term Mabo refers to all issues relating to the Australian High Court judgement in the Mabo v. Queensland case. On the 3rd of June‚ 1992‚ after a decade long lawsuit‚ the High Court ruled that the land title of the Indigenous Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders is recognised at common law. This Indigenous Peoples land title comes from the continuation within common law of their rights over land which pre dates the European colonisation of Australia. In the absence of an effective extinguishment
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Research Question: What are effective strategies for reducing alcohol consumption in Indigenous Australian in the community? Background The health of the aboriginal community continues to be poor‚ with the life expectancy of 20-25 years less than the life expectancy of other Australians. According to the Australian Bureau of statistics‚ premature death and high morbidity have a significant impact on communities‚ where individuals and families experience continual loss (Australian Bureau of
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just destroy the peace. China has done very well so far to build up a peaceful relationship between itself and Taiwan. "China will actively promote people-to-people contacts and economic and cultural exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits‚ and start direct trade‚ postal‚ air and shipping services as soon as possible; achieve reunification through peaceful negotiations and‚ on the premise of the one-China principle." This is the best way to
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system and as a result‚ he along with others began a ten year journey to gain recognition of native title. Native title is the term used to identify the extent to which Australian Law recognises the prior rights and interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people‚ under their own traditional laws‚ in relation to Australian land and waters. They took legal action against this Act‚ successfully arguing that the Act was contrary to the Racial Discrimination Act‚ and was therefore invalid. Further
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Native Title Act (1993) and the Land Fund Act (1994). These legislations made it possible for Aboriginals to claim their land and also recognised that they were the original inhabitants of Australia. In addition‚ in 1995 the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund and Indigenous Land Corporation were initiated in an effort to alleviate
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II‚ & Robinson‚ R. B. (2009). Strategic management: Formulation‚ implementation‚ and control (11th ed.). New York‚ NY: McGraw-Hill. Tan‚ V. S. (2010). Power of vision to motivate people: [Life and Times] (2nd ed.). Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia: New Straits Times Press.
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diversity maintains the basic principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) in the Australian Public Service (APS). To that end‚ Workplace Diversity Plans include measures to address employment- related disadvantages of women‚ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people‚ people of non-English
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Since 1918‚ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (ATSI) have achieved a great deal of change in both political and social ways‚ though it was not without struggle. Many of these achievements are derived from several events‚ such as the Mabo Decision which was the long battle that lead to the recognition of Aboriginal land rights. Other events also contributed‚ such as the long process of reconciling the relationships between ATSI peoples and Australians‚ the Bringing Them Home Report which helped
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Introduction Throughout Australian history‚ there have been men and women who fought for the entitlements of the indigenous people. The most respected and recognised of these is Eddie Mabo‚ a Torres Strait Islander. Mabo stood up for the rights of his people from a very young age all the way to his death‚ in order to generate changes in the policies and laws of the government. Mabo battled for his right to own the land which he had inherited from his adoptive father‚ a fight which was resolved
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Topic: “An evaluation of the 2006 MT Solar 1 oil spill at the Guimaras Strait” Statement of the problem: The 2006 MT Solar 1 oil spill at the Guimaras Strait spilt 2.1 million liters of bunker oil into the sea. The immediate ecosystems have been direly affected. Background of the study: The researchers are rooting for this topic ever since it came to their thoughts. They are optimistic that this topic will be approved as they have the means to conduct this study: One of their group
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