Please note that although some of the following Printed Materials
may be out of print, they are available in many libraries.
| Stage 2 |
|
Printed Material |
Comment |
Student Source Material |
|
| Jaensch, D Columns in The Advertiser
|
|
| Singleton, G. Australian Political Institutions
8 th Edition Longman Pearson 2006 |
Stage 1 and 2 reference particularly All the core; most useful |
| Jaensch, D . The Politics of Australia Macmillan
1997 |
|
| Craig, J. Bell, R. & Monks. J. VCE Political Studies
Book 1 Representative Democracy in Australia O.U.P. 1994
|
Stage 1 and 2 reference. Good overview for all core topics |
| Teacher Reference List |
|
| Burns, G. An Australian Republic Scribe 2007 |
|
| Jones, T. Ed The Best Australian Political Writings
MUP 2008 |
|
| Grattan, M. Ed Australian Prime Ministers New Holland
2008 |
|
| Megalogenis, G. The Longest Decade Scribe 2008 |
|
| Scrutineer's Handbook Australian Electoral Commission 2007
|
|
| Williams. G. The Case for an Australian Bill of Rights
Uni NSW Press 2004 |
|
Henderson, P. Parliament and Politics in Australia
5 th Edition Heinemann 1995 |
Less recent resource. A useful standard for stage 1 and stage
2 |
| Henderson, G. Menzies Child Allen & Unwin 1994
|
Less recent resource. Stage 2 reference particularly Core
topic 3; advanced |
| General Print Material |
|
| Australian Readers Discovering Democracy, Upper Secondary
Collection, The Australian Readers Upper Secondary Collection,
Discovering Democracy, 2002. |
Class set issued to schools in October 2002. Details from
www.curriculum.edu.au/democracy |
| Democracy Rules: An electoral education resource |
Book and CD for middle and senior years. For more info
www.aec.gov.au or education@aec.gov.au
or borrow from Global Education Centre www.global-education.asn.au.
Divided into Topics containing Investigations as follows:
You and Me, the Decision Makers - What do we mean by democracy?
Can we all make the decisions?
Representing Everyone - How do you have your say? How are
we represented?
What's your Vote Worth? - How and why do Australians vote?
How do electorates change over time?
The Voice of a Vote in a World of Change - How did Indigenous
Australians achieve civic rights? How did East Timor take
the first steps to democracy? |
Bennett, S., Winning and Losing, Melbourne University
Press, Carlton, 1996. |
Stage 1 and 2 reference. Core topic 3; background |
Craig, J. & Bell, R & Monks. J., VCE Political
Studies Representative Democracy in Australia, Oxford,
1994. |
Stage 1 and 2 reference. Good overview for all core topics |
Forell, C., How We Are Governed, 11 th edn, Longman,
Melbourne, 1994. |
Stage 1 and 2 reference. All core topics; concise; introduction |
Foster, M., Our Constitution, Macmillan Education,
South Yarra, 1997. |
Stage 2 reference particularly Core topic 1; advanced |
Grant, B. Ed, Pauline Hanson One Nation Australian
Politics, Uni of New England Press, 1997. |
Stage 2 reference particularly Core topic 3; advanced |
Henderson, G. Menzies' Child Allen & Unwin,
St Leonards, NSW, 1994. |
Stage 2 reference particularly Core topic 3; advanced |
Holliman, J., Century of Australian Prime Ministers,
Murray David, Beacon Hill, NSW, 1999. |
Stage 1 and 2 reference. Core topic 4; background; introduction |
Hirst, John, Australia’s Democracy – A short
history, Discovering Democracy, 2002. |
Copy sent to schools in October 2002. Details from www.curriculum.edu.au/democracy |
Jaensch, D. and Mathieson J., A plague on Both Your
Houses, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, 1997. |
Stage 1 and 2 reference. Core topic 3; advanced in many
areas |
Jaensch, D. The Politics of Australia, 2 nd edn
Macmillan Education South Yarra, 1997 |
Stage 1 and 2 reference. Good overview for all core topics
|
