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 ASSESSMENT 1: Open Book Test (10%)
 For this assessment you are required to answer six questions.

 This is an open book assessment.

 You may use but are not expected to use references.

 If you do take information from a source (e.g., a book, journal article, website, class lecture) you
MUST reference (using APA 7) that source. 

 It is expected this assessment task should take you approximately one (1) hour to complete.

 You have five (5) days to complete it and no extensions will be granted.

 Please download the assessment document and complete in MS-word. This assessment has 10
marks allocated and to acquire all 10 marks you need to provide satisfactory response to all parts of
each question

 Please upload the completed assessment document as a MS-Word file.

Short answer questions

Question- Go the Sex Discrimination part of the AHRC Website found at 2 marks
1 About Sex Discrimination | Australian Human Rights
Commission

a) Identify two changes that need to be achieved for women

to achieve gender equality (1 mark)

b) Identify a service, policy or law that is designed to address

each of the two problems you identified in 1a (1 mark)

Student’s a) In order for women to attain gender equality, the

response following two adjustments must be made:
i) Putting an end to the gap in pay between men and
women;
ii) Provision of equal employment opportunity to men
and women alike regardless of gender.
b) The laws designed to address these problems are as
follows:
i) The Workplace Relations Act 1996: This law ensures
that men and women who undertake equivalent-value
labor will receive equal compensation.
ii) Sex Discrimination Act 1984: The Act safeguards
individuals from being treated unfairly due to their sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, and other factors.
Additionally, It protects workers with children and
outlaws sexual harassment.

Question- Go the AHRC Website found at Home | Australian Human 2 marks

2 Rights Commission Scroll down and click on the Children’s
Rights link. Look through the information provided in the
relevant AHRC web pages and find the link to the Convention
on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

a) Drawing from the CRC, list eight special rights that

apply to children.

b) Identify two different welfare services for children and

explain what these services do to promote and protect

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 two or more of the rights you have just listed (in 2a).

Student’s
response
a) Children are entitled to the following eight special rights:
i) The right to receive fair treatment
ii) The right to express your opinions on matters that
affect you,
iii) The right to a healthy life and necessary health and
medical services,
iv) The right to safety wherever you are,
v) The right to an education,
vi) The right to be provided for by parents, legal
guardians, and/ or the community consistently
according to their growth and development,
vii) The right to special protection and assistance from the
state for those whose familial setting has been taken
away from them either temporarily or permanently, or
whose best interests do not enable them to remain in
that setting
viii) The right to necessary legal protection before and
after birth.
b) The following are the child welfare services available:
i) Child protection services: The state and territory
governments in Australia are in charge of statutory
child protection. A vulnerable child who has been
subjected to abuse, neglect, or other harm, who is at
risk of doing so, or whose parents are unable to
provide the care and protection they need receives
assistance from each competent department. CPS
protects children from parents or guardians who are
failing to provide for and/ or protect their children. It
ensures that a child receives the necessary
requirements to be healthy, educated, safe, and
physically well. So, it protects their right to education,
right to safety, and right to protection from the state
due to the lack of a family environment.
ii) The Association for the Wellbeing of Children in
Healthcare (AWCH): It is a nationwide, non-profit

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 organization that has been fighting since 1973 for the
needs of kids, teens, and their families in the
Australian healthcare system. It protects a child’s right
to health and medical services.

Question- Go the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Website I mark

3 found at Home | Australian Human Rights Commission Scroll
down and click on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Social Justice link. Look through the information provided in
the relevant AHRC web pages and identify the four
fundamental rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Peoples identified in the United Nations Declaration on the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). What are these four
fundamental rights?

Student’s The following are the four basic rights:

response
i. The right to self-determination
ii. The right to participate in decision-making
iii. The right to respect for and protection of culture
iv. The right to equality and non-discrimination

Question- Go the AHRC Website found at Home | Australian Human 2 marks

4 Rights Commission Scroll down and click on the Disability
Rights link. Look through the information provided.

a) In your own words (you must paraphrase), what is the

purpose of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)? Provide 2 – 4 sentences
to answer this question.

b) Identify two different welfare services for people with

disabilities and explain what these services do to promote
and protect the rights of people with disabilities. Provide 2
– 4 sentences to answer this question.

Student’s
response

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 a) The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (CRPD) aims to safeguard the rights of those
who are disabled. encourages respect for the intrinsic
worth of every person with a disability and works to
ensure that they can all fully and equally enjoy all human
rights and fundamental freedoms.
b) The following are two welfare programs for people with
disabilities:
i. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS):
Australians with a major impairment who are qualified,
registered in the NDIS before the age of 65, and who
are predicted to have a lifelong disability are provided
with reasonable and necessary services (intellectual,
physical, sensory, cognitive, and psychosocial
disability). Participants in the NDIS utilize a personally
allotted budget to choose and pay for the assistance
and services they require in accordance with their
goals.
ii. Disability Employment Services (DES) program: This
welfare program aids in the employment and retention
of people with disabilities. People with disabilities,
illnesses, or injuries may be able to get assistance from
Disability Employment Services to get ready for, find,
and keep a job.

Question- In lecture 2 (slide 3) it describes a limited safety net as being 2 marks

5 the “ambulance waiting at the bottom of the cliff”. What does
this mean? Provide between 3 – 6 sentences to answer the
question.

Student’s “An ambulance waiting at the bottom of the cliff” refers to a

response solution to a problem that is already at the peak of severity rather
than an early solution or prevention. Limited safety nets are like
those ambulances because they try to solve a preventable
problem rather than stop it from happening. For example: helping
people battling substance abuse rather than placing laws and
policies that prevent illegal drug trade and substance abuse.

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Question- 1 mark
6 In the lecture 1 conclusion (slide 32) it says that “Most people
draw on the welfare state at some time in their lives”. Identify
five ways an average person might draw on the welfare state
at some time in their life?

Student’s The reasons why an average person may be attracted to welfare

response states are as follows:
i. These states advocate for high levels of benefit equality in
an effort to lessen the impact of social class and money.
ii. In order to equalize participation in politics among all
citizens, regardless of money, welfare handouts are used.
iii. It is committed to preventing market risks brought on by
old age, unemployment, accidents, and disease in order to
ensure that its citizens have a minimal level of economic
security.
iv. For state services, eligibility is determined by means-
testing, and for those found to be eligible, limited cash and
voucher benefits are offered.
v. Some welfare states encourage women to work and have
children (through day care facilities, healthcare, etc.)

Total /10

REFERENCES:
1. Equal pay handbook
https://humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/pdf/sex_discrim/
equal_pay.pdf
2. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Child Protection
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-welfare/child-protection
3. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Specialized supports for people with
disability https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-welfare/supporting-
people-with-disability
4. Association for the Wellbeing of Children in Healthcare
https://awch.org.au/about/#about

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