Languages of Australia

Details of life on the front: Most of the First World War was fought in trenches of two metres deep and two metres wide due to advances in long range artillery and other weapons. ANZAC battalions would rotate between three positions- spending about 25%-30% of their time on the front line, another 10%-20% on the support line (responsible for reinforcing the firing line), and 30%-40% on the reserve line, as well as about 20%-30% for a short rest, and the reminder in other nearby trenches. In some…

On 29th October 2015 Prime Minister Turnbull committed Australia to joining the Open Government Partnership, launching a public consultation to develop an Australian National Action Plan for open government. Australia has a long and proud history of open government, being one of the most transparent, accountable and engaged democracies in the world, but there is always more to be done. Through consultation the Australian National Action Plan will ideally include ambitious actions that support…

The Public Health issue that will be discussed in this essay is Indigenous health. In this essay, targets, strategies, policies, plans, programs, projects and resources will be examined as it deals with this public health issue. The history of the Closing the gap program will broadly be discussed as well. Closing the gap is a strategy that aims at reducing the indigenous disadvantage with respect to life expectancy, child mortality, access to early childhood educational achievement, employment…

The Dignity of the Human Person recognizes the value of every individual and requests that all people – including children - are treated with respect. They need to be provided with all the opportunities available to reach their full potential. Looking at the typical Australian child compared to a child refugee, Australian children are provided with education, their own room, parents/guardians and a safe country that supplies clean water and food. However, child asylum seekers are entitled to no…

Accessing professional advice for Australian Immigration For tens of thousands of people around the world they hold an ambition of a new life in Australia. As one of the world’s top immigration destinations this comes as no surprise. Sadly, it is also no surprise, that where people have such aspirations, there always exists rogue elements that are all too keen to exploit these hopes and takes people's money under false presences. There are estimated to be thousands of people each year who…

There are many overseas-born people living in Australia who have migrated to seek a better life. The percentage of Vietnamese-born Australians as of June 2011 is 0.9%. Most Vietnamese migrants came to Australia after the Vietnamese war to live a better and safer life. Student migrants come to Australia to study and gain a better education to improve their quality of life. Part A: In 1975 many Vietnamese people migrated to Australia mainly because that was the year the Vietnam War ended. Before…

Government plans to relocate refugees have continued to move ahead this week as immigration minister Scott Morrison has travelled to Cambodia to sign a memorandum of understanding which would allow refugees in detention on Nauru to settle Cambodia. The government has also begun to push for the reintroduction of temporary protection visas along with new 'safe haven enterprise visas'. This legislation would see around 30,000 refugees currently living in the Australian community outside of…

Why? why does Australia do this? As a nation we are meant to be free, but then as soon as people arrive here to be in a safe environment they are thrown into detention centres onto remotes islands such as Manus. If these people are running from dangerous and unhealthy situations, then why are they being put into similar situations in another country. The three topics that are being covered include: how Australia doesn’t protect the human rights, what the rights towards refugees and asylum…

Australia was originally in the Antarctic circle as part of Gondwana, a supercontinent that consisted of Australia, Antarctica, Africa, and South America. It was part of the land and then broke off and slowly moved up to where it is now. New Zealand and the other surrounding islands also came from this same land, but, they broke off to form islands of their own. Because of the greenhouse conditions on the planet at the time of Gondwana, the area, despite being in the Antarctic circle, had no…

My initial reaction when I learned about the ‘Stolen Generation’ was absolute shock. I began to analyse and question myself why I was so shocked. I found several reasons, this includes: (1) my lack of knowledge; (2) I am an immigrant; (3) my early education was from the Philippines; (4) the early information I have for Indigenous Australians is based on what I have been told by my sister and her white Australian husband; (5) my own prejudice and bias towards Indigenous Australians. Firstly,…