Did you see anything in the news about ‘Border Force’ over the weekend?

The Australian Border Force put out a media release on Friday which was “clumsily worded” according to Mr Abbott but which stirred up many with these lines:

“ABF officers will be positioned at various locations around the CBD speaking with any individual we cross paths with,” Mr Smith said.

“You need to be aware of the conditions of your visa; if you commit visa fraud you should know it’s only a matter of time before you’re caught out.”

It might be too late to include in your task, but it’s pretty interesting. And it couldn’t happen in a whole lot of countries, even some of those who claim to be democratic (no names, but cough, where I lived last year, cough!)

And if you thought Mr Abbott was unhappy, you should have seen the Fuhrer…

Assignment sheet handed out on:

Wed 26/8/15 (Pope)
Thursday 27/8/15 (Dewhirst)

You could use the information you collected in your review of news articles, notes from class, what you learnt from the class parliament and a little bit of further research.

*** Note: Where the sheets say 3 or 4 minutes for the presentations, only do about 2 minutes ***

What does it mean to live in a democratic Australia – Assessment Task

DUE: Ready to present one week from handing out – ie

POPE: Wednesday 2nd Sept

DEWHIRST: Thursday 3rd Sept (L2)

9Pope: Fri 21.8.15 and Tues 25.8.15
9Dewhirst: Mon 23.8.15

Collect a range of news articles, interesting photos and cartoons about politics (National and State) from the last two weeks or so.

Who are in these articles (maybe not just politicians but prominent public figures)? What role do these people play (ie job title plus a description of what they do)

Choose one issue that has appeared in a number of your articles and cartoons.
In an infogram style (can be done in Word, you don’t need to sign up to infogram):

• explain the issue.
• why is it of national or state importance?
• what are some different opinions about it?
• what do you think?

Reflection on Class Parliament – due one week after Class Parliament simulation

9 Pope simulation: L1 Thursday 20 August. DUE Thursday 27 August, L1

9 Dewhirst simulation: L7 Thursday 20 August. DUE Thursday 27 August, L7

Class_Parliament_Reflection_Task

Proposed bill

Name:

A Bill to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia

Purpose:

Broaden the definition of marriage to include same-sex partnerships.

Proposed Enactment:

Beginning of 2016.

Applicable to:

Every citizen of Australia for whom the current Marriage Act applies.

media release (government)

The Government believes that Australia should join other countries such as New Zealand, Canada, the UK and USA in the will of freedom to legalize same-sex marriage. Why ignore something that is already a reality? Even the Oxford Dictionary has accepted same-sex marriage into its definition of ‘marriage’ since 2000.

Why has it taken this long for Australia to follow?

It is important to love yourself for who you are, not what the law says you are. Australia prides itself for being a ‘free country’, but is it really, when we are preventing happiness in individuals and communities?

Even if you want to stop homosexuality, making ‘straight’ people marry only won’t stop it. It has been scientifically proven that it isn’t the case that ‘straight’ people make more straight people, and gay people make gay people.

In conclusion, the government believes the bill should be introduced at the start of 2016.

For inquiries, please contact James Gregory

media release (opposition)

Awaiting ….