Essays about: "Australian politics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Australian politics.

  1. 1. Orphanage Trafficking: A Modern Slavery : An analysis of the impact of NGOs' advocacy in Cambodia on the Australian ''Hidden in Plain Sight'' report of 2017

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Elise Degrond; [2022]
    Keywords : Global Politics; Australia; Cambodia; Orphanage Trafficking; Modern Slavery; NGO;

    Abstract : In 2017, Australia officially recognized orphanage trafficking as a form of modern slavery, creating a precedent in legislation regarding children rights. This process intended to inspire global norms has been the result of a collaboration with NGOs, advocating against harmful practices in Cambodia. READ MORE

  3. 2. Constructed Realities : Framing an inclusive, multicultural Australia’s exclusion of people seeking asylum

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och välfärdsstudier

    Author : Holly McCarthy; [2019]
    Keywords : multiculturalism; asylum policy; inclusion; exclusion; immigration; discourse analysis; framing; asylum seekers; Australian politics; asylum policy;

    Abstract : Since 2001, Australia’s increasingly securitised and exclusionary asylum policy has been legitimated through a damaging discourse surrounding people who seek asylum. This discourse, reinforced by successive Australian Prime Ministers, has been instrumental in shaping policies which have a devastating human impact. READ MORE

  4. 3. Dehumanisation of asylum seekers : Case study of the Nauru Files

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Lundin; [2019]
    Keywords : Dehumanisation; asylum seekers; refugees; migration; Australia; politics; Nauru; offshore processing;

    Abstract : In October 2016 the newspaper the Guardian published an interactive database online with classified incident reports from an Australian overseas asylum seeker processing centre on the island republic of Nauru. The incident reports describe events that occurred within the Nauru Regional Processing Centre and this collection of over 2000 documents were given the name of “Nauru Files”. READ MORE

  5. 4. Ideological Misinformation: How News Corp Australia amplifies the discourses of the reactionary right

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Dean Gallagher; [2019]
    Keywords : ideological misinformation; the left; network society; free speech; extremism; critical discourse analysis; News Corp; far-right;

    Abstract : This paper analyses the interactions between Australian mainstream media and social media political influencers and how these interactions amplify ideological misinformation. Social media, particularly YouTube, is increasingly a primary source of news and information for people, principally in the younger 18 – 35-year demographic. READ MORE

  6. 5. I only want to be human : Disembarkation platforms for refugees - not concentration camps

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Berit Edvinsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Refugee. Disembarkation platforms. Off-shore platforms. Regional platforms. Tampa. Refugee camp. Libya. UNHCR. IOM. European union. Qualitative study. Human trafficking. Asylum. Politics. Salvini. Moral. Ethics. Human Rights. Human Dignity. Human Value. Law; Mänskliga rättigheter. Människovärde. Mänsklig värdighet. Flykting. Läger. Kvalitativ studie.;

    Abstract : In this study I have studied the European Unions suggestion about disembarkation of refugees from a human rights perspective - especially the perspective of human value and human dignity. Human dignity is central. READ MORE