Aborigines and their Place In Politics
For much of their history, Australias major parties did not perceive a need to have Aboriginal affairs policies, but this altered in the 1960s and 1970s as the Aboriginal interest came to occupy a more prominent position. The policies of recent major governments, those being the Australian Labor Par....

Australia's Unfair Legal System
In theory all jury systems (which have existed for almost 800 years) are fair and just. The jury system originated in England and has so far failed in cases (all too common) when defendants are wrongfully prosecuted or convicted of crimes which they did not commit. In societies without a jury system....

australias great depression
THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND ITS IMPACTS ON AUSTRALIA. Not every Australian had to face the severe hardship and distress of the Great Depression, but for those who were affected, it was a terrible experience. The Great Depression with many issues such as: drop in living condition, work for the dole....

australias hidden third world
Australia is an affluent country and ranks third on the Human Development Index (Watkins, Kevin et al, 2005 p.219). Nevertheless, several commentators have described Australia as possessing a hidden third world. This phrase has been used to describe the harsh reality for all indigenous communiti....

Australias Involvment in the Vietnam War
Australias involvement in the Vietnam War came as a result of the belief that if South Vietnam fell to the communists, the rest of Asia and then Australia, would fall to communism too. During the years of the war, it was seen that the war was the downward push of communism. The United States annou....

Australias Response to Communism in the Post-War Era
In the 1950s the biggest threat to Australia both democratically and physically was communism; a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership, freedom of speech and in theory unequal pay and religion. Communism went against the basis Australian rights and threatened the democracy that many men....

Heroes Must Die
Blaine the big was half badger and half troll. He was a huge beast (nearly twice the height of a human) and was almost completely covered in spikes. He hated his space colony. He lived with fake trees, fake grass, fake rain, and all sorts of fake things. He longed to live on Earth and see the re....

impact of the vietnam war with australias relation with asia
Vietnam War 1962 - 1972 Australian support for South Vietnam in the early 1960s was in keeping with the policies of other nations, particularly the United States, to stem the spread of communism in Europe and Asia. In 1961 and in 1962, Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of the government in South Vietnam, repea....

Post World War Two Immigrants
During World War Two Australians finally realised just how vulnerable they were to enemy attacks. The reality of this possibility hit home hard when the Japanese attacked Darwin and when Japanese midget subs penetrated Sydney harbour. We now realised that our island was not an impenetrable fortress.....

Unemployment in Australia
A person is classified as employed when he or she has paid work for more than one hour per week. The exception occurs in the case of family members working without pay in the family business. Full employment occurs when cyclical unemployment associated with weak expenditure and recession is avoide....

Vietnam War's Impact on Australias Relationship with the World
The Vietnam War had great political impact and led to deep division within Australian society. The Australian people were forced to take the issues about the Cold War, Vietnam and the arms race seriously because of Australias military involvement in Vietnam from 1962 to 1972. As a result, our fe....

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