Jaensch, D., Australia’s Political System,
Longman, Melbourne, 1997. |
Stage 1 and 2 reference. Good overview for all core topics |
Jaensch, D., The Australian Politics Guide, Macmillan
Education, South Yarra, 1996…and… |
Useful dictionary |
Kelly, P., The End Of Certainty, Allen & Unwin,
St Leonards, NSW, 1992. |
Stage 2 reference particularly Core topic 3; advanced |
McMullin, R., The Light on the Hill, Oxford University
Press, Melbourne, 1991. |
Stage 2 reference particularly Core topic 3; advanced |
Penguin, Dictionary of Australian Politics, 1998. |
Useful dictionary |
Questions and Answers on the Commonwealth Parliament,
AGPS, 5 th edn 1997. |
Stage 1 and 2 reference. Core topic 2; excellent for procedures |
Singleton, et al, Australian Political Institutions,
6 th edn, Longman, 2000. |
Stage 1 and 2 reference particularly All the core; most
useful |
Solomon, D., Australia’s Government and Parliament,
Nelson, 1989. |
Stage 1 and 2 reference. All core topics; concise; introduction |
Stewart, R. & Ward, I. Politics One 2 nd edn
Macmillan Education South Yarra, 1997. |
Stage 2 reference. Advanced, but still a valuable text |
The Australian Constitution (Annotated) Constitutional
Centenary Foundation Canberra 1997. |
Stage 1 and 2 reference. Core topic 1; essential |
Warhurst, J. ed., Keeping the Bastards Honest: Australian
Democrats First Twenty Years, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards,
NSW, 1997. |
Stage 2 reference particularly. Core topic 4; supplementary |
Warhurst, J., Machine Politics: The Australian Liberal
Party on the Eve of the Year 2000, Allen & Unwin,
St Leonards, NSW, 1999. |
Stage 2 reference. Core topic 4; supplementary; |
Your Key To The House; Department of the House of
Representatives, Canberra, 1999. |
Stage 1 and 2 reference. Core topic 2; excellent for procedures |
DVDs, Audiovisual and Multimedia Materials |
|
Discovering Democracy Kit |
|
Democracy the Australian Way Australian Electoral
Commission |
|
| Should Australia be a Republic? VEA 2000 |
|
| Young People and the Law VEA 2004 |
|
| Some More Equal Than Others VEA 2001 |
|
Websites |
|
General |
|
| www.australianpolitics.com
|
Overview, covers all course |
| www.ozpolitics.info
|
An introduction to Australian Politics |
www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/oz.html |
Australian Commonwealth Government Entry Point |
www.aph.gov.au |
Australian Government |
www.aph.gov.au |
Australian Government |
www.aph.gov.au |
Australian Government |
www.aph.gov.au/house |
Australian House of Representatives. |
www.vcepolitics.com/parties/partlist.htm |
Australian Political Parties |
www.aph.gov.au/senate |
Australian Senate |
www.centenary |
Constitutional Centenary Foundation. |
www.une.edu.au/-arts/Politics/armpol.htm#current |
Current Affairs/The Republic Debate |
www.aph.gov.au/library |
Department of the Parliamentary Library |
www.dpmc.gov.au |
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
www.curriculum.edu.au/democracy |
Discovering Democracy, Civics |
www.aph.gov.au/library |
Parliament of Australia, Parliamentary Library |
peo.aph.gov.au |
Parliamentary Education Office. |
library.aph.gov.au/library/parlindx.html |
Parliamentary Library: Index of Parliamentary Information
|
www.seo.sa.gov.au |
South Australian Electoral Commission |
| Government Sites |
|
| www.aec.gov.au |
Australian Electoral Commission |
| www.seo.sa.gov.au
|
South Australian Electoral Office |
| www.aph.gov.au |
Australian Government |
| www.aph.gov.au/house
|
Australian House of Representatives |
| www.aph.gov.au/senate
|
Australian Senate |
| www.dpmc.gov.au |
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet |
| Sites with Critical Approaches |
|
| www.dpmc.gov.au |
Ongoing updated daily coverage |
| www.crikey.com.au |
