or religious persecution. The Australian Government unjustly discriminates against refugees and asylum seekers who arrive by boat (‘unauthorised maritime arrivals’), causing a stained reputation in the international community. The mandatory and indefinite detention of children violates international law by breaching numerous agreements. This essay will discuss why mandatory detention was introduced in Australia, the divergent stakeholder responses to mandatory detention of children, how equitable
clients. Counsellors can be unravelled by the lack of familiarity with culture-specific knowledge, awareness and skills in their interaction with the diverse clients (Arredondo et al, 1996). Multicultural competence in counselling is defined in this essay as the ability to form the therapeutic alliance with a diverse client in a culturally appropriate manner (Arredondo et al, 1996), which refers to the counsellor’s ability to treat the diverse client with the level of dignity and respect that he/she
It takes precedence over, and cannot be amended by ordinary legislation. Currently, Australia remains the only Western democratic country that has neither a constitutional nor statutory legislative Bill of Rights, although there has been ongoing debate on whether it is needed in many of Australia's states. The questions raised now are whether and how human rights should be protected in Australia. This essay seeks to analyse inadequate ways that are in need of reform in which the Australian legal
amongst Indigenous Australians, migrants and refugees. Racism refers to the beliefs, practices and types of behaviours that underlie unfair and avoidable inequalities towards groups in society based on race, ethnicity, culture or religion (Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), 2015). There are a number of aspects of health that racism and racial discrimination can provoke and these include mental health, physical health, disability and mortality. This essay will focus solely on Indigenous Australians
Representation This section of the essay will delve into the societal representations which the global media portray, through dominant discourses that help to frame and define our social understandings, opinions and attitudes of the world we live in. An emphasis will be shown on the effect these discourses have on our interpretations of people from other cultures, as well as people of another gender, or social position. These damaging discourses can serve to negatively affect sections of society