By Juliet Pietsch, Haydn Aarons
The latter years of the 1st decade of the twenty-first century have been characterized through a tremendous volume of problem and alter to Australia and Australians. Australia’s half in those demanding situations and alterations is borne of our family and worldwide ties, our orientation in the direction of ourselves and others, and an ever expanding expertise of the interdependency of our international. demanding situations and adjustments akin to terrorism, weather switch, human rights, group breakdown, paintings and livelihood, and crime are usually not new yet they tackle new adaptations and effect on us in numerous methods in occasions comparable to those. during this quantity we give some thought to those contemporary demanding situations and alterations and the way Australians themselves consider approximately them less than 3 issues: identification, worry and governance. those issues definitely seize the worries of Australians in occasions of such swap. id is our experience of ourselves and the way others see us. How is that this plagued by the elevated presence of non secular range, in particular Islamic groups, and elevated know-how of ethical and political duties in the direction of Indigenous Australians? How is it stricken by our curious yet altering dating with Asia? worry is an emotional response to specific alterations and demanding situations and produces specific responses from contributors, politicians, groups and international locations alike; worry of crime, worry of terrorism and worry of switch are all thought of during this volume.** [C:\Users\Microsoft\Documents\Calibre Library]
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While the original aims of APEC were focused on economic cooperation, Keating acknowledged that it was in Australia’s security interests to foster a deeper engagement with Asia (see Milner 1997). Keating also promoted the importance of an Australian identity and Australian values as needing to shift closer to Asia. For example, Keating often talked about a new ‘Asian vision’ or strategies for an Asian Australia (Milner 1997). The Keating Labor Government made a number of initiatives to raise awareness among Australia’s youth of Australia’s future economic, political and cultural engagement with Asia.
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