Category: Australia

On the surface, Australia is a wealthy country; rich, prosperous, full of educational and career opportunities, excelling in sport and the arts, and with a phenomenal standard of health. However, many of us fail to understand how deeply our country has been affected by the poverty epidemic. Studies in 2016 found that 739,000 children are…

Migration-related violence is when people seeking for a better future are mistreated physically and emotionally by other people. Further, the issues discussed earlier usually affect immigrants, people of different races. Up to this day, this topic is extremely important because even though it’s not as divided as in the 1900, there are still large amounts…

How can people be free? These were the words of the originator of the conflict theory, Karl Marx who based an entire theory on this question, where he describes the theory where he believed that people, by nature, are free, creative beings who have the potential to transform the world. But he observed that the…

The concept of same-sex marriage has only been regulated through the law. The expansion of legal rights and protections afforded to same-sex couples in Australia is well developed at both federal and state level. For example, legislation now exists in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, and the Australian Capital Territory that provides for the…

In the current world, technology is used so widely and by so many. It assists in a variety of daily tasks such as communication, work and even education. It interconnects our world with the click of a button allowing information to be sent around the world instantaneously. Although allowing the ability for connection, the thousands…

The prejudice and misrepresentation of Aboriginal peoples in state and federal law has existed in Australia ever since the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. The American Civil Rights Movement (1955 – 1968) was lead by Martin Luther King and encouraged by the people. This significantly affected the Australian people in realising the inequality…

Primal Traditions are the first traditions of humankind. They have been handed down from generation to generation through stories, songs or specific rites of passage in their tradition. These primal traditions are generally from non-literate people which indicates that they do not depend on scriptures or written teachings (oral) instead, trees and plants, water bodies,…

As the values, attitudes, and beliefs of the Australian population change, the laws and government must evolve accordingly to reflect this, extending to the country’s Church-State relationship. New religious discrimination legislation was proposed off the back of the same-sex marriage plebiscite, which, amongst many other issues, runs the risk of prioritizing freedom of religious expression…

Australia has a national and state governments and federalism refers to the relationship between these governments. Federalism is when a government divides power between the national government and the state governments. Some advantages of federalism include that it separates powers of government to prevent one person or group to make all the rules in a…

Trump has strong opinions on illegal immigration, should Australia follow… or not? There has been a recent spark in the public interest of the subject of illegal immigration, most attribute it to the said radical views of the President of the US: Donald J. Trump. There is a lot of controversy especially on his proposal…