Norfolk Island

A sorry state? Article analysis In the opinion piece, A sorry state? Written on 2nd of august 2007, Professor Janice Stevens opposes in an alarmed and critical tone that the treatment of David Hicks in Guantanamo Bay is a violation of human rights and that Australia’s response only shows that other citizens should be scared of themselves being held in such a state. In a sophisticated style the article addresses at an educated adult audience, or to those who are concerned about the treatment of

The Australian Government, unlike many liberal democracy countries, has no Bill of Rights, instead we have a constitution. This is a document stating the laws of Australia and the way our government must run. A Bill of Rights would positively enforce new, and re-instated laws to protect the rights of Australian people. The Australian Constitution, passed by the British Parliament as part of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900. It was written in the 1890’s after a series of conventions

Australia, although being a multicultural country where everyone is equal, there is a severe presence of economic inequality. With millions of people living poverty, Australia’s wealthy continue to accumulate wealth, whereas the poor continue to become poorer. With the economic inequality in Australia rising, the Australian government is contributing to this by creating new policies within the budget, making those who are disadvantaged already worse off. Rather than creating policies that make the

‘We will no longer allow 457 visas to be passports to jobs that could and should go to Australians’. This is what Mr Turnbull said in a video posted to Facebook on April 18 this year marking the beginning to a series of changes to the 457 visa. The Temporary Work (skilled) (subclass 457) visa is a visa that lets a skilled worker travel to Australia to work in their nominated occupation for their approved sponsor for up to four years (Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection)

Australia claims to be an egalitarian land of equal opportunity; however, the documentary Cronulla Riots suggests that it is not applicable to all of its citizens. Especially for those Muslim Australians who lived 26km away from South of Sydney CBD during 11th Dec. 2005 – 15th Dec. 2005. They were ill disposed to their fellow White Australians living down the street from them. For them, tensions grew day by day. People affected by Cronulla Riots in any manner were ‘out of the frying pan, and were

Like many healthcare systems around the world, Australia has a complex system in place for the funding healthcare to meet the needs of its citizens. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), in 2011-12 Australia spent an estimated $140.2 billion on healthcare, accounting for approximately 9.5% of the gross domestic product (AIHW, 2014). Australia has seen substantial growth in the cost of healthcare over the last decade due to an aging population, increased prevalence of

The Australian Citizenship Legislation Amendment, Strengthening the Requirements for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures Bill 2017, introduced by Mr Peter Dutton, minister for Immigration and Border Protection proposed to reform the requirements of citizenship. The bill incorporates a number of integrity measures to ensure migrants are capable of upholding Australian values and subsequently, prepared to be full, active members in Australian society. To maintain social cohesion and facilitate

queen. It was AD 43 when Claudius ordered his Romans to invade Britannia, merely for his desperate need in a military achievement. Within AD 48, Boudica married King Prasutagus, “the head of the Iceni tribe in south East England” (Tejvan). Living in Norfolk with two children, the married couple’s freedom was limited under Rome’s power. When King Prasutagus died, the Claudius took over his kingdom, as well as seizing his wealth. Unsurprisingly, the savage Romans atrociously tortured Boudica and savagely

The confinement to his cabin for six weeks of the Edinburgh-born John Miller, the fifth officer on board the East India Company ship Marquis Camden, by a tyrant of a ship’s master seems an unlikely starting point to a project on the Norwich textile industry, especially as Miller had nothing to do directly with the city’s trade. Sometime after the publication in 2008 of Captain Miller’s autobiography Chronometer Jack which I co-edited when working in Glasgow, Geoffrey and Margaret Nobbs, volunteers

From the outset parish war memorial committees sent out requests to members of the public to nominate names for inclusion on the memorials. They received these in writing from the next of kin, from descendants and, in some cases, from an informed member of the public (either privately or on behalf of an organisation). They accepted evidence through word of mouth, from newspaper articles, church announcements and through door-to-door enquiries. Some committees decided that only those born in a town