The white Australia Policy The White Australia policy was tremendously racist‚ in the way that it discriminated against any individual that were non-European. The policy thrived until the end of World War Two when the laws and immigration rights were loosened. There were various reasons behind why the policy was created‚ and two specific people‚ Edmund Barton and Sir Henry Parkes assisted with the formation. This particular policy had a negative impact on people seeking work in Australia‚ many of
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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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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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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 been
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Multicultural Australia: Australia’s Immigration History and Current Political Debate Ryan Besgrove Word Count: 1‚491 MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY INTRODUCTION People have always come to Australia through immigration. Whether it be 45‚000 years ago via nomadic boats (Broome‚ 1994) or through the efforts of the British Empire to expand their Anglican empire (Ferguson‚ 2003). As a result modern Australia is a composite of many varying cultures and ethnicities. It is often said that Australia is a multicultural
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Unemployment Unemployment refers to those people who are willing and able to work‚ actively seeking work but is unable to find suitable employment. In Australia unemployment is measured by a monthly telephone survey of the labour force conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). These unemployment statistics reflect the number of people who are not working but actively seeking it. To be classified as actively seeking work the following criteria must be followed: regularly checking
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While the unemployment rate has fallen over the past couple of years‚ the incidence of long term unemployment has been on the rise and therefore still remains a critical policy issue in Australia. The question of how best to reduce unemployment has been a significant part of the policy agenda for more than two decades due to the complex problems it causes for both policy makers and the individuals affected (Dixon‚ 2004 & Walsh‚ 1987). Those that are long term unemployed (LTU)‚ unemployed for 52 weeks
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Youth unemployment in Australia has been a problem of the past and is rising with poor implementations. As such‚ various factors have to be contributing towards the issue. Contributing factors are approaches or methods that escalate the problem‚ and needs attention should be accorded. Answering the question will develop insights on some of the causes that are global‚ but are not significant in Australia. The cause of unemployment according to Bond et al. (2015) is low education level and skills.
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restrictions on immigration in Australia in the early 20th century through to 1973. It mentions the limitations targeting non -”white European” races. It goes on to describes Australia’s national “desire” to become white and to keep other minorities out‚ this general opinion was called the “White Australia” movement. This harsh act has kept the Chinese immigrants from obtaining certain rights‚ for example; Chinese men were denied the right to bring their wives and children into Australia. This indicates that
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independence from America and the United Kingdom. His decisions about foreign policies and multiculturalism throughout his time as prime minister helped to develop a bond between Asia and Australia. However all did not support his choices as many of these decisions challenged old laws and ideas and his decisions were considered radical and progressive. Overall his actions created better diplomatic relationships for Australia and opened us up to multiculturalism. Whitlam’s first act as a prime minister
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