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 limits the Queen and other authorities power. The governor general, who is appointed on the advice of the prime minister, represents the Queen. In 1931, Britain passed the Statue of Westminster which gave independence to the Australian parliament. Australia, however, did not ratify this law until 1942. As
Australia is a monarchy of the United Kingdom. It always has been, and yet this does not seem to have significantly and adversely affected our development and growth towards our country. Thus, there seems no legitimate purpose to change this; since a republican Australia displays a lack of conclusive benefits towards our economy and ‘way of life.’ An Australian republic would cost billions to undertake and is simply unnecessary as there are more important issues facing Australia; and if the Australian
intention Changing the Date of Australia My oral presentation being presented aims to prevent the original date of Australia day from being changed. Recent issues in the media have raised big concerns over the current date of Australia day as the national day that has been celebrated for years is deeply offensive to indigenous Australians and should be deemed as “invasion day”. Recent attempts to ban Australia through indigenous Australians protesting their way to deem Australia January 26th as “invasion
“The day that we come together as a nation to celebrate what’s great about Australia and about being Australian.” That is the phrase used by the Australia Day National website to describe the traditional day that we all love to claim as our own. Correction, traditional may have been the wrong use of word seeing as though the day has only been celebrated by ALL states as a public holiday since 1994. To call it a tradition would be unwise, it’s more of a newly developed phenomenon that allows us to
SHOULD AUSTRALIA BECOME A REPUBLIC? Over the past centuries Australia has developed as a nation and remains the greatest country on earth. This exceptional standard shows how quickly this country has matured and achieved social progress. Becoming a republic is one of the final steps needed for Australia to move beyond past norms and into something superior. Since this change is inevitable the need for constitutional reform is evident. The 114 year old constitution contains several instances of colonial
years upon end, Australia has kept its monarchy system, and as a nation, it’s time to begin our own story. Although we may be becoming a republic and severing a few ties, that doesn’t mean we have to sever all of them entirely. Besides, wouldn’t an Australian work better as a representative for state rather than an English person? With the current rules, there is a lot of discrimination within the royal family. A republic doesn’t stand for a family. It stands for a nation. If Australia becomes a republic
On January 26 most Australians celebrate “Australia Day”.Australia day has only recently been marked as a holiday in 1988 it is the day that is celebrated by many Australians by the day of the founding of our nation. Australians celebrate this day with BBQ, partying, going to the beach, dressing up in red,White and blue colours as that represents Australia and the English heritage. On this day, Indigenous people who are the previous inhabitants of the Australian continent, don't celebrate this day
Essay Plan Does Australia need a bill of rights? By Aleksandar Najdovski The Bill of Rights was first originated from England, where it asserts for constitutional protection for individuals, and lists different types of prohibitions on government power (Bill of rights institute, 2016). The action of how Australia became a Federation, it involved complicated constitutional conventions, and how the constitutional founders addressed the complications of enacting a Bill of Rights, they decided not
Meyers Date: 23/3/98 Should Australia involve itself in wars which do not directly affect its security? Australia has involved itself in four wars where it has suffered substantial life loss and casualty. Those wars included World War 1, World War 2, the Korean War and Vietnam. Did Australia have to involve itself in these wars? Did the lives of these young Australians have to be taken? There is a high degree of complexity in this question. Should Australia, as a mature nation, be taking
An issue that has been brought up in recent times throughout Australia is if marijuana should be legalised for the medicinal benefit of many sick Australians around the country. Medicinal Marijuana has been used in ancient China ever since 2700 B.C and the use has continued for the same purpose as many thousand years have passed. Marijuana could be accessed by anyone in Australia and be used in any area at any given time; it wasn't until 1914 that drug use was defined as a crime, under the Harrison
acceptable. Physical punishment is illegal in 33 countries, whereas in some states and territories physical punishment by parents is legal as long as it is “reasonable” such as Australia, United State, Britain and Canada (Why smacking should be regarded as a crime 2013). There are several reasons that smacking should be illegal in Australia. Physical punishment leads to aggressive and antisocial behaviour. Furthermore, Australian children have right of protection from violation. Finally, smacking children
means a lot to many people, a day that symbolises us as Australians. However, beyond all the happiness of this day lies a complex issue that has been debated, the issue is whether or not Australia Day should be changed. My name is Siddu and I’m here to explain why Australia Day should not be changed. Australia Day is an annual celebration that marks the arrival of the First Fleet, a long source of disagreement between people. While it does stand as a day for celebration, it is also a day of mourning
addressed with Australian society. As the Euthanasia debate consists of many different arguments and stakeholders, one issue cannot be addressed and evaluated without consulting the “bigger picture”. Evidently, if Euthanasia became legal throughout Australia, there would be many implications that would follow. Firstly, religious parties would not agree with the decision that has been made, and would possibly rally and protest against those hospitals and health care centres that acted upon euthanasia
the local milk bar. But these times have changed. I’m here today to raise the issue of penalty rates. To put this simply a penalty rate is ‘an increased rate of pay for overtime or for work performed under abnormal conditions’. The real issue is, should penalty rates be abolished? In recent times there has been controversy regarding overtime pay, public holiday pay and Sunday work rates between businesses and employees. As stated in The Fair Work Act 2009, there are some workplace arrangements that
Smoking Tobacco should be totally banned in Australia INTRODUCTION “This paper is to outline the use of tobacco in Australia and its harm to many Australian citizens. Tobacco use is the major cause of preventable and premature death and disease worldwide. Smoking tobacco is an rising problem for our nation and will continue to rise if Australia doesn't act. Smoking tobacco should be banned in all states throughout Australia due to the several health effects it gives to users of this product.” BACKGROUND
As a man from the country where the people and the government are more tolerant of smokers, I decided to go to Australia and that's what I noticed there: If you are tourist smoker and you decided to visit such a wonderful country as Australia, then this is what you should know about tobacco consumption: In Australia, acting draconian anti-smoking laws that, in my opinion, gets absolutely ugly. Cigarette Price The worst thing is the price on cigarettes and tobacco product. The price is regulated by
Queensland we have the strictest and restrictive laws for abortion throughout Australia. These laws only let women get an abortion if their mental or physical health is at risk; it is the safest to get an abortion within the first 12 weeks of your pregnancy. It is much harder to get an abortion in Queensland than any other state in Australia this is because our state is backwards compared to the other states in Australia. This is bad for the stakeholders because they cannot even get an abortion if
energy. Therefore as all organisms release carbon dioxide through respiration, only plants use it to produce oxygen, which is a circular process (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis, 2010). Land clearing includes strict laws throughout Australia, with variation across states (Stone, A. 2010). A common technique, crushing light scrub and heavy trees is chaining, using a heavy chain up to 50 centimetres in diameter. The chain linked between two tractors is kept close to the ground, pulling
Should Australia reintroduce the exercising of capital punishment? In 2005, Australians, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan infamously known as the ringleaders of the Bali Nine were caught with 7 other individuals with the possession of 8.3kilograms of heroin. 10 years later, in 2015, these 9 individuals were executed, under the capital punishment law exercised by the Indonesian government as a repercussion for their crime. Now, our world is home to a great number of notorious criminals who have committed
of these symbols but others disagree that they represent modern Australia. The Australian flag and the Coat of Arms are symbols that represent an Australia that we do not live in. Both national symbols are stereotypical, do not represent our diverse society and do not include our national colours or history. The national symbols should be changed to something that represents modern Australia. Kangaroos and emus are native to Australia, but how many of us have actually seen an emu? The Coat of Arms