Short Answer Critical Reviews

Assessment Task 2
Short Answer Critical Reviews
You are required to complete five short answer critical reviews of the news items provided from week 2 to
week 7. An example for week 3 has been provided as a guide. Each short answer critical review should
relate to the news item and required reading for the appropriate week and should consist of around 200 words.
The total words for the completed task should not exceed 1000 words.
The recommended structure is:
 The main topic - what is this news article about?
 The speaker’s thesis - what is the public figure’s position on the main topic?
 The author’s argument - what is the author of this week’s required reading’s main point on this
topic?
 Evidence and examples provided to support the author’s argument
 Author’s conclusion on the topic.
You are required to include a reference list and cite in the text of the short answer critical reviews the author,
year and page number/s where your information and ideas come from using the APA (in-text) referencing
system
Week 2 Critical Review
Abbott, T. (2014) Address to the Sydney Institute, 14 November 2014. New item
Gammage, B. (2011). Fire in 1788: The closest ally. Australian Historical Studies 42(2), 277-288. Article
The then prime minister serving the masses of Australia in the article entitled “Address to the Sydney Institute”
discusses the various ways and manners in which the concerned company might address the issues of
sustainability that have been affecting the country in discussion. The prime minister is observed to have been
reflecting back on the procedures and the techniques that were implemented by the people belonging to the
indigenous communities that have been residing within the country. The prime minister further stated that the
indigenous people are often observed to have been setting a proper benchmark for the discussion on the
implementation of the sustainable practices for enabling the proper existence within the given country.
Gammage (2011) discusses the ways in which the indigenous people of the country had used various
techniques in order to deal with the severe fire breakouts that had taken place in the past. The author further
discusses the fact that the people belonging to the indigenous communities had undertaken an unconventional
procedure in order to deal with the fires that had been plaguing the country (Gammage, 2011, p. 280). The
authors highlight the fact that the alignment of the vegetation in the direction of the fires helped the
indigenous people to survive the fires.
Week 4 Critical Review
Morrison, S. (2018) On The Australia Day Debate, Sunrise, Channel 7, 24 September 2018.
Grehan, H. (2018) First Nations Politics in a Climate of Refusal, Performance Research, 23:3, pp. 7-12.
The past prime minister of Australia Scott Morrison (2018) in his addressal at the Sunrise program conducted
by the Channel Seven, proposed that the Australian population should dedicate a day towards the
acknowledgement of the contributions of the indigenous communities towards the preservation of the
Australian culture. The prime minister opines that it is important to recognise the contributions of the
indigenous Australians towards the richness of the cultural heritage that is present in the Australian territories.
Morrison (2018) further states that the celebrations of Australia Day need not be curbed in order to
accommodate the celebrations that should be dedicated to the indigenous Australians. On the other hand,
Grehan (2018) argues that main way in which the Australians tend to connect to their cultural heritage refers
to the purchase of the artwork that has been curated by an artist belonging to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander communities. The authors further state that the major issues that are faced by the people of the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities refer to them being at a social position that is
disadvantageous as compared to the other citizens of the country. The authors state that the active
participation in the educational activities might help in the resolution of the situation faced by the country.
Week 5 Critical Review
Morrison, S. (2018) Response to Richard Di Natale question without notice, Question Time, Parliament of Australia, 26
November 2018.
Carson, L. (2011) Dilemmas, disasters and deliberative democracy, Griffith Review Edition 32: Wicked Problems, Exquisite
Dilemmas, May 2011