Exploring the Concept of 'Fair Go' in Contemporary Australia

This essay examines the concept of 'Fair Go' in contemporary Australia, exploring the realities of racism, the status of feminism, and the opportunities available to its citizens. The essay delves into the historical context of the 'Fair Go' ideal, acknowledging its diminishing presence and the need for its revival to preserve Australian culture, emphasizing the importance of equal opportunities and human rights. It presents evidence of racism in various sectors, including shopping, education, sports, and workplaces, highlighting the need for community and governmental action to eliminate discrimination and promote social and economic development. The essay also discusses the role of feminism in protecting women's rights, the government's initiatives, and the opportunities for business and foreign investment in the country. It also addresses wage disparity, house affordability, and class consciousness. The conclusion emphasizes the need to address these challenges to foster a healthy environment and promote growth, advocating for the removal of racism, support for feminism, and the creation of opportunities for all citizens and foreign entities.

Australia currently offer its
citizens the opportunity to have
‘a fair go’

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Option 1: Contemporary Australian life in which racism is evident......................................3
Option 2:- Feminism supported or criticised in Australian contemporary society................4
Option 3:- Opportunity for people in Australia......................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The literal meaning of fair go means giving an equal fair chance or being fair with
someone by a fair go. Australia were considered as the land of fair go, but this is now
diminishing day by day (Brett, 2011). It seems like they need to revive their fair go policy in
order to save their culture. In brief, fair go policy includes a true and correct approach towards
constitution and the human rights. The current scenario of Australia is not at all up to the mark
and this lead to discrimination on the bases of gender, cast, communities and that is why
Australia is lacking behind in their fair go policy. They have to give a little more attention
towards this policy so that the gap between the one who have much and those who has less will
not continue to grow.
Option 1: Contemporary Australian life in which racism is evident
At present time many people believe that Australia face racism in their country but after
doing the research in 2011 they got some results. This event reflect that there is no racism in
Australia. In 2014, 20% Australian people have experienced about discrimination due to their
skin colour, ethnic origin and culture. White people came from different countries and settled in
Australia but they were unable to understand about the Aboriginal culture (Brown, 2011).
Thousands of aboriginal people were killed by white people and they tried to breed out their
culture with the help of assimilation.
People face racism in many areas as:
Shopping:- It means that consumer purchase different things whether it is necessary or
unnecessary things according to their wish. A person who want to buy foods products can
purchase them through their plastic cards. It is embarrassing on the part of living standards of
the citizens.
Children:- A student went in 5 schools and find racism. In the different schools, the person does
not get admission due to discrimination in skin colour. Society should give donation and open
new school to remove racism as it is a barrier for student future.
Sports:- After a survey among five people, one person find racism also in sports event. Since
2013 FIFA started campaigning against racism and Professional football association which
helped them to erase discrimination from sport and want to make Australia as a multicultural
sports (Delgado, and Stefanie, 2017).

Work place:- Racism also take place in work place due to skin colour along with the other
reasons. It create diversity in people mind on work place. Organisation top level management
can remove that racism but it needs to take some specific decision as they can provide
information, teach employee about social responsibilities . These decisions help to remove
discrimination from organisations
Citizens:- Australian people face racism due to many reasons. Cultural , mind and other barriers
having the direct impact on people's lives Community should try to remove racial
discrimination with the help of some social program and aware people about the negative effects
of racism on the economic development
Volunteers:- It includes those person who work for community and country also work as a
social service. These volunteers helps in removing racism from society(Dinham, 2013). It is
necessary to make a healthy and safe environment in country.
As discrimination is the biggest problem in many sectors Country and community should
try to remove racism from all above which help the nation to grow , educational development,
political increment and many other sectorial improvement. After racism stops from country then
the economy can be healthy in terms of social and cultural environment as well as it will provide
many opportunities in country. So communities and government both have to take action against
racism and try to remove from country.
Option 2:- Feminism supported or criticised in Australian contemporary society
Australia is long standing association which helps women in protecting and for that they
have to make many rights to save women. It is second another country which provide right to
women for voting. It also the first nation to give women right to be elected in national
parliament. It was the first parliament in world who grant full suffrage right to women (Knightly,
and Crawford, 2013). In the present time, Australia care about the feminism. It make many rules
and regulation to protect women rights in country. It also prefer a TV show which is 'sex and the
city' which refer to stopping of crimes against feminism. Women's movement delivered about
the sex discrimination act, women better presentation in parliament, in judgement, board and also
refer to the equal pay system for man and woman both. It help them to remove sex
discrimination from society. Australian government follow the rule which is related to women
protection and if necessary then they have to make or prepare new rules which aid in protecting

