Australia as a global citizen: Historically Australia and its political leaders have known their role in the global community being a part of many organizations designed to make the world a better place‚ and uphold the rights of humanity. Australia has been an integral part of the formation of the UN‚ and is one its most active members. The United Nations is an international organization with over 190 member states‚ its goal to avoid the recurrence of violent conflicts; to affirm fundamental human
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FTA’s allow Australia to trade more freely with other countries‚ e.g. a bilateral free trade agreement allows two countries to trade freely with limited tariffs. FTA’s will help Australia do more than just trade with other countries in goods. FTA’s allow trade in things like services‚ goods‚ etc... FTA’s will also encourage tourism and thus cultural exchanges between the countries involved in the FTA. By allowing Australia to trade more freely with other countries FTA’s will help boost Australia’s
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populous country‚ with a population of over 1.35 billion. China is the fourth largest country in the world behind Russia‚ Canada‚ and the United States. Australia is a continent and a country in the Southern Hemisphere‚ lying to the south of Southeast Asia‚ which divides the Indian and South Pacific Oceans. The population of Australia is 23 million. In 2009 China surpassed Japan to become Australia’s largest export market‚ the Australian and Chinese economies are strongly complementary
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After WW2‚ Australia felt that the population was too small to defend itself in case of another event. It also felt that Australia needed an economic boost and an increase in the population was the way to do so. In a speech to parliament in 1944‚ Immigration Minister Arthur Calwell expresses the need for migrants; “…Only by filling this land can we establish a title to hold it” (House of Representatives‚ Debates‚ 1944‚ vol. HR177‚ p.935). The Chifley Labor government’s aim in the late 1940s was
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outset of federation‚ Australia immediately constructed what has been termed the ‘White Australia Policy’. This consisted of attempts to keep Australia’s image to the rest of the world as a white European society‚ devoid of any other colors and ethnicities. Those that were of non-European descent were forced to assimilate to the European mode or face being ostracized from society. Following World War 2‚ there was increased pressure from the international community for Australia to change its current
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Year 10 History Research Essay- The White Australia Policy- Racist or a cautious legislation? The ‘White Australia Policy’ was the product of all the fear that the white parliament officials held against anyone with non-European background. The White Australia Policy was first promulgated by the first governing Prime Minister Edward Barton who was fearful that if non-Europeans in Australia were left unchecked‚ they would no longer regard the Australian Parliament as a ruling figure. The basis
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The White Australia Policy (WAP) was a policy that was introduced in 1901 by the newly federated government. It was officially known as the Immigration Restrictions Act 1901 and the Pacific Island Labourers Act 1901. These policies were put in place to keep Australia white for racial issues‚ economic issues and for the preservation of democratic freedom. In order for the WAP to work‚ a “Dictation Test” was put in place that would monitor who was allowed into the country such as undesirables including
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For instance‚ many people immigrants to Australia. They keep buying property such as a house‚ and demand of house keep rising‚ and price also increases too. It leads to unhealthy local economic‚ widening gap between property price and household income. Former foreign minister Bob Carr mentioned
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Social Welfare in Australia Social security in Australia is a system of social welfare payments provided by the Commonwealth Government of Australia. These payments are administered by the Department of Human Services. Most benefits are subject to a means test. Payments are made to a variety of groups of people; Indigenous students and New Apprentices‚ age pension‚ assistance for isolated children (families with a child who lives a fair distance from school)‚ carers‚ disability support pension
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Cultural Profile Australia Australia is geographically located just south of China and Indonesia on the world map. It is considered to be the 6th largest country in the world in terms of land mass. Meanwhile Australia is also considered the smallest continent in the world. In 1945‚ Australia only had a population of about 7 million people. Since 1945 the country had gained another 6.5 million due to immigration for reasons such as escaping poverty‚ war and persecution. The immigrants have mainly
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