Homework September 17 - our last lesson for the term

 1. Complete the research questions on the Racial Discrimination Act (1975) on page 46 of your Handbook

2. Attempt the final take-home exam on pages 47 ff

3. Review these Useful Links:

• Ban on musllim headscarves
• Hate speech
• Racial Discrimination Act (1975)
• Racial Discrimination resource
• Relgious freedom debate
• Religious Discrimination Bill

Homework September 10

 1. Read pages 40-44 of your Handbook and complete the table examining the Anti Discrimination Act (1991)  on page 45

2. Review these Useful Links:

• Anti discrimation
• Anti Discrimination Act 1991
• Disabled rights
• Discrimination harassment complaint
• Right to middle finger
• Right to political activity
• Right to protest
• Right to Protest
• Sex Discrimination

Homework September 3

 1. Complete the table on pages 37-38 of your Handbook summarizing in your own words the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act (2000)

• Police Powers and Responsibilities Act

2. Review some of the following Useful Links:

• Youth detention rights
• Youth Detention rights 2
• Youth detention rights 3
• Youth Detention Rights 4
• Youth detention rights 5

Homework August 27

 1. Access these Useful Links:

• My rights
• My rights when arrested
• Charged with an offence
• Strip searches
• 2. Read pages 34-37 of your Handbook and answer the questions on page 33

Homework August 20

 1 Review these useful links:

• Age of criminal liability
• Age of Criminal Liability
• Know Your Rights by age

  http://www.lawstuff.org.au/qld_law/topics
  Smacking children

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2.  Answer the questions on page 32 of your Handbook

Homework due August 13

There is a class next Wednesday. 

Complete the table on page 29

2. Review these Useful Links:

• Human Rights Act
• Human Rights Act for Qld
• Human Rights article
• Human Rights at risk
• Human Rights education
• Proposed QLD Bill of Rights
• Qld Human Rights Act application

2. Complete the True/False questions on page 30

3. Read pages 30-31 and access the Useful Link 

• Australian Human Rights Commission

and then answer these questions:

i. What is the role of the Australian Human Rights Commission?

ii. What complaints will it hear?

Are the following statements true or false?

a. A person can make a complaint over the phone?  T/F

b. You should have a lawyer to help with your application  T/F

c. You have to contact the organization you are complaining about before you apply ro the Commission T/F

d. If the Commission cannot help you can take your case to the Federal Court  T?F

Homework due August 6

 1. Complete the table on page 19 of your Handbook

2.  Read pages 20-27 and access the Useful Link  Bill of Rights debate

    Answer these questions:

1. What is a Bill of Rights ?                                               

2. What is the purpose of a Bill of Rights?                                                  

3. List two sources which protect the legal rights of Australians.

4. Name two Australian States/Territories which have a bill of rights.

5. Why didn’t our founding fathers include a Bill of rights in the 1900 Constitution?

6. Name two rights listed in the Australian Constitution

3. Come to class ready to present an argument for or against Australia having a Bill of Rights