... work towards building relationships of cooperation and understanding between Aboriginals Australians and white Australians. The aim of the council was to address many of the issues facing Aboriginal Australians, and then respond to the hardships and social disadvantages many of them endured. They also wanted to make people understand the Aboriginal culture and history. It was also accepted that an apology for ... ...

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"Terra Nullus" or "empty land", described Australia through the eyes of Captain James Cook and the Endeavour when they first anchored in Botany Bay in 1770. With the Endeavour more or less a part of Britain, brought with it not only British men, women and firepower but more importantly British Culture, its western influence, its ideologies and diseases which were to impact critically on the health and wellbeing of the indigenous people and dramatically decreasing their health and wellbeing status. All people have their own culturally determined and socially structured health care systems, some...

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There are two main ways to distinguish the difference between domestic and international rights: One, international rights are more surrounding and involved in dealing with many rights more than the domestic law of most countries. In Australia, human rights treaties have been given domestic power, such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)(1989). And two international rights aren't as readily enforceable as domestic rights. The domestic legal rights have the authority of domestic laws supporting them. If rights given by domestic law are violated, the law will impose sanctions on t...

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... their childhood and early adulthood. Now, we have discussed that there are certain connections between families and our society. However, the reality of a family in actual situation is not idealistic, issues like family violence, parenting, gender roles, ageing always exist. The crime of family violence is widespread in the Australian community. A survey indicated that violence was in one out of three ... , in developed countries rate of divorce is steady. One out of three marriages ends up with divorce (family court Australia). To be able to work out the solution for family issues, an e...

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... as a whole in Australia were reflected in the performances of my peers. Some of the major issues and challenges that TIE in Australia confronts today are the difficult and at times unwelcoming social environments that they must perform in along with the ignorance of the audience about theatre appreciation and the ... beliefs, presenting TIE groups with a challenge to perform a play that concerns and invites everybody, making sure that all the audience can relate to the issues addressed in the play. Even though when my peers performed their plays as TIE groups the audience was roughly the ...

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... by many to be the greatest female poet in Australia's history. Nearly all of Wright's poems are typically Australian, she deals with Australian issues and uses rich powerful Australian imagery. Her love of Australia, her ancestry and the environment make her much loved by the Australian community and this ... its people, "time has washed the words away". Wright's poetry is sometimes confrontational but in an acceptable way because she is writing about issues which need to be discussed, about stories that need to be told. Wright feels strongly about her ancestry as an Australian and she ...

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... it affects everyone's life at some level. Uproars like surges in redundancy, oscillations in the cost of fundamental commodities, and double income families on lifestyle and wages, are all major issues in everyday life. Environmental change is occurring each and every day including such things as the loss of bushland, disappearance of species, breakdown in the ozone layer, wastage of fossil ... fuels and salination, which are all serious issues of our community. Another area in our community that is continually changing is politics. As well as the more public pomposities there are subtl...

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... people in Australia. The film depicts discrimination, prejudice and racism faced by Indigenous people in Australia. There are many scenes that revolve around the issues faced by Indigenous Australians. The Sapphires is a huge success due to its authenticity. The film was based in 1960's Australia on a true ... of the forcible removal policies and their impact on the children that were taken, but also on their families and communities. The first social issue that will be outlined in The Sapphires is The Stolen Generation. During one particular scene the oldest sister Gail gets into an a...

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... Out of the 34,000 members at Southside Sport and Community Club, only 1% of these members suffer/suffered from gambling issues (Damian Boyce, 2015). It is evident that clubs hold a positive impact on the local community. Clubs offer economic support, a social setting, easy accessibility, jobs and affordable meals to the community. Clubs are a non-profit organization, which can be ... defined as an institution where money earned is distributed to either a charitable, cultural, educational, political, social welfare, sporting or recreational organization and does not provide a benefit for ...

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... ; a synthesis of nineteenth century middle-class ideas about women, sexuality, work and class relations. Prostitutes have for centuries, in varying cultures been thought of as social deviants. The women working as prostitutes enter a world of meanings over which they are powerless: their role, sexuality, and identity are defined by men. They inhabit a place constructed out ... from becoming involved in the business. The objects of the Act are as follows: (a) Safeguard public health; (b) Promote the welfare and occupational health and safety of prostitutes; (c) Protect the social and physi...

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... the region. At the time of the Vietnam War, Australia was not only undergoing a political revolution, but also a social revolution. More so than ever before, people were expressing their views freely, and with the Vietnam War and conscription being the most controversial issues of the time, they naturally drew a considerable amount of attention. Numerous rallies occurred, protesting against the war, and calling ... . The dissenters in society were uncomfortable with the notion of being conscripted and sent to a battlefield, which they believed Australia had no place on. There are countle...

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... systems of belief. The Courage to stand on your own. This seminar will concentrate on explaining the significance of the four basic traditions that Robert Bellah and the other the social scientists that worked in his team in the early eighties identified as underpinning North American society. An assumption is made that all modern western democracies share these basic traditions, with ... varying degrees of emphasis. The two oldest traditions that Bellah and the others social scientists identified they chose to name as the Republican and the Biblical traditions. The first of these they ...

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... of aboriginal people between 1900 and today" Between the 1900 and today, there have been many significant changes to the rights and freedoms of Aboriginal people. Some of the main issues being the stolen generation, the equality of Aboriginals among white Australians, the 1967 Referendum, the Day of Mourning, assimilation, the Aboriginal Tent Embassy and the Eddie Mabo case. All these ... custody. Many recommendations were made. On Australia in 1972, the aboriginal people put up the aboriginal tent embassy on the lawns of parliament house. it was there to demand for social justice, comp...