Critical approach to national matters |
| Cartoons |
|
| www.broelman.com.au |
Broelman Cartoons |
| www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au |
Cartoons in the Australian |
| http://member.melbpc.org.au/~grjallen/leunig/leunig.htm
|
Leunig Cartoons |
|
|
Political Parties |
|
| www.alp.org.au |
Australian Labor Party Home Page |
| www.liberal.org.au |
The Liberal Party of Australia |
www.democtats.org.au |
The Australian Democrats |
www.greens.org.au
|
Greens Home Page |
www.nationals.org.au
|
National Party Home Page |
| www.familyfirst.org.au |
Family First Party Home Page |
www.vision.ne.au:80/-tasgreens/main.html |
The Tasmanian Greens |
www.aec.gov.au |
The Australian Electoral Commission. Includes information
on voting and elections. |
Media |
Option 5 and all Core |
| Radio |
|
www.abc.net.au/rn |
ABC Radio National |
www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing.htm |
ABC Radio National Background Briefing |
| Newspapers |
|
www.theage.com.au |
The Age (Victoria) |
www.theaustralian.news.com.au |
The Australian |
| www.messenger.net.au |
The Messenger |
| www.adelaidenow.com.au
|
The Advertiser |
| www.news.com.au/couriermail |
The Courier Mail |
| www.canberratimes.com.au
|
Canberra Times |
www.smh.com.au |
Sydney Morning Herald |
| www.thewest.com.au |
The West Australian |
| www.news.com.au/mercury |
The Hobart Mercury |
| www.ntnews.com.au |
The Northern Territory News |
| www . greenleft
.org.au |
Greenleft Weekly |
| www.newstext.com.au |
A compilation from News Ltd sources. Useful for teachers and
students. Libraries will need to subscribe. |
| Polling |
|
| www.abc.net.au/unleashed/poll/vote/total.htm
|
150 Contemporary polls |
Comparative Government |
|
www.agora.stm.it/politic |
A listing of political resources sorted by country. |
www.aljazeerah.info/
|
Arabic viewpoint |
| www.abc.net.au/power/theme2/indon_pol_sys.pdf
|
Australian references |
| www.abc.net.au/rn |
ABC Radio National |
www.polity.org.za/govdocs/misc/foreign.html |
An index of the government sites of many nations. |
www.apecsec.org.sg |
APEC |
www.atsic.gov.au |
ATSIC |
www.open.gov.uk |
British Government Information Service. |
www.canberratimes.com.au |
Canberra Times |
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html |
CIA site provides information about many nations. |
www.dfat.gov.au |
Department of Foreign Affairs |
www.europarl.eu.int |
European Union |
www.soc.umn.edu |
Index to a range of national parliaments |
wopablue.parl.net/library/pubs/rn/1998-99/99rn14.htm |
International voting systems |
www.ipu.org |
Inter-parliamentary Union. |
www.agora.stm.it/politic |
Resources sorted by country. |
www.australian.aust.com |
The Australian On Line |
www.un.org |
United Nations |
w3.one.net/~mweiler/u
shda/ushda.htm |
US documents, including the Constitution. |
w ww.house.gov |
US House of Representatives. |
www.senate.gov/about |
US Senate |
www.scottish.parliament.uk |
Scottish Parliament |
www.parliament.gov.nz |
New Zealand Parliament |
| www.guardian.co.uk/
|
British veiwpoint |
| www.nytimes.com |
New York Times |
| www.washingtonpost.com/
|
Washington Post |
| www.whitehouse.gov
|
American Government entry point |
| www.scottishparliament.uk
|
Scotland |
| www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/politics/
|
Election sources |
| http://english.pravda.ru
|
Russian news an analysis |
| www.zwnews.com/ |
Headline links to Zimbabwe |
| www.chinadaily.com.cn/
|
Largest English portal in China |
| Online magazines |
|
| www. newstatesman
.com |
Current affairs magazine |
| www. spectator
.co.uk/ |
Weekly curretn affairs |
| www.ny books .com/archives/
|
Biweekly book review |
| Useful texts |
|
| Bell, R. & Marks VCE Political Studies Book 2 The
Political Systems of Australia, Russia and USA O.U.P.
