Christian communities within Australia have made various attempts towards reconciliation in the past 25 years. Reconciliation is the process in which the mistakes of the past are acknowledged and dealt with in order to establish harmony. The efforts towards reconciliation have allowed for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians to move into the future with a new relationship, demonstrating mutual recognition and respect. Australia being a multicultural society, the combination of ecumenism
principle of equality in the context of distance education, when on-campus students have access to distance resources in addition to their own, due to the inherent disadvantage distance education students face; in terms of the availability of resources. This paper holds the position that students should not be disadvantaged by their chosen study mode. This premise will be achieved through critical analysis of Luck’s (2009) article and, reflection of the ethical context of equity and equality, to determine
any act where a person is treated unfairly or vilified because of their race, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief. Racism impacts directly on the full enjoyment of individual’s human rights, and in particular the right to equality. Due to this issue racism is experienced across a spectrum in Australian society and culture. Police regularly use a person's race in detaining individuals who they suspect may be engaging in suspicious activity. This practice is widely known as
world involved more and more women to join to help. In international range, the United States enlisted 400,000 women in the U.S military even though they had tried to enlist 1.5 million. And 700,000 women had joined the British Army by 1940. In Australia, women were also able to enter the workforce in jobs that are used to be considered as men played roles. To get women evolved to work on farms where the men all left to fight in the war, the Australian Women’s Land Army was founded. Meanwhile thousands
Gender pay gap is a statistic data reflecting the difference between women and men’s median earnings. It shows the unfairness in the economy between women and men. Scholars from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Australia have said that this inequality is affected by lots of interrelated factors in society, family and work. The inequality shows from lower hourly wage, fewer hours in unpaid jobs and lower employment rates in women. Thus, this essay will first discuss the cause of the average full-time
income, education, marital status, sexual orientation, disease, disability, religion and politics (Henslin, Possamai & Possami-Ineseday 2014, p. 265). A variety of people from across Australia experience discrimination. The following two paragraphs focus on two large discrimination factors in Australian society right now and how they affect Australian image; same sex marriage and racism. Majority of Australians support same sex couples and marriage equality however it is not legal in Australia for same
These include supporting agricultural productivity, sustainable fisheries water resource management, responding promptly and effectively to humanitarian disasters, supporting changes to education systems and policies, strengthening health systems, building of institutions and governments, improving gender equality and empowering women and girls. According to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT’s) “Australian Aid Development policy” the aid program
Many people today take advantage of the land of which we are on today. However, many Australians are un-aware of the historical events which have led Australia to this day. A large part of both Australian and indigenous Australian history is the 1938 Day of Mourning. 26th January 1938, the 150th anniversary of white settlement in Australia, the day Captain Arthur Phillip planted the British flag at Port Jackson (Robert Darlington, 2012). The state premiers had gathered in Sydney, as well as crowds
It is commonly assumed in Australia, that most subsections of our society have reasonably equal access to the law. The concept of equality is that everyone in a certain community is as much of a human as the next person. With that being said, our society is not exactly like this when considering racism, homophobia, socio-economic, and religion-based discrimination. Society may have issues like this, but the legal system in the 21st century should not be bias and should not promote the act of excluding
federation?/ When did Canberra become the capital city of Australia? And Why? Why did they start the federation of Australia?/ How did the Aboriginals feel about the federation of Australia? / How did we become a nation in 1901?/ Why did the states over come jealousy of one another for NSW and Victoria? What events led to the Australian Federation? / How did the Australian federation affect women? Why did some states in Australia not want to be part of the Australian federation?