Liberal Party of Australia

This era is referred to as the era of Atlantic revolutions. This is in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Britain’s colonies in New Zealand, Canada, Australia and South Africa began their push for political autonomy from 1839 onwards. The above-mentioned states gained their independence from the statute of Westminster of 1931. The Soviet Union disintegrated between 1985 and 1991. This also falls under…

research project I have created a youth and adult political leanings survey to show the social and political attitudes of young people towards particular issues. Questions include economic issues such as taxation, foreign policy matters such as when Australia should go to war and tackles the hot social issues of our day such as refugees and abortion. My target audience for my youth political leanings survey will be the Concordia populace. That way I can be sure that the majority of respondents…

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP) is known to be the first “self styled” 21st century trading agreement” (Financial Times, 2013). The twelve-member club comprises of The US, Peru, Canada, Chile, Mexico, Australia, Brunei, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and New Zealand. Its aim is to “deepen trade by addressing matters like government procurement, intellectual property protection and the conduct of state owned enterprises. It is also meant to update trade agreements including post-WTO…

They have also banned all automatic weapons to decrease the amount of deaths. Their advice for the united states is, “lots of guns don’t mean lots of violence.” As shown in global lessons on guns. In Australia, the liberals and conservatives came to an agreement in which they banned semi-automatic guns, they issued a buy back for the guns, in which they paid people for their semi-automatic guns, by doing so they destroyed 600,000 guns! In this country they have…

spotlight. The question on everyone’s minds was, “What is so bad about whistleblowers?” - Assange was cast in such a negative light, especially by then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard through various media platforms, achieving enormous reach throughout Australia and internationally. This convinced many people that what Assange and other whistleblowers achieved was wrong, but they had their questions as to why exactly it was that way. The public couldn’t see why being fully aware of current issues…

* Phony War * Period between 1939- 1940 * there was very little combat as both sides built up their armies and arsenals * Axis * Alliance between Germany, Italy and later Japan * The 'Blitz' * in September of 1940, bombings of London and other major cities occurred in what the British called `the Blitz` * Italian Campaign, 1943 * in July 1943, Canadian, British, and American forces launched an assault on the Italian island of Sicily * by…

proportional to objective harm” (p. 40). Irrational perception of threat or crisis is the product of modern mass media that sell eye-catching stories for profits. A study (Muter, et al., 2012) shows that the most media coverage of shark attack in Australia “emphasized the risks sharks pose to people” instead of recognizing “the rarity of shark attacks” and “preventative measures water users can take to reduce their vulnerability to shark encounters” (p. 187). And the biased media coverage leads…

The Rhetoric of Migration in News Media Canada has a long history of humanitarian action welcoming refugees from all over the world. Starting on the year 1776 when 3,000 Black Loyalists came to Canada fleeing the American Revolution, the country has provided refuge to those escaping hardship. Thus, conventional wisdom would dictate that welcoming refugees is embedded in the country’s dominant cultural discourse. To explore this topic, this literature review will focus on three major themes…

‘Vive les Boers’: French-Canadian Opposition to the Pro-Anglo Involvement in the Boer War Jessica Afonso HIS311Y Professor Bothwell 7 November 2014 Canada was no longer a colony of the British Empire when the Boer War broke out, but most English-Canadians believed it still had strong economic and social ties with the British Empire. English-Canadians felt proud to support Britain in the Boer war. This essay discourses on French-Canadian involvement in the South Africa “Boer” War and…

gun laws, like in Australia after the Port Arthur Massacre in April of 1996, incidences of mass shootings have been drastically reduced. After the most recent shooting, President Obama bemoaned the fact that Americans have become more numb to these sort of acts of violence, as he lamented, "We know that other countries, in response to one mass shooting, have been able to craft laws that almost eliminate mass shootings. Friends of ours, allies of ours – Great Britain, Australia, countries like…