Referendum

Direct democracy is a system where people decide on and vote on policy initiatives and laws directly, using several instruments like referendum, initiative and recall. Referendum mainly implies that a bill that has been passed in the legislature will be obliged to be set for a popular vote. This essentially means that the public can veto on a bill passed by the legislature. The instrument of Initiative lets members of the public propose/suggest a bill or a constitutional amendment, which will…

friction and in 2014 the first vote for independent was made. This first referendum was voted down due to the people thinking that Great Britain provided a safe blanket and felt Scotland was too weak to stand on its own economically. Now under the leadership of Minister Nicola Sturgeon, which is the leader of the Scottish National Party is seeking a second referendum for independence in 2017. The reason for this second referendum is due to “Britain leaving the EU’s single…

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in gaining voting rights for Indigenous people. Kath went to Canberra to meet to the Prime Minister at the time. Because of their meeting, Australia had a referendum to give Indigenous people the right to citizenship.” This is evident in a letter personally sent to her by the Prime Minister: “You can be sure that the submission of the referendum proposal reflected out concern for the rights of Aborigines, and that we will be taking steps to follow this up with further action, now that the…

Life has never been easy for women, but during the 20th Century, it was especially hard. The 20th Century was a time of change for women. Women were slowly gaining rights and discovering their own place in society. They were no longer sitting at home waiting for orders, but protesting and becoming activists for their own rights. Many of them had mixed emotions about their status in society while others knew exactly where they belonged. The 20th Century was a time of exploration and discovery for…

The word activist derives from the Latin “actus,” which translates to “a doing, a driving force, or an impulse.” Activism is powerful word and form of action, associated with landmark movements throughout history that prompted social and political change, including abolition, civil rights, human rights, feminism, suffrage, and, of course, the various movements under the umbrella of environmentalism. Yet the efforts of activists do not produce results over night — often times, it takes years and…

Indigenous people and valuing the justice and equality for all Australians (Australia.gov.au,2014). The reconciliation movement began with the referendum in 1967 where ninety per cent of Australians voted to remove clauses discriminating…

One of these events was the Quebec 1980 Referendum deciding whether or not to create sovereignty for Quebecers. In this referendum the Parti Quebecois believed that it was in Quebec’s best interest to separate from Canada because the english Canadians were only bringing them down economically and restricting their political power too…

The constitution is a set of rules by which a country is run. It can only have changes made to it when the majority of people say yes or else the new rule is not added this is called a referendum. The constitution affect the government and it describes their roles in running Australia. A constitution is a vital part of country because it tells how it should be run. There are rules which you can and can’t do. The constitution in Australia came in to effect when federation took place on January…

either legalised or a currently debating its legalisation. Despite what is happening in some countries Australia still maintains that marriage should be between a man and a women. Ireland which is a very conservative and religious country held a referendum to legalise gay marriage and the people of Ireland voted "YES" to gay marriage. This has again sparked a debate in Australia whether gay marriage should be legalized. Traditionally the institution…