CJVA302: Week 8
Australia/New Zealand
Immigration & Aboriginal issues
Pop quiz
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bin Laden
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Dylan Roof
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Timothy Mcveigh
Wikipedia: “…remains most
significant act of domestic
terrorism in US history.”
Main themes
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What defines a terrorist?
Synergy of media, terrorism, and human
psychology
Mixture of reasons
Some data
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 https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/images/START_GlobalTerr
orismDatabase_2015TerroristAttacksConcentrationIntensi
tyMap.jpg
 https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/Results.aspx?chart=
overtime&casualties_type=&casualties_max=&region=8
Discussion
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 Is the fear justified?
 Should we be more concerned with addressing
other, perhaps more fixable issues?
 What can be done to address the new wave of
terrorism in Europe?
Australian Immigration Policy
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 Leads
 The envy of Western right-wing political parties
“misguided altruism”
 Sovereignty vs. human rights
refoulement, UN refugee convention
Australian Immigration Policy
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 Some statistics:
https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/getfacts/statisti
cs/aust/asylum-stats/detention-australia-
statistics/
Indigenous Peoples of Oceania
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 Aborigines & TSI vs. Maori
Indigenous issues in Australia
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 Racial issues similar to those in other former
British colonies (e.g. USA)
 History of exclusion, subjugation
various Aborigines acts
stolen generations
full blood vs. half-caste
 Key current issue: constitutional recognition
Indigenous issues in Australia
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Recognition of Indigenous peoples
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 Uluru talks:
250 Indigenous delegates
Recognise vs. recognition, consensus
 Document presented to PM Turnbull:
• never ceded sovereignty
• constitutionally enshrined voice to
parliament
• establish “Makarrata” commission
 Additional details still to be addressed
Recognition of Indigenous peoples
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 Additional details still to be addressed:
s.51 xxvi – “the race power”
specificities of voice to parliament
 Criticism from conservatives, other Indigenous
people
 Voice to parliament rejected by PM Turnbull
Additional sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/may/25/constitutional-
recognition-and-why-the-uluru-talks-matter-explainer
https://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/about-constitutional-recognition
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-26/indigenous-advisory-body-proposal-
rejected-by-cabinet/9087856
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/may/25/constitutional-
recognition-and-why-the-uluru-talks-matter-explainer
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