They illegal entry of these refugees into Australia came to a head with the Tampa and children overboard crises. ... The political line of the Tampa crisis was to "send a message"" that Australia was no longer an easy option when it came to asylum seekers. The majority of Internet sites I have found on this topic have been pro refugees being let into Australia. One could take this as a popular opinion, that most Australians believe that the government should let more people immigrate to the country. Yet a Bulletin Morgan poll which surveyed voter intentions at the end of August 2002 (before th...

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History has shown us what a huge harm discrimination can do to minorities in our society. In Australia, we have a number of laws in place to minimize discrimination, for example Racial Discrimination Act 1975. ...

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Throughout history, there have been many movements for social reform. ... Kilroy specifically targets women in Australian prisons. ... Because of her involvement with the organization, the recidivism rate in Australian prisons has lowered. ...

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An American may also be African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani, or Afghan (Ferrara, par 3). ... They are not afraid that their history, their religion, their beliefs, will be overrun, or forgotten. That is because they know they are free to hold to hold to their religion, their beliefs, their history, as each of them choose (Ferrara, par10)." ...

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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. ... The history was much more brutal, with extensive warfare and the extermination of whole tribes. ... The history involves warfare, brutality and manipulation. ...

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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). ...

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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. ...

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