1993 |
|
| Leonard, M. What do the Chinese Think? Harper Collins
2008 |
|
| Video |
|
| A History of Terrorism VEA 2003 |
|
| Globalisation |
|
| Websites |
|
| www.worldmapper.com
|
Significant comparative data |
| https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html
|
Significant data |
| www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au
|
War cartoons |
| www.mapsofwar.com/library.html
|
A range of war maps |
| www.coca-cola.com/template1/index.jsp?locale=en_US |
economic hegemony |
| www.tradeobservatory.org/
|
Agriculture and trade |
| http://www.ceres.org/NetCommunity/page.aspx?pid=705
|
Sustainability |
| http://www.abc.net.au/news/tag/geothermal-energy/
|
Geothermal energy |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G8
|
G8 background material |
| www. opec .org/ |
OPEC home page |
| www.ketupa.net/
berlusconi .htm |
Italy and Berlusconi |
| DVDs and Multimedia |
|
| An Inconvenient Truth |
Global warming viewpoint |
| The Great Global Warming Swindle |
Alternative viewpoint |
| Magazines |
|
| www.newstatesman.com |
The New Statesman |
| www.spectator.co.uk |
The Spectator |
| www.nybooks.com |
The New York Review of Books |
| www.newint.org |
The New Internationalist |
| www.washingtonpost.com |
The Washington Post |
| www.time.com |
Time Magazine |
| Reference Books |
|
| Spurlock, M. Where in the World is Osama Bin
Laden? Harvill Secker 2008 |
|
| Holland, H. Dinner with Mugabe Viking 2008 |
|
| Baylis, J. & Smith, S. The Globalisation of World
Politics 3 d Edition O.U.P. 2005 |
|
| 2008 US Election |
|
| www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/politics/ |
2008 Election sources |
| Global Media |
|
| Websites |
|
| www.fair.org/index.php
|
Online magazine: nline magazine: Fairness and Accuracy in
Reporting |
| www.robertmcchesney.com/
|
Current media policy and its impact on democracy. |
| www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/
|
ABC's website: criticism of current media issues |
| www.crikey.com.au/
|
Online alternative Australian media and politics website.
|
| www.huffingtonpost.com/
|
Alternative American politics website |
| www.dailykos.com/
|
Alternative American politics website |
| http://newmatilda.com/
|
Alternative independent Australian politics website |
| www.private-eye.co.uk/
|
Satirical alternative British politics website |
| www.economist.com/world/europe
|
Italy and Berlusconi |
| www.nicholsoncartoons.com
.au |
Cartoons in The Australian |
| www.theaustralian.news.com.au/
|
The Australian |
| www.messenger.net.au/
|
The Messenger |
| www.adelaidenow.com.au
|
The Advertiser |
| www.news.com.au/couriermail/
|
The Courier Mail |
| www.smh.com.au |
Sydney Morning Herald |
| Printed materials |
|
| Bezanson, R. How Free Can the
Press Be? |
|
| Carey, A. Taking the Risk Out
of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda versus Freedom and Liberty
|
|
| Knightley, P. The First Casualty:
The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker from the Crimea
to Kosovo |
|
| Lloyd, M. Prologue to a Farce:
Communication and Democracy in America |
|
| Henningham, J. Looking at Television News
|
|
| Hills, J. The Struggle for Control
of Global Communication: The Formative Century |
|
| Hills, J. Telecommunications
and Empire |
|
| McChesney, R. Rich Media, Poor Democracy:
Communication Politics in Dubious Times |
|
| Rojecki, A. Silencing the Opposition:
Antinuclear Movements and the Media in the Cold War |
|
| Stein, L. Speech Rights in America:
The First Amendment, Democracy, and the Media |
|
| Windshuttle, Keith The Media:
A New Analysis of the Press, Television, Radio and Advertising
in Australia |
|
| Australian International Relations |
|
| Wesley, M. The Howard Paradox ABC Books 2007 |
|
| Commonwealth Year Book |
|
| Websites |
|
| www.dfat.gov.au/ |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/
|
Free Trade Agreements |
| http://www.dfat.gov.au/GEO/
