What freedoms allow citizens to participate in democracy?
association, assembly and expression
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What kind of groups are formed to influence government policies and laws?
Interest/pressure groups
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Give an example of an interest group.
Centre for Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Detainees, the Minerals Council of Australia
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Interest groups attempt to pressure the decisions of governments in many different ways. What are they?
draw public attention to their causes through rallies, demonstrations and protest, by gathering signatures for petitions
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Democratic institutions limit corruption and the abuse of power by government
Up to explanation
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Why is open and free media critical for democracy?
The media provides people with diverse perspectives from many sources.
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What is the United Nations?
At the end of World War II, many nations had the goal of creating an organisation to prevent such a tragedy reoccurring, and to create a world based on peace
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Five goals of the UN.
The UN is comprised of 193 nations with five common goals: peace and security, protecting human rights, delivering humanitarian aid, working towards sustaina
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Why have some nations in the UN been critical of Australia’s human rights record?
In past years, Australia has been asked to address its treatment of asylum seekers and refugees, its high incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
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In which region is much of Australia’s foreign aid and peacekeeping forces directed to?
Timor-Leste (East Timor), and Bougainville in Papua New Guinea.
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What is an international treaty/convention?
Treaties (also known as conventions or protocols) are the main form of international law. These are binding agreements between two countries (a bilateral t
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Why are treaties important for the global community?
This involves the responsibility to consider the rights and welfare of people in other countries, and the formal obligation to abide by international law.
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Explain what is meant when a country decides to ‘ratify’ a treaty
If they then ratify the treaty, they agree to incorporate the terms of the treaty into the country’s laws.
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When does a treaty become law in Australia?
When Parliament makes it law
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In 1948 which treaty was signed by Australia?
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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What is this" where asylum seekers arriving in Australia are sent to another country"?
