Public Representation In Australia

The concept of being a ‘nation of immigrants’ is at the center of Australian identity.

Throughout the article, “The Framing of Immigration,” George Lakoff and Sam Ferguson hold an affirmative tone encouraging the public to view immigration not only politically, but also emotionally. The authors’ claim that today’s current debate on immigration is not fully grasping all the aspects, such as an analyzing immigrant's reasons for fleeing and how they live in America, later affecting it -- these reason must be taken into account to find an efficient solution where all countries must help to end this conflict. To emphasis their main claim they break down immigration, analyzing how they are referred to in a degrading manner, are being treated unfairly by the government in America, and encouraging readers to understand their perspective.

Following Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton’s comments on the ‘danger’ of ‘uneducated and illiterate’ refugees and immigrants being accepted into Australia, debate resurfaced regarding the issue of asylum seekers and immigrants in general, and whether refugees deserved to be resettled in Australia. In an opinion piece for The Age newspaper, Kon Karapanagiotidis argues that Peter Dutton’s claims are false and that on the contrary, refugees and immigrants have much to contribute to Australian society. His arguments are fashioned in a heavily emotive tone, and overall the piece is compelling and compassionate while also heatedly opposing Dutton’s views.

Media outlets often inflate or speculate about either the numbers of asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants. Hence causing the public to feel threatened by these numbers. Not only does the media scrutinise numbers but newspapers and television images and videos play “dominant stereotype of the young dangerous man breaking into Australia and threatening ‘our’ communities 7”. Unsurprisingly “31 precent of headlines and 53 precent of text about asylum across all newspapers has negative connotations. The media has had a detrimental affect on the outcome of the Australian security border protection by continually asking the question “What is being done to prevent these terrorist acts from the public? 7”

On the surface, politics is engaged with the provision of service to the public but in reality, it is merely concerned with maintaining and attaining power. Victoria Pitts’ documentary Leaky Boats (2011) shows the events of the 2001 ‘Tampa Crisis’ and how the Australian public was persuaded to perceive refugees as a threat to society. As shown through the visual representation in part A, Pitts conveys how politics and media work through tactics of sensationalism and fear mongering to manipulate the Australian public sentiment. Politics is demonstrated as a callous disregard for the public and their right to know the truth behind political actions.

People smuggling involves the illegal entry of a person or persons across international borders. It was reported that the ASIO had been involved in cash payments to members of Indonesian smuggling rings. The issue claims that officials paid $30,000 to 6 crew members to turn back the vessel to Indonesia. Resource efficiency would have been achieved with a much lower cost to send back the Asylum Seekers than to process them onshore in Australia. The Criminal Code 1995 would be the most effective legislation in this case. Section 73 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code makes it an offence to provide material support and/or Resources which aid people smuggling and had been reportedly broken by ASIO. The Australian government has been ineffective in the use of the application of the rule of law with the use of illegal

Asylum Seeker policy has become key political battleground in recent times. This stems from the end of Australia’s ‘White Australia’ policy in the 1970s; a policy which saw restrictions placed on non-European migration for over 70 years (Crock & Berg, 2011). Following the conclusion of the Vietnam war, a myriad of boats arrived in Australia, carrying asylum seekers from south east Asia. This lead to a stark increase in public concern over the arrivals and consequently, the term ‘boat people’ was born and spread through the media and public/political discourses alike (Grewcock, 2009).

An incident of similar proportions in terms of media reporting was the Manus Island protests of January 2015, although extensive research on media involvement has not yet come to light. This research will examine the language used in the Australian media’s portrayal of the Manus Island protests and compare this with the existing research findings on the Australian media’s portrayal of the ‘children overboard’ incident. The aim of this research is to determine whether there has been any change in the treatment of asylum seekers by the Australian media in the 14 years between both

In a world that has been constantly changing since the beginning of time, the news it brings is no different. In watching the news over the course of a month it is political upset that over and over again earned its place on the front page. Issues within the Middle East often led as the most breaking news; reports on ISIS, upset in Iraq. In addition to Middle Eastern political issues, immigration issues often found their way into the news. Immigration may become more of a growing issue as globalization increases as well, allowing people the ability to easily migrate. For example, in the article “Britain 'struggling to cope' with immigration, says official report”, it accounts that Britain has seen one million immigrants within the last

Culture is always changing. Beliefs, behaviours and presentation, religion and language all form part of what is an individual’s or community’s culture. (Bowes, Grace, & Hodge, 2012, p.75 & 77). Due to its intrinsic nature, when people migrate to Australia, they bring their culture with them. As migrants come from all over the world, and not the one place, their

International law under the 1951 Refugee Convention, permits the right to seek asylum and allocates a responsibility to provide protection for those who lie under the definition of refugee. Since then policies have been modified and used to suit the interests of the government. In particular, the Border Protection Legislation Amendment Act 1999. Authorised the removal of undocumented ships in Australian territory and proclaimed that anyone aboard the ship can be forcibly returned and denied application of asylum. Other legislation, such as the Migration Legislation Amendment Act 1999 makes it illegal for a person to carry people who are not citizens without valid documentation. These policies allow the government to portray itself as strong on border protection and terrorism. This plays well to its core constituencies but is rightly lambasted by human rights organisations and civil liberty groups. Refugees are undocumented people fleeing from their country of origin, so there isn’t a variety of travel options to escape to safety. The policy disclaiming that ‘everyone who lands by boat doesn’t get to stay’ is ignorant to the concept of why people are forced to leave. It’s not a choice to be removed from your country, it's a matter of survival and safety. The core principle of the Refugee convention is that people are not forced to return to a country where they face the threat of persecution or danger.

“A Life Revealed” reveals more than just the identity of a lost woman after seventeen years, but the struggle of many under a religion-based government at odds with one another. Government is the highest level; a level that everyone else in the world can see and use to assume what the lives of its people endure day by day. But very few can see the struggle of the common man under this harsh power.

It all started out on July 21st of 1987 when I first noticed my boy, Ethan who named me Toby. As I watched Ethan grow and figure out his life, I protected and cared for him. I believe that was my purpose to serve for him. When I died, I felt satisfied thinking that I had served my purpose, but I was unaware of many new people to meet and for more adventures that were ahead of me. In a later life when I was named Buddy, I remember being the companion of someone I have met before. She was a girl named Hannah. Hannah and Ethan had grown up together and "fell in love" as many humans say although I did not really understand the meaning of that phrase at the time. Ethan and Hannah had a grand child named Clarity. At the beginning if another new life, I made it my mission to find Clarity so I could protect her

I’ve always wondered how in the courtroom a witness will get up on the stand, place their hand on the bible and swear to “promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth”, but if asked what do the scripture that they just say about truth most wouldn’t be able to answer without pause. Can we as a society really say we know what truth is? The postmodernist thinking would have us to believe that there is no absolute moral truth, that truth is essentially political and that religious truth claims are created by belief communities, not by reason or observation.

A service encounter is simply defined as a customer’s actual interaction with a service company. Shostack (1985) defined service encounter as the period of time that a customer interacts with a service. Merritt (1977:198), a linguistic scholar, views a service encounter as an instance of face to face interaction between a server who is ‘officially posted’ in some service area, that interaction being oriented to the satisfaction of the customer’s presumed desire for some service and the server’s obligation to provide that service. The service encounter is also known as the ‘moment of truth’ in which the customer often develops a perception about the business and often creates a differentiation from other competitors. Solomon et al (1985)