minor parties improve the quality of representative democracy with a focus on the federal political system of Australia. In arguing from this viewpoint, the features of a representative democracy must first be established, where the core of this debate stems from concerns as to whether Australia’s political stance stands as a pendulum democracy or consensus democracy. This essay presents the view that the Australian federal system leans towards a consensus democracy, thus the remainder of the essay will
The Green Party of Canada, also known as the GPC, is a minor Canadian federal political party that is known for preaching ecological wisdom. Founded in November of 1983 in Ottawa, GPC currently holds one seat in the House of Commons. GPC was highly motivated by observing the West German Green Party, which overcome great odds to win 27 parliamentary seats.2 Over the past several years, GPC has made remarkable strides to advance its political platform and gain a voice in the House of Commons. In 2000
Issue This is issue has recently come back into the spotlight due to an interview with the current Australian of the year, Simon McKeon. In the interview, he urged Australian’s to bring up the republican debate suggesting that now is the time to become a republic. This has sparked many people coming forward and debating the issue. Introduction Australia is currently a constitutional monarchy, meaning that the Queen is our current head of state. We also have a written constitution, which
acknowledged by the new Federal Parliament in 1901. It was premeditated to exclude all non-European migrants and also the Indigenous population who were deemed as not being Australian. This package also incorporated the ‘Pacific Islander Labourers Act and Section 15 of the 1901 Post and Telegraph Act’, which provided that ships hauling Australian mail, and therefore funded by the Commonwealth, should provide work for white labour only. The attitudes were in line with Australian nationalism of the
Has Australian law adequately protect the health of indigenous people? Contemporary issue The issue appeared in The Australian newspaper in January 2007 which discussed about the indigenous health. There is no exact statistics that really measure aborigines’ health as only about 72% of them were included in the surveys. The issue is able to make us think on actions that could be made in order to protect the health rights of the indigenous Australian. It seems to be impossible for the responsible
impossible unless a vote can charge him with treason or other unacceptable crimes. Krastev and Holmes (2012) point out that Vladimir Putin is elected for the third time in 2012 and then was an outpour of protesters in Moscow to dispute the rigged elections. What sort of democracy is being maintained by Mr. Putin has not been publicized at this premature age of Russia 's democracy. Shevtosova, Eckert (2000) state that Russia has a president with the powers reminiscent or the French monarch (in Tocqueville’s
Relations (2001-03). As Minister for Employment Services, he looked after the performance of the ‘Job Network’ and also for government’s ‘Work for the Dole’ line up. From 2003 to 2007, he served as the Minister for Health and Ageing. In 2006, he ran into argument when he opposed the idea of abortion, calling it as a murder. In 2007 selections, Tony Abbott ran as Minister for Health. In 2009, he resigned from shadow ministerial duty in opposition against the stand taken by the Liberal Party on the Rudd
Indigenous places in which hold great value. The act punishes anyone who has impacted the significant heritage areas. An important legislation that tries to sort out issues is the Howard government’s Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 usually referred to as ‘The Intervention’, thus this act aims to protect the Indigenous society by adding extra police officers, boundaries on alcohol and welfare payments. Non-legal measures include various organisations that attempt to help Indigenous
‘day of mourning’. However, over the last century the Australian federal government has generated policies which manage and restrained that of the Aboriginal people’s rights, citizenships and general protection. The Australian government policy that has had the most significant impact on indigenous Australians is the assimilation policy. The reasons behind this include the influences that the stolen generation has had on the indigenous Australians, their relegated rights and their entitlement to vote
In the last five federal elections on average only sixty-one per cent of eligible voters voted. If each eligible citizen voted in an election the government would be on par with the primary interests of the people. The easiest way to achieve this objective is by implementing a compulsory voting system. Mandatory voting systems are appealing because all citizens are affected by decisions made by the government, so it makes sense to have all those affected apart of the election process. As a result
The Australian Labor Party is a centre-left wing political party which was formed to represent the rights and interests of the industrial working population. The Australian Labor Party is the oldest political party in Australian history with its history tracing back to 1890. The Australian Labor Party emerged from the Australian labour movement which aimed to improve working conditions and raise wages for industrial workers (McKinlay, 1979). In 1890 workers were paid low wages while working in poor
priorities. The role which the securitization of the issue has played in identifying climate change as an environmental security threat to Australia has been to dramatically alter the way in which ... ... middle of paper ... ...hit-3> ibid. Australian Government. 'Tackling Climate Change'. National Budget Report 2008-09. Retrieved 31/01/2012 H. Brauch. 'Securitizing Climate Change'. Presented at the 50th ISA annual Convention, New York Marriot Marquis, New York, USA, 15 February 2009. p. 9
political and economic shifts, technological advances, security challenges and the implications of climate change, have all served to influence the crime environment and make the job of policing the community more challenging than ever before (Keelty 2007). According to Hills (2009) there is a widely shared conviction that international police forces must co-operate if they are to respond effectively to the crime and insecurity facilitated by globalisation. Operation Cathedral and the Solomon Islands
effectively. Many significant reforms were implemented such as creating a new national labour law system; establishing the Australian Fair Pay Commission – to determine the minimum wages; the no-disadvantage test was also replaced by the Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard including five fundamental conditions. Moreover, Work Choices caused general changes in the federal awards through rationalizing existing award frame, declining the amount of acceptable problems and limiting the influence
Geoffrey Blainey is one of the most prominent historian in Australian. He was once described by Professor Graeme Davison, the Head of Historical Studies in Monash University as the most prolific, wide-ranging, and controversial of Australia's living historians (Davison, Hirst & Macintyre 2001, p. 74). Born in Melbourne on 11th March 1930, Blainey was graduated from the University of Melbourne, the same university where he was held the Dean of the Faculty of Art during his controversial speech in
Guardianship, in general terms means a person who guards the interest of the disabled person and acts on his behalf. And in legal terms, it is defined by Black law dictionary as a person who is lawfully invested with the power, and charged with the duty, of taking care of the person and managing the property and rights of another person, who, for some peculiarity of status, or defect of age, understanding, or self-control, is considered incapable of administering his own affairs. The purpose of appointing
Trade unions are widely known as one form of employees’ representation which aims to translate employee’s interests in relationships with employers. The presence of trade unions in many countries is relatively associated with attempts to improve employment conditions. While some unions are concerned to assist employees and employers in resolving employment relations problems, the others may involve political activities in campaigning unions’ objectives on government policies. Despite the fact that
(Gorbaniuk , et al 2015). In addition, a two-party system, which means there are two major parties who have been dominating in the government for a long period of time (Singleton, et la, 2013). According to these definitions, some people think that Australian government is operated by a minority government, not a two-party system (Costar & Curtin 2004). This essay will utilize two perspectives to analyze the possibility of different party systems, namely: the formation of government and the legislative
insurance business is valued at $4 billion dollars, which would in turn help Australia’s economic position. Privatisation would allow for create a free market and allow for regulation to focus on competition of the market. Prior to the 2007 Australian Federal Election, there was much debate in regards to the privatisation of Medibank, a Government-owned private health insurance company. The Fraser Government established Medibank in 1976 through what was known as the Health Insurance Commission, which