the rights of women. There are many people who do not agree with rules and regulations of
government.
Option 3:- Opportunity for people in Australia
Every country have some opportunity to attract the people for business. Australia provide
the chance to their person which assist in providing the better life style for the business entity . It
also prefer foreign investment to increment in the economic growth of country. Its government
invest in promotion agency which assist to provide growth in some opportunity area. These areas
includes agribusiness and food, major structure, tourism infrastructure, resource and energy and
advance manufacturing, services and technology and many other opportunities(Gale, and
Tranter, 2011). At present time food demand booming on global level and Australia is one of the
premium supplier and a long term partner of food security. It attract external countries to invest
in innovation and agriculture production.
Wage disparity:- Australia use gender pay gap before long time ago. It show the negativity
between to different gender employee. After evaluation government make new rules which is
equal pay policy for equal work. This established in 1964. After establishment this authorities
and other company provide same payment to their employee.
House affordability:- Australia have a higher watermark in house affordability. Many people
have not enough money to purchase house. People also refer that they will not have enough
money to purchase house in future. So government help them in purchasing house and according
to that they make policies for reducing the prices of homes.
Class consciousness:- Dr Jill Sheppard establish their report and said that Australians are doing
the proper care about their social class less than other counterparts in Britain and other country
(Delgado, and Stefancic, 2017). Dr. Sheppard studied on 1200 people of country and found five
middle class who lived in Britain but they do not have a higher tail end. It refers to that there are
different group of person who do not underestimate their class and should identify themselves as
middle and working class when they are not on higher scale of objective.
Australianness needs to involve the strong beating up on the weak. Rich on poor, male on
female, citizens on refugees, developers on the communities etc. Australian government
officials, intrigue gatherings and political and social pundits have long drawn on the possibility
of the "reasonable go". Truth be told, in spite of their ideological contrasts, Australia's last four
PMs have all utilized the term sooner or later. In government and restriction, Labor pioneer

Kevin Rudd alluded to the reasonable go, especially while reprimanding the Howard
government's WorkChoices modern relations changes.
In December 2011, Prime Minister Julia Gillard additionally contended that "we are the
general population who clutch mateship and the reasonable go", refering to Labor's support for
the National Disability Insurance Scheme and wellbeing spending in support of this claim. The
possibility of the reasonable go is not one of a kind to Labor, either (Madison, 2012). Robert
Menzies and Malcolm Fraser utilized the term in battle addresses, and Prime Minister Malcolm
Turnbull likewise made reference to the reasonable go when talking about duty change in 2015.
He expressed,
"We have an extremely one of a kind culture in Australia and we have a decent blend of private
enterprise and free market, however we additionally have a culture of reasonable go, of caring
for each other."
Correspondence of chance is likewise viewed as another critical necessity of equity. This
implies all nationals ought to have a similar opportunity to build up their normal capacities,
paying little heed to their experiences. For instance, it isn't right if a kid from a regular workers
foundation is hindered on the grounds that the schools she approaches are more regrettable than
the schools to which well-off kids approach. Some libertarian political scholars take the thought
encourage, contending that equity and reasonableness requires a more equivalent conveyance of
social assets, not simply parallel open doors (Colic-Peisker, and Farquharson, 2011). Political
scholars who commit themselves to examining political esteems and ideas contrast over what a
libertarian way to deal with decency and equity requires. And no more essential level, most
egalitarians concur that equity and decency request that all residents have their fundamental
needs met. So finishing neediness, for instance, is an essential populist objective.
` There are an assortment of various purposes behind this. Some safeguard the thought on
account of the useful social outcomes it has. Others challenge the refinement amongst "regular"
and "social" types of imbalance, contending that we ought to be worried about disparities coming
about because of contrasts in our normal capacities, not only our social condition. Maybe the
most persuasive approach in the post-war period is John Rawls' distinction standard, which
expresses that imbalances are just defended in the event that "they are to the best regale of the
minimum advantaged". This implies we ought to go for fairness in the dissemination of social

assets, yet not to the point that we harm the economy and really leave the poorest nationals more
regrettable off than they were some time recently (Coates, and Goedegebuure, 2012).
CONCLUSION
According to this report it has been stated that they are providing many facilities in their
nation for people. But it also face many problem which are related to different sector. Many
crisis take place in Australia which assist in stopping the growth of the firm and it also create
economical and social barriers. At present time Australia face racism problem which create
diversity due to skin colour, culture and other factors. Racism take place in many area of nation
as education, shopping, sports and other area. Government should try to remove all racism from
country. It also support feminism in Australia. Feminism help to provide rights against women
crisis. It follow many rules and regulation which support women rights. Their are many
opportunity for people and external company. It work on global market and it provide many
possibility in food sector, manufacturing aspect. It also prefer about the foreign direct
investment to attract outsiders for starting their business. Australia have a wide area in which
many people live with each other it is helpful to make healthy environment.

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