The heavy use of persuasive techniques including expert opinion, personal and inclusive language, and evidence, facts and statistics create strong arguments for opposing views on the issue. While Australians are already well versed and have more than likely already created an opinion on the issue, the authors of both articles attempt to persuade the reader to accept their personal view and see it as a valid opinion. They both use an annoyed tone to show their stance and passionately express their opinions to show that thy care about the issue which helps to convince the reader that their argument is valid. The opposing texts present their views on the ‘change the date of Australia Day’ argument and by using persuasive techniques, create a structured opinion on the issue and attempt to convince the reader that their view is
Gauze contrasts Hawthorn’s case as the defendant in Gauze never stopped occupying his apartment before committing the offense, so he still had an absolute right. •
As you know I have been trying to meet with you to discuss your case with you since January of this year. Specifically, you had appointments scheduled for January 20, 2017, January 24, 2017, February 9, 2017, February 24, 2017 and, March 21, 2017. You failed to keep any of these appointments. The reason I wanted to meet with you was to explain why I was not interested in pursuing this case.
The Aboriginals spoke their own language, had their own laws and customs, and mostly a strong connection with the country’s land. The British arrived to the shores and declared Australia ‘terra nullius’ meaning empty land that belongs to no body. The land clearly wasn’t uninhabited but the Indigenous people no longer had the right to use the land as they please freely. Under international law Australia was now British land. As a result, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders occupation of and unique connection with the land weren’t recognised and the British took the land without agreement or payment.
Moreover, it would carry out an undue hardship that even with the accommodation. Turner would still be unable to perform work on lines 8 and 9. This matter should be used by a jury based upon the completely developed evidence
In the light of the sentiment presented above, this paper discusses the circumstances that led to the case being heard in court. It explores the events that took place at each level of the case, the issues addressed
It was ultimately the success of Mabo’s case, which pushed through the change needed in Australia. The Motivations that pushed Mabo to fight for land rights Eddie Mabo thought that the best years of his life, came from growing up on Mer island, the island to him, was his safe place, away from the troubles of poverty and the xenophobic nature of the Caucasian culture of Australia, a place that was filled with a recognizable culture and language, a place where the community were caring and selflessly helped one another. On the island, life truly was a paradise, people didn’t need to worry about feeding each other, as the island provided that comfort, people didn’t need to worry about housing, as the land belonged to the people, or so they thought.
Racism in Australia has a long history and is still as prominent in modern society as it was many years before. The prevalence of racism is thought to be of much less but has be argued differently and that there are still a variety of different forms of racism. The racial hierarchy and institutional racism helps to explain the prevalence of racism in Australia. Through sociological concepts, theories and discussions, showing that racism plays a huge role in modern society and is still extremely common. Institutional and popular racism has played a key role in Australia in migration policy, starting from the ‘White Australia policy’, to keep Australia as British as it can.
Throughout the court case Mr Reynolds was asked quite a lot of questions and he replied to most of it with ease providing resources and proof to back his argument. Test applied: Firstly MR. REYNOLDS described to the judges all the laws that Polish Club limited breached.
Although Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander customary laws are shown to be harsh, even brutal at times, Australian law has changed to integrate this cultural heritage. Although uncommon, customary law has been applied in legal rulings, as seen in cases involving Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people (Colin Goodsell v Galarrwuy Yunupingu). Traditional punishments such as payback have also been recognised by some Australian courts (The Queen v Wilson Jagamara Walker).[1] Furthermore, in some cases defence lawyers have specifically asked for their clients to be released on bail to face punishment under customary law.
The applicant, the mother of the infants, had been divorced by the respondent, the father of the infants. At the time of the divorce, the Kathi had recorded a consent order giving the custody of the infants to the respondent. Since the divorce the applicant had remarried a man not related to the infants. It was contended by the respondent inter alia (a) that the applicant was precluded from making the application as she had consented to the order for custody made by the Kathi; (b) that the Guardianship of Infants Act, 1961 was inapplicable as the infants were
Here a compensation tribunal was set up to compensate the families of victims who had died in the Stardust tragedy. The grieving father of one victim sought a review of a decision made by the tribunal to award the mother of a victim compensation and the father no compensation. The court refused to quash the decision of the tribunal and, strangely, agreed that there were circumstances which justified awarding of compensation to one parent and not the other. This decision was made by a court which was quite critical of the approach taken by Lord Diplock in GCHQ. Henchy J. said he would be ‘slow to test reasonableness by seeing if it accords with logic’ and would be ‘equally slow’ to accept the moral standard criteria believing it a vague and inconsistent principle to base reasonableness on.
1. Define acronyms CRP, EDI, OSB, ECR and explain. CRP stands for "continuous replenishment program". CRP was a process that P&G created in order to increase logistic efficiency. The process consisted of using electronic data interchange (EDI), which is an electronic system that transmits data instantaneously from one business to another.
In this case the appellant appealed against a decision that she was not "the surviving spouse" of the deceased within the meaning of the Rent Act 1977 Sch.1 Pt I para.2 (1). However, the appeal was dismissed and it was held that he term "the surviving spouse" in Sch.1 Pt I para.2(1) had rather more formality about it than the term "a person who was living with the original tenant as his or her wife or husband" in Sch.1 Pt I para.2 (2)(a), and the case of Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd and Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza was