A Survey On The Australian Government

International laws often play a large role in the development of laws and legislation of the Australia Legal System. An example of this is the United Nation’s Convention of the Rights of the Child, otherwise known as ‘CROC’. This has been endorsed by Australian Family Law and has become the basis to which the “best interests of the child” were formed.

A democracy is a system of government where the people have the power to decide how they will be ruled or managed. Democracies date back to Ancient Greece and come in different types. These include direct democracies and representative democracies. Australia and Indonesia are two countries that are considered democratic. They are both similar in the ways they govern and the rules set in their constitutions. Australia and Indonesia's system of government are similar as they both consist of a separation of powers, lower and upper house and they are both representative democracies.

Another technique used in the documentary to challenge the viewers’ assumptions was the use of narration to present facts about the refugee situation. These facts and figures give the viewers a truthful and realistic picture of the situation. Some beliefs that exist in Australian society are that we are taking in too many refugees; they are criminals, they are taking over Australia, using Australian tax payers’ money and changing our culture. However, we are presented with facts and figures that change our assumptions. For example, more than 30 million people have fled their homes with nothing but the clothes they wear, boat smugglers charge up to and over $10, 000 US dollars, 13, 000 refugees are accepted annually only 2,000 of those refugees arrive by boat. Despite what many people think, like Raye who believed refugees in Australia are “handed everything on a gold platter,” life in detention centres is hard. In Villawood Detention Centre, over 9 months, three detainees committed suicide and 18 caused self-harm.

Australia is a rich country and a member of the United Nations bound by the Department of Human Rights. We have a legal and ethical responsibility to care for these children who have already dealt with so many traumas in their young lives. This is a duty that falls on all of us. It is beyond understanding that the Australian government continue to find the most inhumane policy in this

Some of the current legislations include the “United Nations Convention in the Rights of the child 1989” which is the act that gives the right to protection from abuse, the right to express their views and have their

Another important stakeholder in this issue is the children themselves. Almost all of the children present in detention centres are asylum seekers whom arrived in Australia by boat, and are classified as ‘unauthorised maritime arrivals’ (Humanrights.gov.au, 2015). These asylum seeker children all held the same responses to some degree. Their responses were all surrounded by the main aspect of ‘Wanting to be free and safe’.

Every day children around the world are being abused by their parents, trusted adult, caregiver and peers. Children are constantly suffering when there are things that everyone as a community can do help them. Psychologists, social workers and the victims to childhood abuse have studied and worked together to establish precautionary measures to execute child abuse all together.

(Department of Social Services http://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/families-and-children/programs-services) Every state and territory in Australia implements the reforms in the national framework to their statutory child protection systems but receives financial support from the commonwealth government. Below are the states and their prospective organisations and legislations. New South Wales

It has also been mentioned that the Australian government is “torn between defending their borders and protecting the children” (Evenhuis, 2013) as a result of this they have breached the rights of the children that are under their care. The literature argues that the indefinite detention of children and young adults has significant mental health repercussions and future policies in this area need to take the needs of the children into consideration to prevent more emotional damage to young people. Through reviewing the appropriate literature, it is evident that for my role as a human rights lawyer in scenario ten there are many legal and human rights issues that need to be

which has been embedded into law (see also children act 2004) children act 2004. The

The Australian Human Rights Commission headed an inquiry into the children living conditions in detention centres and through this inquiry accumulated evidence of human rights breaches, breached by to Australian Government in relation to children. One such area they documented was concerning the provision of clothing and footwear provided to children. After conducting this inquiry they found that the delivery of essential goods was inadequate for many children in detention centres. A 13 year-old girl living on Nauru explained her struggles living with little clothing,

Cross the Atlantic, Canadian researchers Trocme, Fallon, MacLaurin, Vandna, Black, Fast, Felstiner, Helie, Turcotte, Weightman, Douglas, and Holroyd (2008) denoted that the most common form of childhood trauma is from abuse. 34% of children were being neglected by their caregivers and 20% were being physically abused by caregivers (Trocme et al, 2008). As one can see, child trauma is a major issue that is a part of multiple cultures regardless of the economic status of the country.

The maltreatment of children occurs at extraordinarily increasing proportions and is becoming a significant health risk to the children it is happening to. One of the major public health concerns should be identifying the risk factors associated with the maltreatment of these children and the just how much resistance these children really have against this abuse. Regardless of how much elasticity the general public in a whole may think these children have against maltreatment, they are still at a major risk of having diminished or compromised psychological and physical health later in life as an adult and are also are at extreme risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Children who were not subject to maltreatment are still

Secondary data was used to find out ideas for the questionnaire and construct the questions but ultimately this study will generate primary data, this is data sourced directly from the respondents of the questionnaire. Primary data is also referred to as raw data and can come in many different forms such as numbers, figures or weights. Survey monkey allows creation of graphs from the primary data collected which makes it easier to display and analyse the findings. Overall the survey

Australia’s mandatory detention of boat arrivals is unjustifiably harsh. Offshore detention centers have for years been accused of abuse such as rape, child abuse, and psychological and physical assault. Reports of suicide and self-harm within the compounds are not unusual.