Digital resources tagged with ‘parliament’

Neville Bonner - Change

By the early 1960s, it was clear that Indigenous people were not being assimilated — discrimination against Indigenous people continued and many Indigenous people refused to surrender their culture and lifestyle. The assimilation policy had failed.

Parliamentary Representation

The strength of democracies is founded on the breadth of the representation of it's parliamentarians.

The Founding of Canberra

In 1913 the Basic Living Wage of 2 pounds 8 shillings a week is introduced. Politicians, including William Morris (Billy) Hughes, lay the Foundation Stone for the new National Capital in Canberra.

The Government Machine

Available in various models fuelled by ideological steam, the government contraption has survived numerous violent revisions.

The New Curriculum

Talkback Classroom participants argue that students have a say in developing curriculum.