Section 1 - Refugees & Asylum Seekers
1. Who is a refugee? = 5
2. What is Australia's policy on refugees? = 5
3. How many refugees come to Australia? = 6
4. Who is an asylum seeker? = 7
5. What happens to asylum seekers in Australia? = 7
6. Why are 'unauthorised' arrivals allowed to stay in Australia? = 8
7. What is the 'Pacific Solution'? = 8
8. What is immigration detention? = 9
Further reading = 11
Section 2 - Migrants & Multiculturalism
1. How many people migrate to Australia? = 13
2. Where do migrants come from? = 13
3. Who can migrate? = 14
4. Where do migrants settle in Australia? = 15
5. What are the impacts of migration? = 15
6. How diverse are Australians? = 16
7. What is multiculturalism? = 17
Further reading = 19
Section 3 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
1. Who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? = 21
2. How many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are there? = 21
3. Where do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live? = 21
4. Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people disadvantaged? = 23
5. Do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people get special treatment from the government? = 25
6. What is ATSIC? What does it do? = 25
7. What is the history of government policies on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? = 25
8. What is the right to self-determination? = 28
9. What is Aboriginal reconciliation? = 28
10.What is native title? = 28
Further reading = 30
1. Who is a refugee? = 5
2. What is Australia's policy on refugees? = 5
3. How many refugees come to Australia? = 6
4. Who is an asylum seeker? = 7
5. What happens to asylum seekers in Australia? = 7
6. Why are 'unauthorised' arrivals allowed to stay in Australia? = 8
7. What is the 'Pacific Solution'? = 8
8. What is immigration detention? = 9
Further reading = 11
Section 2 - Migrants & Multiculturalism
1. How many people migrate to Australia? = 13
2. Where do migrants come from? = 13
3. Who can migrate? = 14
4. Where do migrants settle in Australia? = 15
5. What are the impacts of migration? = 15
6. How diverse are Australians? = 16
7. What is multiculturalism? = 17
Further reading = 19
Section 3 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
1. Who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? = 21
2. How many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are there? = 21
3. Where do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live? = 21
4. Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people disadvantaged? = 23
5. Do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people get special treatment from the government? = 25
6. What is ATSIC? What does it do? = 25
7. What is the history of government policies on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? = 25
8. What is the right to self-determination? = 28
9. What is Aboriginal reconciliation? = 28
10.What is native title? = 28
Further reading = 30