There has been a number of changes not only in Australia's views but this has realised through Australian legislation. ... Although most of these breaches have been removed/amended since the report in 2006, the government is still addressing the area of inequality for recognition of the rights of same sex couples. ... The government's most important change in terminology was a successful attempt to provide same sex couples with the same rights as heterosexual de-facto relationships. ... Since this common law reform, the Australian government introduced reforms to try to provide same ...

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POLITICAL AND LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH AND ORAL PRESENTATION AUSTRALIA AND CHINA Australia and china both have very independent political and legal systems. ... Australia and china have different levels of government and distribute power differently. ... All the minority nationalities are entitled to appropriate representation AUSTRALIA: In Australia the power is distributed to a federal government, which consists of the queen, a senate and a House of Representatives, which make up the parliament of the commonwealth. ... Elections in Australia and china In Australia and Chin...

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Analyse the role of the contemporary Australian High Court. ... (my benefit) - The High Court is the highest court in the Australian judicial system. ... The subject matter of the cases heard by the Court traverses the whole range of Australian law. ... Decisions of the High Court are binding on all other courts throughout Australia. ... It may be that these limitations on the power to summon witnesses in relation to other houses have the force of law, and may extend to officers of state and territory governments. ...

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This is the problem that desperately needs to be addressed by the Australian government. ... The current Beattie government in power in Queensland is a labor government. ... The government does not want to alter or reform abortion laws in fear of losing votes. It must also be considered that over two thirds of the present Labor government is comprised of males. ... This male dominance in the government makes it hard for feminists to compete at all. ...

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Aboriginal occupation of Australia Archaeologists and prehistorians have dated the presence of Aboriginal people in Australia back about 50,000 years. It has been estimated that between 300,000 and 750,000 Aboriginal people were living in Australian in 1788. ... In its 1992 decision in Mabo v QLD (No 2), the High Court rejected the doctrine that Australia was 'terra nullius', but held that Australia was a settled colony in which the common law recognised native title to land. ... Sovereignty adverse to the Crown does not reside in Aboriginal people, nor do they have limited sover...

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Ever since its establishment by the Australian Constitution in 1901 the High Court of Australia has had a huge impact on the operation of both the political and legal systems in Australia. The Australian political and legal system has been impacted through different means. ... Hence through section 51(29) the Tasmanian Government was unable to touch the land in which they had intended on. ... Western Australia then tried to avoid this High Court ruling by legislative means. ... At the same time as the Western Australian Act, the Keating Labor Government passed the Native Tittle Act (1993) th...

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In the phrase of Abraham Lincoln, democracy is a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people." is a government that is run by the people. ... Within each state there are many other governmental units. Each local government, from the smallest village to the largest city, has its necessary powers. 2- The Australian government is led by a specific chain of command. ... The Queen and her representatives form the executive branch of the federal government in Australia; this leaves only the legislative and judicial branches. ... The judicial branch of the federal government is t...

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The adversary system is the method used to administer justice in Australia. ... As they are of the judicial arm the other arms of government, executive and legislative cannot influence them. ... Because of the legal costs, Australia has set up a system where, if you cannot afford to hire a lawyer to defend yourself, you can apply for legal aid. ... Here in Australia, we have chosen to use the adversary system because we think that this system is most able to emerge truth and make sure justice is done. ...

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In Australia, human rights treaties have been given domestic power, such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)(1989). ... To date, domestic law is concerned with United States and continental legal systems, where the submission into treaties or conventions creates self-executing law; the English and Australian position is that such treaties don't enter into domestic force unless and until there is a legislative act. ... Australia plays a primary part in the development of CRC with conferences taking place throughout the drafting process among Federal, State and Territory Gov...

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Would you support a government who imprisons innocent people while it decides their future? The most logical answer people would reply to this question is no, yet it is happening right here in Australia. ... The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) strongly discourages detaining children, but the government still continues with its mandatory detention program. ... Our government had decided to let refugees in but when they get here, they are detained. ...

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To legalize or not to legalize, that is the question of debate contemplating the Canadian government today. ... A recent study conducted by the Australian Democrats (an Australian political party) concluded the "regulation of marijuana supply and taxation of use, would lead to less use of the drug" (Democrats). ... Through the legalization of marijuana, the Canadian government will not only see a smaller needed expenditure on the "drug-war", but will also see an increase in revenues for government spending. Through the same taxation procedures as the tobacco industry (where "62%" (Frank Dis...

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The Collins Dictionary describes the judiciary as "the branch of Government concerned with justice and the legal system". ... "It is the publics right to scrutinize and debate the conduct of our politicians" (The Australian, 2002) so perhaps this could be the case with judges as well. ... (The Australian, 2002) Many of these problems and more are however only based on media stereotypes and could be rectified. ... Let the Public Judge the Justice System, 2002, The Australian, 30 April. 3. ... (ed) 1995, Collins Australian School Dictionary, HarperCollins Publishers, Sydney. ...

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By lifting the ban on Marijuana use and treating it like other drugs such as tobacco & alcohol, Australia as well as the rest of the world would gain immediate long-term benefits. ... Another significant gain would be the quality of government. ... It would lead to strength and credibility in the government. ... It would benefit the government budget in two ways; the federal revenues would increase because marijuana cigarettes would be taxed at the point of sale. ...

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The legalization of marijuana is one of the most controversial debates in today's government. ... Though legalization of marijuana has not yet happened in other countries, places like Australia, India, Nepal, Afghanistan, Morocco, and others due show greater tolerance. ... A lot of people want the legalization of marijuana to pass as a bill without fully understanding the implications of government involvement. ...

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If the government legalizes the prostitution, there could be a protection for sex workers. ... Another example is prostitution legalized in Queensland, Australia. ... The continuing fail could also lower the public trust of the government. ... While accepting the reality, the government could reduce the cost of governor's administration to prohibit prostitution, widen the sources of tax and even provide more job opportunities. ... " For a situation like this, the government should carry out related laws to legalize and limit prostitution since the advantages outweigh the disadvantage...

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In bitter fight for justice, in the case of Mrs Rosemary Collins VS the Australian Government. ... At Christmas time she received a letter from the commonwealth government told Mrs Collins that she owed $10 637.20 to cover the court cost for her case, and because she lost had to pay. The government could consider an alternative to the current system of loser pays such as court costs should be divided between the plaintiff and the defendant. ...

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Throughout Australia a jury usually consists of twelve people. ... Judges are appointed by the government of the day. ... The Police, the Director of Public Prosecutions or some other government body prosecutes these matters. ...

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In the same way Australian law has used the concept of "terra nullius," the legal myth that Australia had no previous owners. ... Yet for decades the Government of Canada referred to the Syliboy decision as defining the status of treaties in Canadian law. ... The federal government had an "empty box" theory. ...

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