|
Information relating to 240 countries |
| http://www.dfat.gov.au/globalissues/
|
International issues |
| www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/faq.html
|
A link to the coffee debate |
| www.newint.org |
Issues of world poverty and inequality |
| www.cana.net.au/kyoto/
|
Climate |
| www.greenhouse.gov.au/international/kyoto/index.html
|
Kyoto |
| www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1952/2.html
|
ANZUS treaty |
| www.dfat.gov.au/un/aus_un13.html
|
Australia and the United Nations |
| www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/cetaceans/protecting.html
|
Whaling site |
| www.historylearningsite.co.uk/united_nations_korean_war
|
Australia's role in Korea |
| http://www.harmony.gov.au
|
Harmony within Australia |
| www.abc.net.au/news/tag/olympics-organising-committee
|
Olympics |
| www.refugeeaction.org/policy/violates.htm
|
Human Rights |
| United Nations |
|
| Johnson, E. United Nations Peacekeepers? Thomson
1995 |
|
| Howard, L. UN Peacekeeping in Civil Wars CUP
2008 |
|
| websites |
|
| www.un.org/ |
United Nations homepage |
| www.worldmapper.com
|
Cartograms |
| www.stats.un.org
|
Statistics division |
| www.unesco.org |
UNESCO |
| www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
|
Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| www.worldpress.org/specials/iraq/
|
War in Iraq |
| www.hrw.org/women/
|
Marginalisation of women |
| www.globalissues.org/HumanRights/WomensRights.asp
|
Women's rights |
| www.unhchr.ch/minorities/declaration.htm
|
Minorities |
| www.unrwanda.org/
|
Information about UN in Rawanda |
| www.un.org/Depts/DPKO/Missions/unmibh_p.htm
|
Information about UNin Bosnia |
| www.peacekeepers.asn.au/
|
A window on Australian peacekeepers |
| http://www.mapsofwar.com/library.html
|
A range of war maps |
| www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2007/10/04/2050699.htm
|
Rawanda to Bougainville overview |
| www.youtube.com/watch?v=odC7xmuDpaU
|
South Korea |
| www.historylearningsite.co.uk/leagueofnations.htm
|
Historical perspectives |
| United States of America |
|
| Chomsky, N. ` Hegemony or Survival Allen
and Unwin 2003 |
|
| Ambrose, S. Rise to Globalism
Penguin 1993 |
|
| Nye, J. The Paradox of American
Power OUP 2002 |
|
| Unger, C The Fall of the House
of Bush Scribner 2008 |
|
| DVDs |
|
| Terrorism & the US VEA 2004 |
|
| One Nation Under God VEA 2003 |
|
| Outfoxed Fox News Channel |
|
| Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore |
|
| Front LIne |
|
| The Fog or War |
|
| Wag the Dog |
|
| America's Propaganda War |
|
| Enemy Image |
|
| The Paryt's Over (the 2000 US Elections) |
|
| The Corporation |
|
| Manufacturing Dissent D. Meinyk & R. Caine |
|
| Terrorism & the US VEA 2004 |
|
| One Nation Under God VEA 2003 |
|
| Outfoxed Fox News Channel |
|
| Magazines |
|
| www.washingtonmonthly.com
|
Political Media in the USA |
| www.mondotimes.com/2/topics/5/society/89
|
Worldwide media guide |
| www.time.com/ |
Time magazine |
| http://www.aljazeerah.info/
|
Arabic news and current affairs |
| Websites |
|
| www . whitehouse . gov
/ |
Official site of the White House |
| www.time.com |
Time Magazine |
| www.washingtonpost.com/
|
The Washington Post |
| www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/politics/
|
2008 election sources |
| www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed092106c.cfm
|
5 Iraq wars |
| www.september11news.com
|
9/11 archives |
| www.historylearningsite.co.uk/what%20was%20the%20
cold %20 war .htm |
Cold War introduction |
| http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569374/cold_war.html |
Gold War background |
| www.allacademic.com/meta/p72803_index.html
|
Rise to Global Hegemon |
| www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/13/AR2006011301696_pf.html
|
Global hegemon |
| www.logosjournal.com/dorrien.htm
|
Global hegemon |
| www.foxnews.com/oreilly/
|
The O'Reilly factor |
