Aboriginals Treatment in Australia 21st February 2014 Protectionism When: Nineteenth Century and much for the twentieth century Rationale: The idea that the Aboriginal Australians need to be separated from the white community for their own good and for their own protection Practice: Many aboriginal Australians were removed from their homeland and moved to reservations. The aboriginals were forced out of their traditional lifestyles and forced into a controlled white community lifestyle
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Social Welfare in Australia Social security in Australia is a system of social welfare payments provided by the Commonwealth Government of Australia. These payments are administered by the Department of Human Services. Most benefits are subject to a means test. Payments are made to a variety of groups of people; Indigenous students and New Apprentices‚ age pension‚ assistance for isolated children (families with a child who lives a fair distance from school)‚ carers‚ disability support pension
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On the 6th of November 1999 Australia was very close to becoming a republic. There was a 4% difference in the vote for the referendum with 46% of voters in favour for Australia to become a republic and 54% of voters against becoming a republic winning by the smallest margin. But why become a republic? First of all a republic is a state in which the supreme power resides in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly but them (Macquarie
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and freedoms‚ but also indicated that the nation was prepared to embrace Indigenous people as a part of their society and culture. On May 27th 1967‚ the Holt Liberal government held a referendum to determine whether or not two sections of the Constitution should be removed‚ as it discriminated against Aboriginal people. As a result‚ almost ninety-one percent of Australians voted ‘yes’ to alter these constitutional references. This significant event permitted the Commonwealth Government to
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Federation for Australia was when six independant Brisitsh colonies were no longer divided. It was the year “1901” when Federation happened for Australia. Federation took place because of the need to be more organised‚ to improve the defence of Australia‚ better transportation‚ stronger communication‚ to unify the economy and to strengthen the pride of being Australian. The idea of six colonies uniting as one had an apeal to people which lead to motivating the spirit of Australia and being as one
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How people lived in Australia around the turn of the century: * Living in 1900: * There was 3 categories in which how people lived and where they stood: * From lowest to highest it was the working class‚ the middle class and the upper class. * Working class: The lowest category and lived poorly and worked for long amounts for limited amounts of money and resources. * The middle class lay in the middle and was the group of people in society that had bigger better houses on their
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The 1967 referendum is about the aboriginals trying to be counted in Australias census. They are trying to change their rights and freedom. The aboriginals were treated unfairly during this time and was discriminated against. There are many aspects to the referendum including the lead up to it‚ the context on which it was presented‚ the referendum and finally the impact it has on the aboriginals. The 1967 referendum is about including Aboriginals people in the census and allowing the commonwealth
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topic in Australia for the past century. From the 1920’s to the constitutional referendum in 1967 many events occurred that shaped the advancement of Aboriginal rights. The sheer volume of significant events during this time period are too great to enlighten on all of them so I will aim to touch on the rights of Aboriginal people before this time period‚ the foundation of Aboriginal political activism‚ the Day of Mourning and the Cummeragunja walk off‚ International pressure against Australia‚ and
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geographically outside Australia‚ those could be external affairs‚ it is expanding‚ the Polyucich decision dealing with whether the war crimes legislation that dealt with war criminals particularly those in ww2 was war crimes legislation allowing those people to be punished sometime later‚ the validity of the war crimes act being tested there and aprt of the grounds in which it was found to be valid legislation was that it dealt with matters external geographically outside of Australia things that happened
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prior Australian legislative and common law definitions is therefore required. The definition of ATSI people has a long and contentious history in Australia. Even today‚ two very different definitions are concurrently in use. One‚ commonly found in Australian legislation‚ defines Aboriginals as ’a person who is a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia’. The second definition‚ a three-part test proposed in the early 1980’s by the Commonwealth Department of Aboriginal Affairs‚ identifies ATSI peoples
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