National Politics '10

[xXNovaxX]

In regards to the textbook we didn't use a particular one, I personally went and bought

The Indigo handbook for national politics / Rod Wise. (it's mroe like a study guide, really good but skips a lot/doesnt go into detail, so you need to COMPLIMENT IT with another)

Power and national politics : VCE National Politics unit 3 & 4 / Paul Gilby ; content editor Maryellen Davidson.
Good, detailed, and practically the only "textbook" available in Victoria for National Politics.

The key to success is to do your OWN research and get your own NOTES.

Because you  use the textbook for about 2/3 of the course, the rest involves you choosing a DOMESTIC policy, and a FOREIGN policy....this is where your own notes, video viewing, news watching, internet research come in handy

[Nic K]

I'm just wondering what people who did National this year studied as their suggested area of change for 'Continuity and change'?
Also, what the Senate being removed from Parliament and the fact that although its purpose has changed, it should not be removed an area of change that can be studied? Or is it better to be broader and study Parliament in general?

[schmalex]

You no longer have to study a suggested area of change, you study all of them. You have to study one aspect of domestic policy though. I studied the issue of our treatment of refugees, then realised it was too broad and switched to the ETS at the last minute.

[Nic K]

Oh. But our SAC for that task is an essay on one suggested area of change. Would what I suggested be a suitable area?

I look forward to the domestic policy topic That will be my favourite area of study I reckon.

[xXNovaxX]

Oh. But our SAC for that task is an essay on one suggested area of change. Would what I suggested be a suitable area?

I look forward to the domestic policy topic That will be my favourite area of study I reckon.

Foreign Policy was my favorite area, domestic was too, it gives so much freedom.

Suggested area of change can include

-Lowering the voting age
-Removing compulsory voting
-Having fixed elections instead of allowing the Gov to call an election when it suits them.

I hope they help, I will upload some more in the sticky thread 2morrow I think.

[schmalex]

Oh. But our SAC for that task is an essay on one suggested area of change. Would what I suggested be a suitable area?

I look forward to the domestic policy topic That will be my favourite area of study I reckon.

your teacher might pick the area of change. They might not tell what the area of change is either. But if you do get a choice, the options are the constitution, parliament and the electoral system. Personally, I'd prefer to write about the constitution, because there are a wide variety of changes and I find this area interesting. Parliament is the most boring area for me, and most of the changes to parliament involve changes to the other areas anyway. Electoral sytem changes are probably the easiest to look at because it's all very straight forward and the electoral system is constantly being scrutinised, so there are a lot of resources for that.

THere have been some recent green papers and senate inquiries on electoral change. I can't remember the name, but I'll look it up late. If you're really keen google "electoral system white paper" or something like that and tick the "pages from australia"

[sgeorge]

Hmmm lots of ideas for the area of change! Too many to choose from actually...I hope I get to choose the area of change for myself.

Nova, what area did you study?

[xXNovaxX]

Err *tries to bring back form the recycle bin/memory)*

OO, it was....
Whether the Parliament was a rubber stamp, like whether Parliament NEEDED to be changed. I started arguing yes and no in order to fill up lines, A+ LOL.

[sgeorge]

haha You did very well, no matter how you argued it.

[Nic K]

Oh. But our SAC for that task is an essay on one suggested area of change. Would what I suggested be a suitable area?

I look forward to the domestic policy topic That will be my favourite area of study I reckon.

Foreign Policy was my favorite area, domestic was too, it gives so much freedom.

Suggested area of change can include

-Lowering the voting age
-Removing compulsory voting
-Having fixed elections instead of allowing the Gov to call an election when it suits them.

I hope they help, I will upload some more in the sticky thread 2morrow I think.

Thanks for those, I look forward to seeing the different options you can do

Oh. But our SAC for that task is an essay on one suggested area of change. Would what I suggested be a suitable area?

I look forward to the domestic policy topic That will be my favourite area of study I reckon.

your teacher might pick the area of change. They might not tell what the area of change is either. But if you do get a choice, the options are the constitution, parliament and the electoral system. Personally, I'd prefer to write about the constitution, because there are a wide variety of changes and I find this area interesting. Parliament is the most boring area for me, and most of the changes to parliament involve changes to the other areas anyway. Electoral sytem changes are probably the easiest to look at because it's all very straight forward and the electoral system is constantly being scrutinised, so there are a lot of resources for that.

THere have been some recent green papers and senate inquiries on electoral change. I can't remember the name, but I'll look it up late. If you're really keen google "electoral system white paper" or something like that and tick the "pages from australia"

Yeah my teacher said we will be writing an essay on an area of change of our choice, that's why I am wondering about the Senate as an option. If I can, I think I'd like to write about the Senate's role in Parliament and how it shouldn't be removed. Unless when Nova puts up more areas of change you can discuss, I find a more interesting one to focus on.

So you also have to study a range of different suggested reforms in detail?

Thanks for your information

[sgeorge]

Thanks for your information

Major thanks

[xXNovaxX]

^For the SAC like you said, you don't need to because each teacher is different, and both MY teacher and YOURS allwoed us to choose.

However for the exam they tend to say a possible reform in the ELECTORAL SYSTEM, or a possible reform to PARLIAMENT, and u come up with ANY TWO (usually it's a 4 mark question).

The exam does not say a specific ONE, but offers a BROAD topic, so if you can learn a couple for Parliament, voting system, etc you should be set

EDIT: You don't have to study in detail, since the short answer just requires around 2-3 lines for one reform, and anotehr 2-3 if its a 4 mark question.

For the extended response you have the OPTION (remember essay 1= AOS1, Essay 2= AOS 2 for Unit 3) of doing one in good detail i.e. 2+ pages. But the risk with that is you wouldn't know how they word teh question e..g whether it's broad or not.

[Nic K]

Oh okay. That would be why more people choose AOS1 for the extended response in unit 3 part of the exam.

Now I just have to see the choices of different reforms and decide what I will wrote about for the SAC

Thanks Nova

[Nic K]

I got my politics textbook today!!! So colourful

[sgeorge]

Ooh! Does it look good?