| http://www.mapsofwar.com/library.html
|
A range of war maps |
| www. opec .org/ |
OPEC Home Page |
| The Politics of the Asia Pacific Region |
|
| Kingsbury, D. The Politics of Indonesia . 3 rd
edn 2005 OUP |
|
| www.abc.net.au/rn
|
Australian perspectives |
| www.loc.gov/rr/international/asian/easttimor/resources/easttimor-government.html
|
East Timor |
| www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/indonesia/pro-politics.htm
|
Overview of Indonesia |
| http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/asian/fiji/resources/fiji-government.html |
Fiji |
| http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ogden/piir/index.html |
Pacific Islan directories |
| http://www.worldvision.com.au/learn/schoolresources/magazine.asp
|
World Vision school resources |
| www.apec2007.org/
|
APEC |
| www. asean sec.org/
|
ASEAN |
| www.newint.org/ |
Reports on poverty and inequality |
| www. china today.com/org/cpc
|
Political parties in China |
| www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35855.htm
|
Overview about Taiwan |
| www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/4142.htm
|
Japanese Political System |
| www.philsol.nl/pir/JR-98a.htm
|
Philippines political system |
| www.brookings.edu/articles/2004/09
northkorea _oh.aspx |
North Korea internet reference list |
| United Nations Human Rights Resources
2008 |
|
| United Nations International Co-operation since 1945./Brooman.
Longman 20th Centuary History Series. Longman UK 1990 |
|
| Basic Facts about the United Nations - United Nations, New
York 1989 |
|
| Reshaping the Global Agenda: The United Nations at Forty.
Keith Suter 1986 |
|
| What do we mean by Human Rights: Freedom of Belief/Mike Hurst.
Franklin Watts 2000 |
|
| What do we mean by Human Rights: Rights in the Home/Haughton
& Clarke, Franklin Watts 2000 |
|
| What do we mean by Human Rights: Freedom of Speech/Steele,
Franklin Watts 2000 |
|
| What do we mean by Human Rights: Freedom of Movement/Catherine
Bradley Franklin Watts N.Y 2002 |
|
| What do we mean by Human Rights: Equal Rights./O'Connor, Franklin
Watts N.Y 2000 |
|
| The Role of the United Nations: series: In the news: the facts
behind the headlines 2004 Franklin Watts NSW |
|
| Human Rights and Civil Rights/editor Justin Healey. Issues
in Society vol. 139. Spinnty Press NSW. 2000 |
|
| Childrens's Rights/editor Justin Healey. Issues in Society
vol. 198. Spinney Press NSW. 2004 |
|
| What are human rights?/Thomas Fleiner; translated from the
German by Nicholas Anson. Sydney: Federation, 1999. |
|
| Citizenship, Steele. 2001 Evans Brothers London. |
|
| Watching Brief, Julian Burnside. Carlton North, Vic: Scribe
2007 |
|
| The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present and Future of the
United Nations, Paul Kennedy 2006, Random House NY |
|
| The Best Intentions. Kofi Annan and the UN in the era of American
Power. James Traub 2006, Bloomsbury Publishers UK |
|
| The United Nations: Reality and Ideal. Peter R. Baehr &
Leon Gordenker, 4th Edition 2005 Palgrave and Macmillan |
|
| A World in our Hands, in honour of the 50th anniversary of
the United Nations, 1995 Tricycle Press |
|
| DVD |
|
| Human Rights I |
|
| Human Rights II |
|
| Websites |
|
http://www.un.org/rights/
You can access the information by country, by rights and
by body.
http://www.universalhumanrightsindex.org/ |
The Universal Human Rights Index provices instant access
for all countries to human rights information from the United
Nations system. The index is based on the observations and
recommendations of the following international expert bodies:
-the seven Treaty Bodies monitoring the implementation of
the core international human rights treaties (since 2000)
-the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council (sincwe
2006) |
| http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/index.asp |
UN Human Rights Cyber schoolbus interactive resources.
