I examine the policies of The Coalition‚ The Labor Party and The Greens with respect to unauthorised boat arrivals. I find that the The Greens have the greatest difference in policy compared to the other two when evaluated against the Australian Policy Cycle. I then compare the three policies against the national interest of Australia‚ which I claim include the attributes of financial cost‚ moral behaviour‚ international citizenship and social cohesion. I find The Coalition policy to be the cheapest
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has deep roots in our beliefs and in our society‚ with origins dating back to the beginning of the slave trade. Racism grew in popularity‚ and the strength of these beliefs can be seen in discriminatory laws. Today‚ we have made significant steps forward to terminate racism‚ although there are still lingering effects. The beginning of racism is widely believed to have been caused by the beginning of the slave trade in the 15th century. Previously‚ people in Europe enslaved each other. Slaves were
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The ’White Australia’ policy describes Australia’s approach to immigration from federation until the latter part of the 20th century‚ which favoured applicants from certain countries. The abolition of the policy took place over a period of 25 years. Following the election of a coalition of the Liberal and Country parties in 1949‚ Immigration Minister Harold Holt allowed 800 non-European refugees to remain in Australia and Japanese war brides to enter Australia. Over subsequent years Australian
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Definition The White Australia Policy describes Australia’s previous approach to immigration which favoured applicants from certain countries. The first Act of Parliament passed after Federation was the Immigration Restriction Act (1901)‚ better known as the “White Australia Policy”. The intention was to promote a homogenous population similar to that in Britain. Under “White Australia” only Europeans‚ and then mainly northern Europeans‚ could immigrate to Australia. The main method prescribed
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The Scope of the Defence and other Powers: Thomas v Mowbray 1 1. Introduction (i) There is nothing new about terrorism‚ as avid readers of the reports of the Cabinet Papers for 1977 will recall: • when they were reminded of the terrorist threat posed by the Indian Ananda Marga Sect and the bombing of the Hilton Hotel the bombing occurred during the meeting of Commonwealth Heads of State in 1978 and resulted in the deaths of three people; • three sect members were convicted of offences arising out
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Focus Preventive Diplomacy‚ Defence Cooperation & the Pursuit of Cooperative Security: The Indian Experience Swapna Kona Nayudu* This article is an exploration of the effectiveness of defence cooperation as a means of preventive diplomacy. The paper begins by suggesting that both defence cooperation and preventive diplomacy are concepts rooted in cooperative security. For the purposes of this paper‚ cooperative security is understood as an overarching concept that comprises alliances
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6. Parents struggle to find childcare places and are concerned about the cost of care and the quality of care. Working families need their child care services to be: (a) accessible; (b) affordable; and (c) of a high quality. 7. There are good policy reasons for ensuring childcare is accessible and affordable for working families and children. 8. The benefits of providing adequate childcare support for working
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During the 1970’s-1990’s the increase in the rate of unemployment in Australia can be explained through the combination of increasing real wage rates and a slow rate of output growth. The reason behind such prolonged periods of high unemployment was due to our inability to reverse the effects of the sudden unemployment rate shocks fast enough (prolonged recovery periods) which resulted in Australia experiencing high levels of long-term unemployment. In May 1997‚ 30% of unemployed Australians had
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and Self-Defence (New Delhi‚ 1993). Ames‚ James Bar‚ “Law and Morals”‚ Harv. L. Rev.‚ Vol. 22‚ (1908)‚ p. 98. Beale‚ Joseph‚“Retreat from a murderous assault’‚ Harv. L. Rev.‚ Vol. 16‚ (1902)‚ p. 573. Lowery‚ Jack‚ “A Statutory study of self-defence and defence of others as an excuse for homicide”‚ University of Florida Law Review‚ Vol. V (1952)‚ p. 58. Mahoney‚ Richard‚ “The Presumption of Innocence-A New Era”‚ Canadian Bar Review‚ Vol. 67‚ (1988) p. 1. March‚ Jenifer‚ “Women’s self-defence under Washington
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The Defence of Provocation Provocation is a defence which reduces the offence of murder to manslaughter. Even though there may be an intent to kill it can be deemed that‚ in some circumstances‚ it is not appropriate to be classified as murder. It is not saying the killing is justified or excused. What it is saying is that the circumstances‚ the response (which resulted in the killing) is within the normal range of behaviour of what can be expected of the ordinary person and that it represents
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