Dr. Abbott And The Prime Ministers Of Australia

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Gough Whitlam remains one of Australia’s few leaders who can be truly said to have changed Australia, even for the brief period of his time in government. Elected on December 5th 1972 his government brought upon a vast range of reforms in the 1071 days it held office (Thompson, 2014). Within the first year alone, Labor passed 203 bills, which is the most bills passed than any other federal government had passed in a single year (Betts, 2015). The three bills that will be presented through this essay are the Education system, with what it was like before and after the Whitlam Government came into power, what Health care was like before and after the Whitlam Government and what the Indigenous Australians went through before and after the Whitlam Government.

The Commonwealth of Australia is both a representative democracy and a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as Australia 's head of state. (How government works, 2016). Since the 1990s globalization has gained widespread currency in Australia on a social, economic, political and cultural level. (Holmes, 2012, p. 340) Laws and politics have an influence on Australia’s economic system, which is capitalism and socialism. (Political Economy, n.d.) Analysis of political and economic approaches by government can add insight into the flow on effects on a community and its individual.

Kevin Rudd’s speech was eloquent and lengthy (2012). He continued to make promises to the Indigenous Australians saying they, the government, were determined to close the gap, embrace new solutions to old issues and form a partnership between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

What most surprised me this week was just how similar, by the 1980s, the Progressive-Conservatives and the Liberals when it came to government policy. It is also an interesting commentary on the historical narrative when comparing how Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney in contemporary historiography.

Paul Well’s book The Longer I’m Prime Minster shows that while Stephen Harper was an effective political leader in the beginning of his political career towards the latter part of his career Harper’s leadership began to falter. Harper was not a popular or likeable leader, but nevertheless during his time as leader of the Conservative Party and eventually when he was prime minister of Canada for ten years he displayed strong leadership skills. While he was prime minster Harper’s leadership was evident he overcome multiple minority governments, he was able to fight off a coalition between his opponents, he led Canada through the economic recession in 2008 and in 2011 after gaining valuable campaign experience he was able to lead the Conservative

Gregg Abbott was born and raised in Texas. In 1984 he served as state trial judge in Houston, TX and became a paraplegic when a tree fell on him while he was jogging. In 1996 Governor George Bush (R) appointed Mr. Abbott (R) to the Texas Supreme Court where he served for eight years. He resigned from Texas Supreme Court, to be sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 2002. In 2010 he was known as the longest-serving Texas Attorney General in Texas history. In 2014 Mr. Abbott ran and won the office of the Governor of Texas. Even though Governor Abbott was against open carry of hand guns in 2014, because he felt this would disrupt public safety, he signed a law in 2015 that allowed open carry on college campuses. He also signed the law for

In 2007 the Labor Party won the Federal election. Kevin Rudd became Prime Minister and Julia Gillard became the first woman in Australian history to be the Deputy Prime Minister. She was made Minister and responsible for the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. During her time as Deputy Prime Minister she worked together with the US secretary of education on education reform and also introduced a law called ‘Fair Work Australia’.

Candidate Rudd possessed a complete understanding of the five paragraph, his brief covered all points. SNC seemed to be nervous, brief seemed slightly rushed. SNC did not have a clear understanding of the order. SNC established what seemed to be the beginning of a plan. SNC displayed a great amount of anxiety while briefing, he excessively repeated himself throughout the duration of his brief. The fire team seemed to be confused about coordinating instructions. SNC addressed security, however security was not attentive to his surrounding, primary focus was on the fire team as opposed to being on the outside parameter. During debrief SNC stated that he did not give specific instructions so “they” (speaking in regard to his team) failed their

Today as first speaker, I will be speaking about how much money becoming a republic would cost and how Australia is fine just the way it is. Our second speaker, will inform you all on the urgency to stay a democracy as it is an Australian tradition. Last but not least, our third speaker, will rebut and sum up our team’s

The controversial issue of gay marriage has recently been very much part of the centre of media speculation, due to the fact that Australian Labour Party Leader, Bill Shorten, has lately been aver strong supporter of the American legislation which legalised gay marriage throughout the United States. I strongly support Bill Shorten’s sentiments. (State points)

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Same-sex marriages have been very controversial since becoming an issue in Canada regarding the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Several people state that same-sex marriages should be legal, while others disagree, saying it should not be permitted. There have been many debates and inquiries about this issue for several years; the MP’s and Parliament will finally settle the problem within the next year or so. Many are in favour of legalizing same-sex marriages in all of Canada due to the violations and infringes upon the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Problems revolving around same-sex marriages have upset many religious groups. These groups believe that same-sex

This cartoon emphasises the relationship between Winston Churchill the British Prime Minister (Left) and the Australian Prime Minister John Curtin (Right). The

Australians are currently voting on legalizing gay marriage by using a postal vote; a voluntary survey compared to a compulsory electoral vote. The government can rule on the outcome and ignore the results of the survey all together (Westcott). Emily angrily feels the law will not be passed because, “The government did a postal vote on purpose; they are very homophobic.” After, Renee explained, “There are a lot of riots over gay marriage. The situation is very sad.” Their responses about same sex marriage gave me the realization of how lucky I am to live in a place that now accepts, in a legal sense, any form of love between two people. They taught me how serious of an issue gay marriage is in Australia.

Like other countries, the topic of Same-sex marriage legalisation has been an arguable case among the Australian political parties in recent years and it is believed that a good development in recognition of the same–sex couple’s legal rights and protections both federally and in state is happening in Australia (Witzleb, 2011). In September 2010, Green senator Sarah Hanson Young introduced the first Marriage Equality Amendment Bill to the Senate; the Bill would ask the removal of all types of discrimination from Marriage Act and allow couples to marry irrespective of their sexuality and gender identity. Subsequently, in 2012, three more bills were presented to the House of Representatives, the first one, the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill , was introduced by Greens Party MP Adam Bandt and Andrew Wilkie followed by the Marriage Amendment Bill presented by MP Stephen Jones. The same as Hanson’s bill, all bills suggested some changes in definition of The Marriage act 1961 in relation to permit people