Poir2010-Contemporary Issues In Australian Politics Assessment Answer

Assignment

Write one of the following topics

(1)In what ways has racial politics intruded onto Australian sporting fields? What, if anything, does this tell you about Australian society? 

(2)The gap between indigenous and other Australians – in terms of health, education, income, housing, and incarceration - has proven remarkably persistent. Why is this, and are governments doing enough to remedy the situation?

(3)Pauline Hanson’s xenophobic white nationalism has made a comeback in Australian politics in recent years. Why? 

(4)Some argue that high net immigration into Australia in the decade before 2020 had an ambivalent reception among different sectors of the population, generally being welcomed by business groups and affluent elites, but being viewed more sceptically by those in low income, less educated sectors of the population. What is the evidence for this view, and if it is true what explains it? 

(5)In the Nineteenth Century, Marx argued that the main structural divide in capitalist societies was between workers and employers, and that the state supported the exploitation of the former by the latter. What relevance, if any, do Marx’s ideas have for understanding contemporary developments in Australian society and politics? 

(6)The rise of the so-called ‘gig’ economy, and the more general casualisation of the workforce, is an ongoing feature of Australia’s economy. How have successive Australian governments, both Labor and Liberal, facilitated this development? 

(7)Women continue to be under-represented in Australia’s Parliament and the commanding heights of the economy, and to be paid on average less than men, despite the victories of second wave feminism. Explain why.    

(8)The struggle for marriage equality for same-sex partners, which culminated in the 2017 same sex marriage plebiscite, was one of the most important struggles in Australia’s recent political history. Discuss the politics that led up to and culminated in the plebiscite.