Logging Victoria’s Forests
Scenario
Gerard is thirty-two years old. He lives in a cottage in a small timber town in Gippsland. Though he was born in the city,...
Refugees and the Local Community
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St Joseph's Parish Social Justice Group was upset by negative Australian attitudes to asylum seekers and decided to do something practical in support of...
The Carbon Tax
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The Carbon Tax proposed and implemented by former PM Julia Gillard raised many issues around the much debated climate change issue. Politicians from both sides...
Debating the Da Vinci Code
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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown has been a hugely popular novel, with sales beyond any author’s wildest dreams and with a general release...
Sweat Shop Labour
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When Anna came to Australia from China in 1992 she had not done any sewing work. After she arrived, she saw an advertisement for...
Casualisation of Work
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David has a small factory that specialises in swatching. ‘It’s Curtains for You’ makes sets of samples of materials that are used for blinds...
Sex and the Soap Opera
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Jacqui and Rob are 20. They have known each other for three years and feel themselves to be very much in love. They have...
Early Life
ScenarioClare has just discovered she is pregnant.She is an intelligent 17-year-old student in the final year of high school, with a particular talent and...
Distribution of Wealth
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Kylie and Jason have been in a state of perpetual excitement for months with the thought of the arrival of their first child. Life...
Capital Punishment
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Imagine that with the community facing an unprecedented increase in violent crime, ‘law and order’" becomes the key issue of the Victorian state election....