(this site has information activities and links suitable
for schools) |
| http://www.un.org/rights/dpi1774e.htm |
United Nations intergovernmental bodies dealing with human
rights |
| http://www.unhchr.ch/ |
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) |
| http://www.unhchr.ch |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
| http://www.un.org/Photos |
United Nations and Human Rights: 50 Years |
| http://www.unicef.org |
UNICEF |
| http://www.undp.org |
United Nations Development Programme |
| http://www.ilo.org |
International Labour Organization |
| http://www.amnesty.org |
Amnesty International |
| http://www.icrc.org |
The International Committee of the Red Cross |
http://www.hrw.org
http://hrw.org/doc/?t=united
nations |
Human Rights Watch |
| http://crin.org/ |
Child Rights |
| STAGE 1 |
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Printed Material |
Comment |
Craig, J., Bell, R., & Monks. J.
VCE Political Studies Book 1 Representative Democracy
in Australia O.U.P. 1994 |
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| Bennett, S., Winning and Losing, Melbourne University
Press, Carlton, 1996. |
Stage 1 & 2 reference. Core topic 3; background |
Craig, J. & Bell, R & Monks.
J., VCE Political Studies Representative Democracy in Australia,
Oxford, 1994. |
Stage 1 & 2 reference. Good overview
for all core topics |
Forell, C., How We Are Governed, 11
th edn, Longman, Melbourne, 1994. |
Stage 1 & 2 reference. All core topics;
concise; introduction |
Foster, M., Our Constitution,
Macmillan Education, South Yarra, 1997. |
Stage 2 reference particularly Core topic
1; advanced |
Grant, B. Ed, Pauline Hanson One
Nation Australian Politics, Uni of New England Press,
1997. |
Stage 2 reference particularly Core topic
3; advanced |
Henderson, G. Menzies' Child Allen
& Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, 1994. |
Stage 2 reference particularly Core topic
3; advanced |
Holliman, J., Century of Australian
Prime Ministers, Murray David, Beacon Hill, NSW, 1999. |
Stage 1 & 2 reference. Core topic
4; background; introduction |
| Jaensch, D . The Politics of Australia Macmillan
1997 |
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Jaensch, D. and Mathieson J., A plague
on Both Your Houses, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, NSW,
1997. |
Stage 1 & 2 reference. Core topic
3; advanced in many areas |
Jaensch, D. The Politics of Australia,
2 nd edn Macmillan Education South Yarra, 1997 |
Stage 1 & 2 reference. Good overview
for all core topics |
Jaensch, D., Australia’s Political
System, Longman, Melbourne, 1997. |
Stage 1 & 2 reference. Good overview
for all core topics |
Jaensch, D., The Australian Politics
Guide, Macmillan Education, South Yarra, 1996…and… |
Useful dictionary |
Kelly, P., The End Of Certainty, Allen
& Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, 1992. |
Stage 2 reference particularly Core topic
3; advanced |
McMullin, R., The Light on the Hill,
Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1991. |
Stage 2 reference particularly Core topic
3; advanced |
Penguin, Dictionary of Australian
Politics, 1998. |
Useful dictionary |
Questions and Answers on the Commonwealth
Parliament, AGPS, 5 th edn 1997. |
Stage 1 & 2 reference. Core topic
2; excellent for procedures |
Singleton, et al, Australian Political
Institutions, 6 th edn, Longman, 2000. |
Stage 1 & 2 reference particularly
All the core; most useful |
Solomon, D., Australia’s Government
and Parliament, Nelson, 1989. |
Stage 1 & 2 reference. All core topics;
concise; introduction |
Stewart, R. & Ward, I. Politics
One 2 nd edn Macmillan Education South Yarra, 1997. |
Stage 2 reference. Advanced, but still
a valuable text |
The Australian Constitution (Annotated)
Constitutional Centenary Foundation Canberra 1997. |
Stage 1 & 2 reference. Core topic
1; essential |
Warhurst, J. ed., Keeping the Bastards
Honest: Australian Democrats First Twenty Years,
Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, 1997. |
Stage 2 reference particularly. Core
topic 4; supplementary |
Warhurst, J., Machine Politics: The
Australian Liberal Party on the Eve of the Year 2000,
Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, NSW, 1999. |
Stage 2 reference. Core topic 4; supplementary; |
Your Key To The House; Department
of the House of Representatives, Canberra, 1999. |
Stage 1 & 2 reference. Core topic
2; excellent for procedures |
Audiovisual Materials |
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Websites |
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Government and Semi governmental sites
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|
| www.sa.gov.au |
South Australian Government entry point |
| www.aec.gov.au |
Australian Electoral Commission |
| www.aph.gov.au |
Australian Government |
| www.aph.gov.au/house
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Australian House of Representatives |
| www.aph.gov.au/senate
