Film Critique Essay The film‚ “Australia” (2008)‚ opens with a scenic backdrop as well as information on pre-World War II and its effect on Australia‚ specifically in the northern area. The film then transitions to the issue of Stolen Generations- the attempt of ‘whites’ to send mixed aboriginal children to mission homes on far islands to phase out their culture‚ setting the stage for the many complications and dramatic events in line to take motion. With the main characters of Lady Sarah Ashley
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Refugees are an international issue that can’t be ignored by Australia as it has a legal and moral responsibility towards them. We as Australian in this develop country have the moral responsibly to help those who can’t help themselves and protect and support those arrive on our shores. Legally we need put our difference aside and as a country we need to help make the difference on this international crisis and millions lives under persecution‚ famine and in war. As one of the largest country on
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The case for Australia not to become a republic. Australia has deep-rooted ties to its founding nation; the UK. To sever the few remaining links to our ally and historical parent under peaceful conditions (unlike the American war of independence) would be a crying shame. The first thing that we would notice would be the astronomical cost of setting up a republic‚ this would be a cost that we as tax-payers would have to reach into our pockets for and give money for something that doesn’t change
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Mandatory Detention of Child refugees in Australia The mandatory detention of children is one of the most cruel and inhumane rules of modern day Australia. It is unfair and cruel for the children that have to undergo through this kind of trauma as it mentally and physically affects them in a way that cannot be reversed. It handicaps them‚ and when they finally do get released‚ they will find that life is much harder for them. Mandatory detention is an acceptable and well established rule‚ but
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------------------------------------------------- Doing Business in Australia SWOT Analysis Strengths * Australia is one of the world’s richest and most developed countries * The Australian Dollar is strong ($1 CAD = $0.96 AUD) * Strong economy with high employment rate * Controlled inflation‚ housing prices‚ * It offers very few barriers to entry‚ a familiar legal and corporate framework‚ and a sophisticated – yet straightforward business culture. * Healthcare in Australia is generally supported by the Federal
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Should Australia change their national flag? The current on-going Australian debate is one that I wholeheartedly agree with. Should Australia change their national flag? Yes‚ yes we should. As an Australian citizen I believe we need to acknowledge the ancestors of our land‚ the aborigines who were here long before European settlers. We need to also acknowledge the fact that we are an independent nation‚ the Union Jack in the top corners suggests Australia to be a British colony. The current flag
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Australia is a wealthy nation that gives overseas aid to developing countries to help them with their struggles and to overcome the extreme poverty. World vision is a community development organisation that provides long term and short term help to around 100 million families‚ adults‚ and children around the world. World vision helps around 90 nations all over the world‚ but most of the money from Australians goes to our nearest neighbours; Indonesia‚ Papua new guinea‚ east Timor and to the pacific
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Australia Australia has changed a lot in the last 250 years. Before 1788 there were around 250 languages spoken in Australia and a population of 750 000. Many of the 250 languages were spoken by the indigenous people in Australia but many of the languages died out as the indigenous people were murdered and became fewer and fewer. When the English people came to Australia with the first fleet which consisted of 11 ships in 1788 the indigenous people were killed and suppressed by the English people
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A Bill of rights would bring Australia in line with every other western liberal democracy (State Library of NSW 2005‚ p.9). Currently‚ Australia stands alone by not having a Bill of Rights and there is a perception that because of that‚ the system of government does not adequately protect human rights‚ which in turn leads to the risk of individual rights being infringed (Feena‚ Robbins & Summers 2014‚ p. 26). Other countries that have a Bill of Rights expressed in their constitutions include Canada
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United Kingdom (UK) and Australia respectively. Examples of these statutes include the Statute of
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