1. MR Steven Smith is the Defence Minister for Australia, He has been an Australian Labour Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Perth, Western Australia. Smith was born in Narrogin, Western Australia, and was educated at the University of Western Australia and the University of London, where he gained a master's degree in law.
2. The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C., in the United States. One of Washington's oldest think tanks, Brookings conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, and global economy and development
3. Australia's strategic value to the US was changing, Smith stated that Australia saw greater US focus on the Asia-Pacific as the demands of current operations reduced and the US strategic priority returned to the region. "For almost 50 years, through the joint defence facilities in Australia, we have made a significant contribution to US national security by hosting or supporting some of the US's most sensitive and critical strategic capabilities,".
4. Asian Pacific Region, that the relationship between Australia, China and America are maintained as emergence for the three of these countries is very important for the future.
5. Made a significant contribution to US national security by hosting or supporting some of the US's most sensitive and critical strategic capabilities. Support in military conflicts.
6. The minister stated that there are 9000 Australian companies doing business in the US. "They pay an average wage of $US70,000 ($63,490) per employee per annum and include your largest shopping-centre owner and two of your largest 20 banks"
7. To get across the point that Australia adds value, and that Australia values-add from the advantage point of respect and not dependency. Starts an economic and trade based relationship on top of a military alliance.
8. China
9. Australia wants China to emerge into a 'harmonious environment'. Strong military bond, to form an alliance.
10. Australia had committed to developing strong and positive military and defence relations with China through dialogue and practical activities.
Second article:
1. planning on locating a military base in Western Australia, at Woomera, American influence both militarily and throughout the economy.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Immigration
1. A person whose application for asylum in or recognition as a refugee by a country of which he or she is not a citizen is pending, and who claims to fear persecution if returned home.
2. Due to the fear of being persecuted because of their:
2. Due to the fear of being persecuted because of their:
- race
- religion
- nationality
- membership of a particular social group
- political opinion.
The term ‘asylum seekers’ refers to all people who apply for refugee protection, whether or not they are officially determined to be refugees.
3. Some asylum seekers spend long periods of time in immigration detention waiting for their refugee claim to be assessed; waiting for the completion of health, identity and security checks; or awaiting removal from Australia if their refugee claim has been unsuccessful.
4. Afghanistan, Iraq, Myanmar, Sudan, and the Palestinian Territories.
1. An asylum seeker swap deal between Australia and Malaysia, Australia will send 800 asylum seekers in exchange for 4000 genuine refugees.
2. That they will be treated with dignity and respect and have Human Rights protected and also Australia will be coving all the costs for health and education for the refugees.have employment opportunities and be allowed to join the community for a short time to have health and identity checks.
3. In Malaysia they are routinely rounded up and put into detention centres on work sites and would sometimes be caned and be open to physical abuse.
4. Yes children will be sent
5. That the 567 asylum seekers who have arrived in the 11 weeks since this deal has been put into place will now be processed in Australia, the government had said that they would not be processed in Australia but has now had to accept that it will.
6. that there is no way that the government right safe guards for the asylum seekers and that there could be a possible court challenge to all this.
7. for boat arrivals to slow down and halt.
8. As Scott Morrison said, Gillard is unable to guarantee the safe and well being of the asylum seekers as she isn't even able to protect her own people. I don't believe that this will work because there simply isn't the right amount of facts to support the issue. Unless Australia send Human Rights activists into Malaysia to ensure that the well being of those who are sent there are intact.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Australia maybe nuclear target: Kevin Rudd
1. He's the foreign Minister of the Australian Government. A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government (prime minister or president). It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in coalition governments. A foreign minister's powers can vary from government to government. In a classic parliamentary system, a foreign minister can potentially exert significant influence in forming foreign policy but when the government is dominated by a strong prime minister the foreign minister may be limited to playing a more marginal or subsidiary role in determining policy.
2. That North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs are a direct threat to Australia.
3. ASEAN Regional Forum
4. having torpedoed a South Korean naval frigate, shelled civilians’ homes across the border and defied two UN
Security Council resolutions by pursuing an enriched uranium weapons program.
5. “If it’s a long-range missile which is developed over time ... then of course it represents a threat to Australia.” The threat of being bombed by long range missiles.
6. To make the issue public and to let others know of that threat, so it would be unlikely for North Korea to engage Australia with nuclear warfare. Australia's involvement in that region has been against the North Koreans, for example the Korean War, where Australian troops engaged the Northern forces, fighting along side the South Korean's.
7. Because since Australia is closely allied with America and America doesnt have the best relationship towards the North Koreans so naturally by siding with the Americans, Australia has now also become a target to the North Koreans.
2. That North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs are a direct threat to Australia.
3. ASEAN Regional Forum
4. having torpedoed a South Korean naval frigate, shelled civilians’ homes across the border and defied two UN
Security Council resolutions by pursuing an enriched uranium weapons program.
5. “If it’s a long-range missile which is developed over time ... then of course it represents a threat to Australia.” The threat of being bombed by long range missiles.
6. To make the issue public and to let others know of that threat, so it would be unlikely for North Korea to engage Australia with nuclear warfare. Australia's involvement in that region has been against the North Koreans, for example the Korean War, where Australian troops engaged the Northern forces, fighting along side the South Korean's.
7. Because since Australia is closely allied with America and America doesnt have the best relationship towards the North Koreans so naturally by siding with the Americans, Australia has now also become a target to the North Koreans.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Year 10: Australian Aid
1. Summary of the Article:
Australia is giving more aid because the government is being pressure by the Australian people and also allied countries are pushing money and effort into those 3rd world countries. meaning that Australia will follow this and try to out weigh the other countries efforts in its striving to look like a better country. Benefits of this would be the image of Australia, that having enough money to just throw away and still be a top country. relations with allied countries and also the poverty struct countries could become stronger.
Negative aspects could be that Australia is throwing money away unnecessarily, when it could be putting money back into Australia's well being as it isn't perfect and needs that money to improve the lives of it's homeless and poverty struck people.
- The article exclaims that the poverty ridden countries do need financial help, but the money that is being produced by charities all around the world isn't being put to good use.
- That only a small sum of that money is being used to increase the well being of poverty stricken people.
- "There is a strange alchemy to economic growth. It requires a remarkable confluence of factors - social, political and technological" This extraction shows what people need to move from farming lifestyles to paying jobs. The money that is going to these countries isn't going towards these three factors and that its going into governments pocket.
- Within the article it is becoming clear that aid in any form (capital, technology, roads, schools, armies of technical advisers) does not make much difference. The alchemy of growth depends above all on social and political circumstances and institutions. What works in any particular place or time depends on myriad local factors. It has to be home-grown, not engineered from outside. Another aspect for reasoning to why the money is going to waste as it isn't being used properly.
Australia is giving more aid because the government is being pressure by the Australian people and also allied countries are pushing money and effort into those 3rd world countries. meaning that Australia will follow this and try to out weigh the other countries efforts in its striving to look like a better country. Benefits of this would be the image of Australia, that having enough money to just throw away and still be a top country. relations with allied countries and also the poverty struct countries could become stronger.
Negative aspects could be that Australia is throwing money away unnecessarily, when it could be putting money back into Australia's well being as it isn't perfect and needs that money to improve the lives of it's homeless and poverty struck people.
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