in which they hope to be granted refugee status. The Australian public opinion towards asylum seekers has often been unwelcoming at best and hostile at worst and this is often the way the media has portrayed the influx of people seeking asylum in Australia. Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s asylum seeker policy aims to tackle people smuggling. The Government is stepping up efforts to process asylum seekers offshore‚ and has recently negotiated a refugee swap deal with Malaysia. Opposition Leader
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Should Australian Government Take Actions On Reducing Obesity? By: Shane Gotama Obesity is one of the largest health issues that are often discussed in Australia. Australia has claimed the third spot for the country with the highest obesity rates in the world. This is proven by the drastic increase of obesity rates for both adult and children in the past few years. Health researchers found that the average BMI of Australian men rose from 24.9 in 1980 to 27.6 in 2008‚ while for women the numbers
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This submission explores the Western Australia Prostitution Bill 2011 to identify possible health implications of this bill in the present society. It begins with a brief outline situation in Australia‚ then discusses Western Australian jurisdictions; presents a comparison between legislations in different states; and then discusses in detail the health implications and effects of the prostitution bill and legislative trends. It further explores the issue of growing presence of brothels and sex
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unacceptable. But how is the invasion of Port Jackson and the disgusting treatment of the Aboriginals a national celebration? Haven’t the Aboriginals suffered enough? How is this even acceptable? January 26th is the day we celebrate the so-called Australia Day where we celebrate the massacres‚ rape‚ disease‚ slavery and the dispossession of the Aboriginals‚ what a great time to celebrate by having a BBQ and a couple of drinks‚ most of the Aboriginals of our country feel racially attacked by this ‘holiday’
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life which has turned once fertile soil into sandy desserts. They are also a menace to farmers. The rabbits eat their crops and contaminate the land and waterholes the farmers use to raise sheep and other livestock. Rabbits were introduced into Australia in 1788‚ but they were for the most part caged and their population controlled. However‚ in 1859 Thomas Austin asked his nephew to send him 24 wild rabbits for hunting. Other neighbors soon followed this example and released their caged rabbits
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Cyber bullying is the use of the Internet and related technologies such as mobile phones‚ to harm other people‚ in a deliberate‚ repeated‚ and hostile manner. Cyber bullying is a growing problem as it is out of the jurisdiction of most schools and generally done behind closed doors. Many teenagers who are faced with a cyber bully do not report the bullying‚ but instead dwell on the subject‚ causing them to become depressed‚ anxious and more times than one suicidal. In recent years‚ cyber bullying
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Aboriginal Ceremonies in Australia Aboriginal people in Australia are indigenous. The earliest known is meaning of the word “aboriginal”. Actually‚ the Australian aboriginal is not coming from Australian it self. They came from Asia about 30.000 years ago. They have 500-600 distinct groups. No matter they live in different groups‚ they still an inherent part of the culture of aboriginal. Their culture is unique. Not only unique‚ they also rich in cultures. One of their unique cultures is ceremony
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Prostitution had posed the government a multitude of problems in Australia – prostitutes were being attacked and robbed‚ hawking in “respectable” residential estates and spreading sexually transmitted diseases. (Jeffreys‚ 2010) Then Prime Minister Keating came under public scrutiny as the problems brought about by prostitution grew. In 1994‚ Keating administration passed the Prostitution Control Act 1994‚ the first legal statue of its kind in Australia. (Appendix A – rmb to
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Aboriginals Treatment in Australia 21st February 2014 Protectionism When: Nineteenth Century and much for the twentieth century Rationale: The idea that the Aboriginal Australians need to be separated from the white community for their own good and for their own protection Practice: Many aboriginal Australians were removed from their homeland and moved to reservations. The aboriginals were forced out of their traditional lifestyles and forced into a controlled white community lifestyle
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To help solve the discrimination issues that exist in Australia‚ they had created a new system known by the Fair Work Act 2009 (Fairwork.gov.au‚ 2015). That act helps both the employees and employers to actually understand and try to comply with the new systems (Fairwork.gov.au‚ 2015). The act also have helps to provide education‚ consultants and information that may help to resolve workplace complaints that involves problems related to discrimination as well (Fairwork.gov.au‚ 2015). If there are
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