Liberal Party of Australia

The Suffrage - Word vs. Violence “I do not wish them [women] to have power over men; but over themselves.” This simple line written by Mary Wollstonecraft in her book A vindication of the rights of Woman (1758) produce a sentiment that many today takes for granted; The right for a woman to have power over herself, to live her own life and to vote. The sadness in this remark is that it would take another 160 years before all women in Britain over the age of 30 with the minimum property…

worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality”. The basis of liberalism is based on an understanding of private property, the freedom to express idea. Liberalism is the social structure and not included in the context of political party. The purpose of liberal program is to secure equality under law and freedom for everyone allowing them to make their own choices and decisions. Liberalism has an impact to the understanding of International Relations as an academic discipline and through…

meaning at face value, focusing only on its first part, whereas Donald Horne meant it to be sarcastic. What he meant by this quote is that Australia has only prospered as a nation because of other countries and that the people within it have not done anything to contribute to this. He was very upset by some of Australia 's decisions such as the White Australia Policy. Many people believe that this quote is true but many people oppose it. When analysed in 5 different areas, social, historical,…

Author Mark Gillespie relates his experience as one of the original Margi Gras marchers of 1978. The content of the article takes a clear focus on the fight for Australian gay rights and the clear oppression faced along the way. On the cold Saturday of June 24th, 1978, marchers, gay, lesbian and transgender alike assembled in Taylor Square in Sydney. The concept of the march was heavily influenced by the Stonewall Riot in Greenwich Village, New York, which marked the modern era…

This essay is designed to provide a synopsis of Australia and Canada in a historical light, focused on their dynamic societies and particular political ideologies. Taking into account their past, structure of gender and labour force, and politics, these topics will provide a timeline of growth and change in society, relationship to power, and sovereignty. Australia and Canada underwent heightened senses of nationhood and autonomy throughout the 20th century which was increased through their…

Democracy 3, a government simulation game, was designed by 2013. The game includes the factors with, such as economic policy, unemployment rate, welfare and so on. In this game, we can choose the countries that present in the menu, German, Canada, Australia, United Kindom and the United States; we can have an experience of being the country of a leader. Also, this game can let us participate indirectly in the regimes. One of a characteristic of the game is to make us feel concise without…

Widely recognised as the foundation of oversight mechanisms in Australia: The first Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security was established by Gough Whitlam in 1974, following the Murphy Raids. Hope reported his findings in 1977. Overall the commission was positive in its review of the intelligence community, and…

During the year of 1987, the state government of the Queensland region took complete control over the Torres Strait islanders which at the time were situated in the northern district of Australia. The events leading up to this take over therefore contributed to the Mabo versus Queensland state of affairs, also known as the Mabo decision. Although they had been taken away from their main land the Torres Strait Islanders and Aboriginals still…

Elections are won and lost in accordance to multiple factors that are categorised to Short Medium and Long term. Within the 150 electorates obvious voting patterns are formed, voter behaviour that is effected by these factors can be detrimental to the loss of a seat. At 5.29pm on Monday 5 August 2013 the House of Representatives in the 43rd Parliament was dissolved and went into the caretaker mode. The 2010-2013 government brought the first hung Parliament in 70 years, Michelle Grattan commented…

One of the significant challenges for implementing a decriminalized legal system for cannabis is the efficiency in regulation and tracking penalties. Currently, territories in Australia are facing implementation challenges in tracking penalties and ensuring offenders are paying fines. It is important to have a system in which the police and court systems coordinate their records and files on offenses. There needs to be an efficient…