Referendum

under the Flora and Fauna Act, but through the reconciliation movement and advocation of rights Aborigines are now recognised as Australia’s first peoples and citizens of the commonwealth. The civil right campaigns, which significantly impacted the referendum, were conducted by some of the first Aboriginals to…

the successes of the civil rights movement mean that aboriginal people now have the same rights and freedoms as non-indigenous Australians. There were many events that contributed to the movement including the Wave Hill Station Walk-off, the 1967 referendum and the Aboriginal Day of Protest and mourning. However the health, social and economic difficulties facing the Aboriginal people are substantial. The reconciliation movement has countered this.…

Expectations and the Brexit by Amelia HC Ylagan In the cusp of the 19th century, Dickens is perhaps the most famous romantic writer telling of the social consequences of the Industrial Revolution in England at that time, in the narrative of a “condition-of-England” as the growing-up storyline (Bildungsroman) would paint, and in the message of challenged traditions as the Victorian girdling had constrained. The pathos of the Victorian novel is mostly based on a foundation-emotion of isolation…

(CBI), the UK’s largest business lobby. A key promise in the Conservative Party Manifesto, a party that has been long divided over membership of the EU, was to hold a referendum on the UK’s continued membership. David Cameron, the leader of the Conservative Party and the current UK Prime Minister, has pledged to hold this referendum…

established the Parti Québécois (PQ), ultimately leading it to power in 1976 (Paulin 2). “The PQ 's main objective was Québec independence, and for 15 years Lévesque was the leading champion of that ideal — holding and losing the province 's first referendum on sovereignty in…

article on “Hungray’s refugee referendum not valid after voters stay away”, The prime mister in name of Viktor Orban came up big in the news. Hungray votes on accepting more migrants. He was unsuccessful in getting the population in Hungarian to vote. There was also reports that around 95% voting against the admission of refugees to Hungray. In the end, people that were supposed to vote, about half stayed and home so the process failed and blamed Viktor. The refugee referendum is something to…

In 1973, democracy in Uruguay gave way to a twelve-yearlong military dictatorship. During this dictatorship, all citizens, directly and indirectly, experienced human rights abuses. Not only were civil liberties suspended, many citizens were kidnapped, arrested, and tortured on the supposition of being dissenters of the regime. Many Uruguayan citizens were “disappeared” by the military, and their whereabouts were unknown even after the return to democracy. The military was ubiquitous and…

poet tells us the different space between White settlements and the others with ‘yet White faces do not come down here. ‘ The poet takes attention the 1967 referendum. This referendum is a kind of revolution for Aboriginals. The poem emphasizes this importance as life liberty for Aboriginals with’My longevity was guaranteed ,and referendum gives ‘the freedom to practice the voodoo of semantics. ‘ The poet represents multiculturalism as an airline. While different ethnic groups and immigrants…

Community. In the year 1962 the Commonwealth Electoral Act was passed which provided all the Indigenous people the right to enrol and vote for the federal elections. During the year 1967 a referendum was called by the government in response to the increasing pressure created by the Aboriginal activists groups. The Referendum witnessed Australian population to vote by the majority of 90 percent for change in the Australian constitution in order to include Aboriginal people into the national…

How effectively does representative democracy operate in the UK Democracy in the UK has many operative strengths claimed on its behalf. Proposed legislation in the UK can be processed through parliament very quickly due to no separation of powers, this is because there is a majority in the house of commons of the winning party members who can get their party whips to convince others to vote in a certain way in their favour. In 2001 when the Labour party had a majority in parliament of 165 seats…