Kevin Rudd

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In the essay, “Upside of Income Inequality” Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy explains how education is directly related to the economic income gap. The authors suggest that the gap is due to the increase in return of human capital that education brings. They think the economic crisis we are in, is not to be blamed on the gap but on the policy makers that do not help the people who have not gotten a higher education. In this essay the authors, Becker and Murphy say that education is the only way…

With a 24/7 media cycle that turns weeks into hours, 21st century politics have become unforgiving and unrelenting of errors. Julia Gillard’s succession over Kevin Rudd in 2010 saw her ability to be both fox and lion, distinguishing herself as effectively dealing with the Senate, managing her Party and making decisions, all of which Rudd lacked. Though Machiavelli is correct in stating that a political leader needs to be both alert and cunning (fox) as well as brave and bold (lion) it is…

of February, 2008, Mr Kevin Rudd gave an apology speech in Parliament House to apologise to the Aboriginals affected by the Stolen Generations. Since this speech occurred, no significant rights have changed as a result of the speech. Despite this, there has been a development to some rights and freedoms for Aboriginal people living in Australia. Prior to Mr Rudds' speech, no apology was ever made to Aboriginals for the suffering and loss that they went through. Mr Rudd was appointed…

discrimination. Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s apology to Indigenous Australians was meant to be a stepping stone towards reconciliation. Rudd’s apology has since become part of Australia’s history, however, not everybody accepted the apology, while improvement of Indigenous livelihoods is debateable. This essay will argue that Kevin Rudd’s speech positively affected the livelihoods of Indigenous people. In 2008, on the 13th of February, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered an…

“One Night The Moon” a film directed by Rachel Perkins explores some of the universal themes such as Power, distinctive voices, and racism to demonstrate how they define society. Kevin Rudd’s sorry speech addressing similar themes demonstrates how much the Australian attitude changed since the setting of One Night The Moon and how abused the power of the government truly was. Perkins use of camera shots along with Rudd’s factual and emotional words brings both texts to life. Settings can change…

The 1967 referendum is a very significant key development in aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples struggle for rights and freedoms. On the 27th of May in the year 1967 the federal government, who at the time was Harold Holt called a federal referendum to be put in place. The Holt government had an amendment to be approved relating to the only two discriminatory laws included in the Australian constitution. This referendum altered the balance of the inequity intended for to the…

healing the Indigenous people because the Government told the truth about Australia’s ‘dark’ history publically and admitted to the wrongs of past governments so it is now possible to move forward into the future to right those wrongs. The day that Kevin Rudd made his apology speech, that was the beginning of a new chapter in Australia’s history. For the people that had been affected by the ‘Stolen Generations’ it was the start of a healing process and the healing for an entire nation. People…

suffering and loss” on Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders, “our fellow Australians” (Rudd 1), it is possible to “build a bridge based on a real respect” (5) to eliminate the confrontation between Indigenous Australians and Non-Indigenous Australians. Then, all Australians in symbolic level could be able to achieve an equal status, moving forward to the future without a shadow and with a reciprocal…

This paper will critically analyse, Isabelle Auguste' chapter "On the significance of saying 'sorry': Apology and reconciliation in Australia". The chapter aimed to argue and persuade the readers of the importance of Kevin Rudd's apology speech. Auguste argued in her conclusion that the apology put reconciliation back on track however, this paper will counter that idea, with the lack of progress in the 10 years since the speech. Firstly, an overview of the article and a background of the author…