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conference in Australia has established an organisation called the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council (NATSICC) Formed in Cairns in January 1989. Its members represent a voice for Aboriginal and Toress Strait Islander Catholics. The NATSICC meets with the Bishop Commission for dealing with issues with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders twice per year to actively support and promote unity of Indigenous Australians with the Catholic Church in Australia. Alongside this

Stereotypes relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people circulate through the media, including newspapers and reports, books both fiction and nonfiction, Australian children’s television, and any films or tv shows set in Australia. These stereotypes come from poor or shallow representations of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people in fiction – for example, a drunken Aboriginal stock character in television comedies – as well as biased reporting and nonfiction – for example,

industrial development such as iron, steel, woolen goods, and motors. The regime set more than 60 percent tariff wall for import and export to secure local income and employments in growing population. Consequently the allocation of importation in Australia conserved more than 80 percent for the local markets, but also maintained generous working conditions for employers and employee (Abbott, 1997). The regime also focused on the wage fairness and providing welfare benefits based on the needs of families

The film Australia directed by Baz Luhrmann, features many different cultures, one of which is the Aboriginal culture. Luhrmann covers many different aspects of the Aboriginal culture such as the portrayals of the stolen generations, half-castes and the assimilation policy. Luhrmann addresses the stolen generations aspect of the Aboriginal culture through the character Nullah. There is one scene where Fletcher has told the authorities that there is a “half-caste” at Faraway Downs. Nullah hides

Aboriginal tourism experiences: expected to see natural destinations and cultures of aboriginal Australia. An analysis of Aboriginal tourism experiences that most appeal to domestic consumers. Meet and

On September 10, 2017 more than 20,000 people including the Australian political leaders as well as the Prime minister were protesting for the campaign for the same sex marriage in Sydney, Australia. The Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull announced that the public was going to be able to vote. Either they agree with the same sex marriage or if they’re against. He gave them the chance to vote in a Postal Plebiscite. There was a confusion on why the Australian government kept on consisting of giving the

A Baptist policy on immigration and asylum seekers The world currently faces a global refugee crisis with up to 40 million displaced people (the majority of whom are women and children). Australia currently accepts around 13,750 refugees each year as part of total planned annual immigration of around 182,000 people. This paper identifies social and political problems relating to asylum seekers and refugees. It examines the biblical teaching on a responsible Christian approach to asylum seekers

Before the evangelization of the Church and Australian government occurred, the Indigenous in Australia had their own beliefs and aspects of spirituality. A belief of Indigenous culture before evangelization was the belief relating to cosmology. Cosmology is the study on the origins of our world. The Indigenous believed that it was the Dreaming that has existed since the beginning of our world, and will always exist. Everything in our world is all because of the Dreaming. A spiritual experience

this rule set. Other countries have taken the situation of refuges in a higher light compared to Australia, some with more acceptances over others like Germany. Near the end of 2015 Germany had registered 964,574 new asylum seekers in the year 2015 alone and went on a steady increase to 1 million by the end of the year, with the highest peak being in November in which 206,101. Compare this to Australia in which it has a strict annual quota of 13,750 places for refugees which is a mere 1.47% of the

Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition, ranked as the highest cause of non-fatal burden in Australians aged 5 to 14, and the seventh highest overall in 2010, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (cited in the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2013). In addition, a 2014 report of Australian health conducted by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows that in 2011-2012, asthma affected 10.2% of the Australian population, double that of the prevalence