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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The Russian government is strong to say the least. ... There is currently an issue in Australia surrounding this whereby Isis propaganda is influencing Australians. This has caused "an estimated 150 to 300 Australian citizens and residents have left the country 'to fight' in the Middle East" (J. ... Julie Bishop has stated that "the government is gravely concerned by the fact that Australian citizens are heading to Iraq and Syria not only to fight but to take leadership roles in radicalizing others in these conflicts'. ... Governments should be afraid of their pe...

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What the Australian government and people were able to do was place large graphic pictures of the effects of smoking on their cartons replacing the Brand's trademark. ... Phillip Morris International (PMI) is the company that owns the cigarettes brands began expansive legal cases against the Australian government. The cases, reaching Australian's highest court, ultimately ruled against the tobacco company and also made them pay for Australian legal fees. ... This however could not have been very effective as much of the adult population is illiterate, this lead to the government writ...

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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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This is what happening to Australian homosexual couples whose marriages are not recognized. Albeit voted as one of the most gay-friendly country, Australia still bans same-sex marriage, after the passing of the Marriage Amendment Act in 2004, in which the government chose to update and amend the Marriage Act 1961 and insert the words "marriage means the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life." ... The law is created to protect us, not to take our rights away, which, unfortunately, is what our government is doing with the current Marriage Ac...

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Also in attendance were thousands of delegates from more than eight hundred non-governmental organizations (UNHCHR, 1996). ... Another self-determination success was in Australia. ... The Penan implemented blockades and roadblocks, while receiving international help from the European Parliament, Australian dock workers, the Japanese Tropical Forest Action Network, and a host of other industries and governments who banned the use of tropical timber (Wilmer, 2000: 192). ... By becoming a signatory on this convention, the "governments agree that children should be protected and not exploited" ...

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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, feminist movements in Europe, the United States, Australia (Silard 1994), Argentina (Oller 1994), Brazil (Thomas 1994), India (Bush 1992), the Virgin Islands (Morrow 1994) and many other parts of the world developed strategies to protect women from violence in the home through shelters, support groups for victims, and criminalization of battering. ... In 1990, the UN's Economic and Social Council adopted a resolution recommended by the Commission on the Status of Women stating that violence against women in the family and society derives from their uneq...

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