander people was the Mabo Decision which occurred in 1982 and ended in 1992. The Mabo Decision a case for which Eddie Koiki Mabo fought for the tradition rights and ownership of the Island of Mer otherwise known as Murray Island. During 1788 Australia was claimed ‘Terra Nullius’ by the British and as a result all land that traditionally belonged to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders was taken away. Soon Aboriginals didn’t have the rights of the land that they lived on and were not…