... "incidents". Torture and jailing for lack of religious and political freedom have been described by our government as cultural differences. When Indonesia invaded East Timor the Australian government which had remained very complacent could not stand by any longer and sent our own troops to ... going to ensure that their unfair, unpopular policy would not effect their chances in the upcoming elections. ASIA AND AusAID The Australian Government's overseas aid program reaches more than 58 million people living in poverty around the world, with most of its activities taking ... figure. B...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... swing away from the traditional industrial awards and a movement toward such things like enterprise bargaining and more flexible work arrangements, which includes such things as casual employment. Within Australia, government policy has been an important catalyst for the implementation of a large number of critical improvements in workplace conditions. These include such benefits as maternity and paternity leave, family leave, flexible ... hours and childcare services. However, the government is not the single driver for the changes. Organisations have also come to realise that in order...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... for a period before they can apply to re-enter Australia. On the other hand, those who outstay their visas within Australia are merely considered "overstayers". A noticeable injustice within the Australian legal system is the differential treatment between these "overstayers" and "unlawful non-citizens". "Overstayers" account for 58,748 of Australia's impermanent population (as of July 2001 ), whilst ... alleviates the possibility of the introduction of new diseases and or more criminals into mainstream society. While precautionary measures against the prospects of criminal asylum seeke...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... the play is set in a specific time period - the Christmas of 1967 and New Year of 1968. The late sixties is a period of Australian history where there was a great deal of political and social change. One significant event was that Australia was at war with North Vietnam. Australia also ... standard ". Coral finds the loss of her son hard to accept. She is devastated by his departure and just wants him back. The government policy of conscripting people into the armed forces, by a ballot system, is also referred to by the characters. Rick tells Coral how he ... situation through an empathe...

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• Grade Level: High School

... training our own youth and our skilled labour remains unemployed. Yet both Liberal and Labour regard importing skilled migrants as the way to increase the labour market! DEFENCE The 1987 government policy paper on the defence of Australia stated, "no population increase is necessary for defence". Today's defence needs require a strong economy and sophisticated, expensive military infrastructure. We ... producing real skills for real jobs. The preferential admission of children of migrants to universities under the unfair LOTE (Language Other Than English) bonus ensures Australian child...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Europeans were also accepted on the understanding that they shed their cultures and languages. This process was called "Assimilation". Assimilation was implemented so that all citizens would conform to the Australian way of life. The attitude of Charles Price exemplifies the climate into which migrants were entering during this period of time. "Australia should concentrate on eliminating immigrants' old ideas, ... of these migrants had to endure continual intolerance and bigotry. In 1947 there was 171 000 displaced Europeans living in Australia, including Poles, Estonians and Latvians. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate