Author Archives: Mr B Toohey

9 Pope Class Parliament

18 Tuesday Aug 2015

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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 ….

Freedom Rides (in 40 word notes)

18 Tuesday Aug 2015

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Read the article on Freedom Rides in Civil Rights section.

Summarise each section in 20-40 words (some might be even less)

READ the whole section first

THINK ….. and then WRITE 2-3 sentences on what was the most important info. Just name examples, don’t retell the whole story.

If this is your first time doing this, it is OK to find it difficult 🙂

Parliament

14 Friday Aug 2015

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Composition

Parliament Now

A usual sitting day in Parliament

House of Representatives yesterday afternoon

  • Note how few are in the chamber during Members Statements, then walk in for Question Time.
  • Note behaviour of members during Question Time…. 🙂
  • Note how long it takes the PM to answer a question
  • Note the role of Speaker during Question Time (remember, this is his first week)
  • Debate over use of props (are ‘Diamonds’ scarves props?)
  • Note order of Questions: one from the Opposition, one from the Government back bench
  • @ 1:39:40 – Christopher Pyne warning of if ALP ever comes back
  • @ 1:40:50 – Member for Griffith will excuse herself under Section 94a

DPSIR Framework

14 Friday Aug 2015

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Following such brilliant environmental ideas such as introducing the cane toad to Queensland, we have come to develop a better understanding of the environment as a ‘system’ rather than just trying to tackle individual parts. Out of this ‘systems thinking’ came the DPSIR Framework.

Drivers, Pressures, State, Impacts, Response

Read some further information on the DPSIR Framework here

[Discussion]

Now, individually think through this information by following this schema (and write it down so I can see that you are thinking!):

  • Identify a CLAIM made by the DPSIR framework.
  • SUPPORT this claim with evidence, perhaps an example that you can think of or can find.
  • QUESTION what you do not understand, what you need further clarification on, where you can think of an example where the DPSIR framework does not fit or apply.

Have fun next week! Remember about the in class task on Tuesday, Week 6…

From Bill to Law

13 Thursday Aug 2015

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Passage of a Bill through Parliament

More detail on the passage of a Bill through Parliament

A usual sitting day in Parliament

Watch Parliament live stream (and Question Time live via ABC)
And one clip from Question Time – but there are many others on YouTube!

And one for the ‘You learn something every day‘ file: The Federation Chamber of the Australian Parliament is an alternative chamber to discuss business for the House of Reps.

Content page for Fact Sheets from the Parliamentary Education Office

Who would you vote for?

12 Wednesday Aug 2015

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9Pope Wed 12.8.15
9Dewhirst Thurs 13.8.15 L7

Class discussion on reasons why people vote for who they do, starting with the issues studied about the parties:

  • asylum seekers
  • university education
  • climate change
  • one other issue important to you

Other reasons people vote for who they do?

Environmental Change and Management

11 Tuesday Aug 2015

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This will be a self-directed lesson where you can investigate an issue or issues of interest from the list below:

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Environmental Management

Habitat Loss

Environmental Worldviews

Human Well Being

Each of these headings is also a link to pages from the Pearson Year 10 Geo textbook, however you should use this as a basis only. Read this first, then look for two other sources.

In your books, you should outline the issue by addressing:
 – what is the problem?
 – how did the problem come about?
 – what are some solutions being proposed and implemented?
 – how successful have these been?
 * Finally, what were the two sources you used? How useful were they? (Refer to the ‘Origin and Purpose’ of the sources, and highlight aspects of value and any limitations)

And a heads up:
There will be an in-class task on Tuesday of Week 6 on Environmental Change and Management. There are a number of questions to complete in an “open book” format. Make sure you have your laptop and it is fully charged!