Australian Anti-Discrimination Legislation Australia is a muti-culture country‚ there are a lot of immigration came from the world everyday. Thus‚ avoid the conflict among individuals with different background is significant in Australia.Discrimination is one of the conflicts occurs frequently. In General‚ Australian anti-discrimination legislation is very effective in some ways as it addresses the different areas of discrimination- race‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ disability- with specific laws
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Executive Summary In Australia‚ the high and ongoing demand for young Asian sex workers‚ in excess of local supply‚ creates a market opportunity for sex traffickers in women and children from countries like Thailand‚ Philippines‚ China and Cambodia. One reliable source estimates the Australian trafficking industry nets approximately Australian $1 million per week to the organizers’ of the trade. This term paper examines the global trade of the trafficking of women into the sex industry from a business
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Whitlam‚ Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia. He was Australia ’s Prime Minister elected in 1972‚ Whitlam ’s term as prime minister ended in 1975 when he was dismissed by the Governor-General. It ended three years of extensive social and cultural reform. Anti- discrimination Racial Discrimination Act 1975 Was introduced to eliminate racism and promote the understand of other races. It applies everyone throughout Australia to all people regardless of their age or where they
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Accounting Standards board‚ with guidance from the Financial Reporting Council (FRC)‚ decided to implement IFRS’s throughout Australia. This decision was made so that Australia could participate and contribute to the development of a distinct set of accounting standards that could be used all around the world. This report will explore the process of setting standards in Australia‚ the effects it can have on interest groups‚ and the way in which the introduction of IFRS would change the way Australian
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4.1 Recommendations and Implications 19 5 Appendix 20 Melissa Zanesco‚ Adderton 6 Study of Society report Single Parent Families Ms Brown 1 Introduction In a survey conducted over a period of ten years‚ it has been found that the number of single parent families has nearly doubled‚ and is continuing to increase [Figure 11 - ABS‚ 2007]. Despite this‚ single parent families in Australia face many challenges in terms of marginalisation and disadvantage because they do not have the same
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landmark New South Wales v Commonwealth (“Workchoices’ Case”)‚ a strong criticism was mounted against constitutional interpretation methods employed in the judicial forum. Explicitly‚ this conjecture was focused at Isaacs J’s judgement in Amalgamated Society of Engineers v Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd (“Engineers’ Case”)‚ where a textualism approach to constitutional interpretation was adopted. Callinan J expressed the Engineers’ Case as “less than satisfactory”‚ using “detached language” to discredit its
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and courts. Social Progress - Laws must provide a universal education system - Laws must assist the development of youth into well adjusted adults. - Faster‚ good health practises - Protection of the environment Sources of law All laws in Australia originate from two sources: 1. Australian Parliaments 2. Courts Parliament made law Features: Parliament makes laws because the constitution prescribes power to it. Can be made in a broad subject area whenever parliament is summoned to sit
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system but also society as a whole. The term Mabo refers to all issues relating to the Australian High Court judgement in the Mabo v. Queensland case. On the 3rd of June‚ 1992‚ after a decade long lawsuit‚ the High Court ruled that the land title of the Indigenous Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders is recognised at common law. This Indigenous Peoples land title comes from the continuation within common law of their rights over land which pre dates the European colonisation of Australia. In the absence
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Poverty In Australia Before discussing the extent of poverty in Australia‚ it is first crucial to mention the difference between absolute poverty and relative poverty. Absolute Poverty is a situation where deprivation is extreme because people do not have access to the basic necessities such as food‚ clothing‚ and shelter. In contrast Relative Poverty is a situation in which the incidence of poverty is measured relative to things such as average weekly earnings or income per head. Therefore poverty
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How free are we? Australia is a lucky country. It is a rich western democracy where its people enjoy wealth‚ health and freedom. On the surface it may appear so‚ and compared to other countries‚ we live in a country that we believe is free but how do we define freedom? The definition of freedom is “The power or right to act‚ speak‚ or think as one wants” (Oxforddictionariescom‚ 2016). Australians have lots of rights. However on contemplation and reflection‚ it appears we are not as free as we believe
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