Year 10 HASS - Civics and Citizenship : Justice at home and overseas
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This page contains links to websites for assignments related to Civics and Citizenship.
Websites are divided into the following topics:
Australia’s global roles and responsibilities (Participation in international organisations, Peacekeeping, Provision of foreign aid),
Australia's system of government, Democracy in Australia,
Narcotics laws in Australia and other countries (Indonesia and Vietnam),
Role of the High Court in Australia and notable cases (Tasmanian Dam case, the Mabo case),
Systems of government in other countries (Indonesia and Vietnam).
(use Ctrl + f to find your topic if it is not at the top of the page)
Australia's system of government
Australia's system of government
About Parliament - Parliament of Australia (Official website)
Australian Parliament - Parliamentary Education Office
Constitutionalism and the rule of law
Government - Parliamentary Education Office
Government and Parliament | australia.gov.au
House of Representatives - Parliamentary Education Office
How Government Works | australia.gov.au
Infosheet 20 - The Australian system of government
The roles and responsibilities of the three levels of government - Parliamentary Education Office
Separation of powers: Parliament, Executive and Judiciary - Parliamentary Education Office
Three levels of government - Parliamentary Education Office
Three levels of government: governing Australia - Parliamentary Education Office
What is Parliament? - Parliamentary Education Office
Role of the High Court in Australia
Role of the High Court in Australia and notable cases
High Court of Australia
High Court of Australia (official website)
Infosheet 20 - The Australian system of government
Operation of the High Court
The role of the High Court in Australian democracy | Constitution Education Fund Australia
Why is the high court important?
The Tasmanian Dam Case
Case study: Tasmanian dams affair
Commonwealth v Tasmania - Cultural Artefact - Saulwick Polls and Social Research
Environmental Law Australia | Tasmanian Dam Case
Franklin River, 1983 - National Museum of Australia
Franklin River Blockade (1982) (video)
Remembering the Tasmanian Dam Case (2013)
The Tasmanian Dams Case 30 years on
Tasmanian Wilderness Society blocks dam construction (Franklin River Campaign) 1981-83 | Global Nonviolent Action Database
Wilderness case that changed course of federal power
The Mabo Case
Cases that made history: Mabo v Queensland (video)
Documenting Democracy : Mabo v Queensland No. 2 1992 (Cth)
Eddie Mabo's epic fight for land rights changed Australian law and history
Mabo case | Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
The Mabo case: Making Laws
Mabo decision | National Museum of Australia
Mabo, Edward Koiki (Eddie) (1936–1992)
Mabo Facts - Reconciliation Australia
Mabo - a timeline - ABC News
Native Title (wa.gov.au)
Native Title Act 1993
Timeline: Native title in Australia | SBS News
Year Book Australia, 1995 : The Mabo Case and the Native Title Act
Systems of government in other countries
Systems of government in other countries
(Indonesia and Vietnam)
Indonesia
CIA The World Factbook — Indonesia
Government | Embassy of Indonesia | Washington D.C.
Indonesia country profile - BBC News (2018)
Indonesia - Encyclopaedia Britannica (Use this link at school. To access from home, go to the Library Homepage and log in using your GGS username and password)
Indonesia: Government
Vietnam
About Vietnam - Political System
CIA World Factbook - Vietnam
Vietnam country profile - BBC News (2019)
Vietnam - Encyclopaedia Britannica (Use this link at school. To access from home, go to the Library Homepage and log in using your GGS username and password)
Vietnam: Government
Australia's global role
Australia’s global roles and responsibilities
(Participation in international organisations, Peacekeeping, Provision of foreign aid)
Participation in international organisations and agreements
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Australia and the United Nations
Australia - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Australia's World Heritage (environment.gov.au/)
Australia's World Heritage List (environment.gov.au/)
Global Compact Network Australia | GCNA
How the Convention on the Rights of the Child works | UNICEF
Human Rights by Country - Australia
International law | Attorney-General's Department
International Relations | australia.gov.au
RedR Australia - UN Standby Partner
A simplified version of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Simplified Version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UNHCR Australia
UNICEF Australia
United Nations (UN) - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
United Nations (official website)
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (humanrights.gov.au)
World Bank Group
Peacekeeping
Australia's peacekeeping missions since 1947 | Anzac Portal
Australian Peacekeeping - List of Australian Operations
Australians and Peacekeeping (2017)
Peacekeeping and the Evolving Australia-Fiji Relationship - The Diplomat (Oct. 2019)
United Nations - What is peacekeeping?
Provision of foreign aid
Aid topics - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Foreign aid - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
International Needs Australia (official website)
International Aid | Australian Red Cross
Morrison government launches review of foreign aid priorities (Dec. 2019)
Overview of Australia’s aid program to Indonesia
Where we give aid - DFAT (map + links to budget detail)
Narcotics laws in Australia and other countries
Narcotics laws in Australia and other countries
(Indonesia and Vietnam)
Australia
Drug law in Australia
Drug laws in Australia | Australian Government Department of Health
Drug Trafficking, Selling and Cultivation | Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP)
Lawstuff Australia - Drugs : Australian Capital Territory
Lawstuff Australia - Drugs : New South Wales
Lawstuff Australia - Drugs : Northern Territory
Lawstuff Australia - Drugs : Queensland
Lawstuff Australia - Drugs : South Australia
Lawstuff Australia - Drugs : Tasmania
Lawstuff Australia - Drugs : Victoria
Lawstuff Australia - Drugs : Western Australia
Indonesia
Capital punishment in Indonesia - Statutory provisions (list of the criminal offences that carry the death penalty in Indonesia)
Drug Laws in Bali and the Rest of Indonesia (updated 2019)
Frenchman sentenced to death over Indonesia drug smuggling - BBC News (May 2019)
Harsh Punishments for Drug Use in Southeast Asia (includes other countries in SE Asia, updated 2019)
Vietnam
Harsh Punishments for Drug Use in Southeast Asia (includes other countries in SE Asia, updated 2019)
Time to rethink Vietnam’s drug policies | East Asia Forum (July 2019)
Vietnam sentences 5 drug traffickers to death (Nov. 2019)
Vietnam sentences 11 people to death for drug trafficking - The Straits Times (Oct. 2019)
Democracy in Australia
Democracy in Australia
Australia slips in corruption index, ranks as 13th least-corrupt nation - ABC News (Feb. 2018)
Australian democracy: an overview
Defining democracy - Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
'Influence in Australian politics needs an urgent overhaul – here's how to do it' (Sept. 2018)
Political donations and the rise of corporatocracy | The Canberra Times (Feb. 2020)
Restoring Australia’s democracy | Human Rights Law Centre (Jan. 2020)
The rise of corporate power in Australia | UNSW Canberra (Mar. 2020)