end of year exam

Question 1

Human rights definition

Answer 1

fundamental rights that are considered to belong to every person regardless of race, gender, age, nationality or religion

Question 2

Bill of rights definition

Answer 2

formal declaration of the legal and civil rights of the citizens of any state, country or federation

Question 3

what is section 51 of the Australian constitution

Answer 3

section 51 sets out the powers to age laws for the peace, order and good government of the commonwealth

Question 4

foreign affairs definition

Answer 4

matters of public interest and importance happening abroad/overseas

Question 5

express human rights definition

Answer 5

an express right is a right clearly given to the people in the words of the constitution or legislation

Question 6

changes to the Australian constitution

Answer 6

referendum - double majority

Question 7

implied human rights definition

Answer 7

implied rights are the political and civil freedoms that necessarily underlie the actual words of the constitution but are not themselves expressly stated directly in the constitution or legislation

Question 8

Human rights (Parliamentary scrutiny) Act 2011 Cth

Answer 8

seeks to protect human rights by ensuring all new bills must be compatible with the rights and freedoms recognised in the seven core international human rights treaties that Australia has ratified.

Question 9

Human rights (Parliamentary scrutiny) Act 2011 Cth requires the establishment of what committee on human rights

Answer 9

Parliamentary Joint Committee

Question 10

roles of the parliamentary joint committee

Answer 10

• examines bills, acts and legislative instruments fro compatibility with human rights
• examines acts for compatibility with human rights, or inquires into any matter relating to the human rights referred to it by the attorney-general

Question 11

when does racial discrimination occur under the racial discrimination act 1975 (Cth) (RDA)

Answer 11

when someone is treated less fairly than someone else in a similar situation because of their race, color, descent, or national or ethnic origin.

racial discrimination is also deemed to have taken place when a rule or policy appears to treat everyone in the same way but has an unfair effect on more people of a particular race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin than it does on others.