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... worker more than a specified amount in goods and money. They were housed in corrugated iron humpies with corrugated iron shatters for windows, without floors, lighting, sanitation, furniture or cooking facilities. Social service payments (old age pension etc. ) were paid into the pastoral company's funds together with a Federal Government subsidies for the worker's dependents. When the Gurindji demands were understood, they attracted ... 31 May 1989, and the actions taken in respect of each death. The Commission's terms of reference enabled it to take account of social, cultural and leg...

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... such success can said to be determined by a person's peers. If people identify an individual's work as being of high quality and useful, than the person will feel successful. Furthermore social status and titles are less significant in the Australian culture, as the lower level worker may commonly attract more respect than management. Australians generally don't have a high disposable income, as ... the core principles of religion which dictate how people live, and treat one another. Younger generations especially bring with them values of equality and non-discrimination compared to old...

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Until early 1960's, Australian women were still regarded as inferior to men both physically and intellectually. Many of the feminist issues varied from access to employment, education and child care, to equality in the workplace, changing family roles and the need for equal political representation. The Macquarie Dictionary defines feminism as " ... advocacy of equal rights and opportunities for women, especially the extension of their activities into the social and political life". This definition only came to be accurate when the Feminist Movements first came into existence, which improved ...

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... the unemployed aboriginal members and provides them with assistance in education and work place opportunity. This strategy works very closely with police organisation and aboriginal community fight against public alcohol issues, homelessness, family violence and antisocial behaviour. A much more systematic approach would identify how environmental prevention interacts with other variables that are believed to be linked with aboriginal community. Where it ... is easy to say that environmental strategies are by far better and easier option to police organisation to implement in aborigines...

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... such thing as a specific traditional "Aboriginal dance." One of Bangarra's theatre pieces I have watched is called "Mathinna," it tells the story of one young Aboriginal girl's life journey and the social issues and hardships that she went through during the early days of Australia's colonization as the British settlers relocated the Aboriginal people from their tribal lands and kept them captive, enforcing ... ...

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... is head of state to.Now if we had a president even one with less duties than the current govenor general he (or she ) would still be focused totally on Australian issues and not be worried whats going on in Canada or some other british country. The monarchists believe that the only duties the queen has to perform apart from appointing govenors ... and govenors general ,is visit Australia ( and her other realms )and some ceremonial and social duties which take more time than appointment duties.We all have the advantages of this style monarchy without having to help pay for the monarchy (...

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... , family relationship conflicts, child abuse and exposure to life events (DHAC and AIHW, 1999). All of these risk factors have the potential to negatively affect an individuals physical, psychological and social health and affect he/she in such a way, that he/she may have the urge to take their own life. Suicide is not a rational choice. There are many underlying reasons ... and factors why an individual may kill themself. Although many interacting factors and issues often lead an individual to suicide, many people who choose to take thier own lives have a mental health problem (Baume, C...

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Our world today is full of unsolved, devisive and controversial issues. Most of them relate to our morals, ethics and religion, thus creating a very strong "yes" and "no", or "good" and "bad" side. Like the Chinese Yin and Yang sign, abortion ... family? In Scotland the Roman Catholic Church offered a 12yr old pregnant girl money in the attempt to prevent her from having an abortion. She was advised by her teachers and a social worker to terminate the pregnancy mainly because of her age and her family's financial position. But her parents were more convinced with the advice given to them by ...

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... their birth parents to breed out the inferior Aboriginal race the Europeans had shattered the lives of everyone involved. It is finally time to stop blaming our fathers for this social experiment and recognise that only through reconciliation can we help seal the deep wounds that are at present bleeding the life out of these hapless individuals. It is estimated that ... are thirty times more likely to be gaoled and also have the countries highest suicide rate. We can not ignore these problems as they affect the whole society. They are issues that we as a nation need to deal with, togeth...

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... be filled with vigour and energy. Strenuous, heroic, youthful figures bronzed and toned. Physical perfection. Therefore, Zahalka uses this image to create a parody image representing the contemporary age with such issues as gender, class and multiculturalism. In order to echo Meeres work she used the same props, similar poses in the carefully constructed positions, and the same bland facial expressions, with ... no physical eye contact. Thus, she has changed the social and cultural context. For example Zahalka has incorporated a majority of dark haired people to avoid the stereotype, on...

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... contrast between living conditions and legal rights between white and black Australians is also relevant to the construction and dramatic success of the play, as it sets up an appalling social hierarchy purely determined by race, culture and skin colour. These contrasts build an awareness of the treatment of Aboriginals in the 1930's and makes Australians evaluate the reasons for racial ... the play as it sets the audience up with an overview of the discrimination this family was faced with. Jack Davis has used contrast to build on important and serious issues in a light hearted way. Th...

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... a career spanning writing for theatre, television, opera, film and fiction, Louis Nowra has established himself in the forefront of Australian theatre both in cultural prestige and, increasingly, commercial success. The issues and ideas that Nowra wished to put forth are what made him the remarkable playwright today. Most popular of these were: The crises of a settler nation, Aboriginal dispossession, And Australia ... theatre now I hear you ask, hey? Well to sum up the contemporary side of Australian theatre would be to tell you something that I, personally don't know. The broad cultur...

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