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Australian Senate |
| www.worldmapper.com
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Significant comparative data |
| www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html
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Significant data |
| www.mapsofwar.com/library.html
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A range of war maps |
| www.whitehouse.gov
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US Whitehouse site |
| www.greenhouse.gov.au/international/
kyoto /index.html |
Kyoto |
| www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1952/2.html
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ANZUS treaty |
| www.un.org |
United Nations Home Page |
| www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/
indonesia /pro- politics .htm
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Overview of Indonesia |
| www.environment.sa.gov.au |
South Australian Environment and Heritage |
| www.footprintnetwork.org
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Global Footprint Network |
| Sites for Political Parties |
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| www.alp.org.au |
Australian Labor Party Home Page |
| www.liberal.org.au
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Liberal Party Home Page |
| www.nationals.org.au
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National Party Home Page |
| www.familyfirst.org.au
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Family First Home Page |
| www.greens.org.au
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Greens Home Page |
| www.democrats.org.au
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Democrats Home Page |
| General |
All of course |
| www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/oz.html |
Australian Commonwealth Government Entry
Point |
| www.aph.gov.au |
Australian Government |
| www.aph.gov.au/house |
Australian House of Representatives. |
| www.vcepolitics.com/parties/partlist.htm |
Australian Political Parties |
| www.aph.gov.au/senate |
Australian Senate |
| www.centenary |
Constitutional Centenary Foundation. |
| www.une.edu.au/-arts/Politics/armpol.htm#current |
Current Affairs/The Republic Debate
|
| www.aph.gov.au/library |
Department of the Parliamentary Library |
| www.dpmc.gov.au |
Department of the Prime Minister and
Cabinet |
| www.curriculum.edu.au/democracy/index.htm |
Discovering Democracy, Civics |
| www.aph.gov.au/library |
Parliament of Australia, Parliamentary
Library |
| peo.aph.gov.au |
Parliamentary Education Office. |
| library.aph.gov.au/library/parlindx.html |
Parliamentary Library: Index of Parliamentary
Information |
www.seo.sa.gov.au |
South Australian Electoral Commission
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| Sites with Critical Approaches |
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| www.breakfastpolitics.com
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| www.crikey.com.au |
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| www.aljazeerah.info |
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| www.newint.org |
reports on poverty and inequality |
| Cartoon Sites |
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| www.broelman.com.au |
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| www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au |
Cartoons in The Australian |
Media |
Option 5 and all Core |
| Radio |
|
www.abc.net.au/rn/default.htlm |
ABC Radio National |
www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing.htm |
ABC Radio National Background Briefing
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| Newspapers |
|
www.theage.com.au |
The Age (Victoria) |
| www.theaustralian.news.com.au |
The Australian |
| www.messenger.net.au |
The Messenger |
| www.adelaidenow.com.au
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The Advertiser |
| www.canberratimes.com.au
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Canberra Times |
| Magazines |
|
| www.newint.org |
The New Internationalist |
| www.time.com |
Time Magazine |
| www.washingtonpost.com |
The Washington Post |
| Audio, DVDs and multimedia |
|
| Outfoxed, Fox News Channel |
Impacts of the media in America |
| Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore |
Criticism of aspects on the American Government |
| An Inconvenient Truth |
Global Warming viewpoint |
Option 7: Comparative Government |
|
www.agora.stm.it/politic |
A listing of political resources sorted
by country. |
www.abc.net.au/rn/default.htlm |
ABC Radio National |
www.polity.org.za/govdocs/misc/foreign.html |
An index of the government sites of many
nations. |
www.apecsec.org.sg |
APEC |
www.atsic.gov.au |
ATSIC |
www.open.gov.uk |
British Government Information Service. |
www.canberratimes.com.au |
Canberra Times |
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html |
CIA site provides information about many
nations. |
