US military access agreements

1. The US and Australia are currently agreeing on the giving of the US military more access to our military bases. This will result in a lot more US Austrlian military cooperation.
2. They are meeting at the AUSMIN summit.
3. The US are positioning their forces around the world and specifically in Australia and South East Asia in response to China's militirisation.
4. The US is hoping to set up forces in Northern Australia so as to have more troops based near South East Asia.
5. Other areas of discussion are the Joint Strike Fighter project and the posibility of stationing nuclear subs in North Australia.
6. The agrement further increases Australia and America's position in the region and strengthens their ability to react to a military conflict with China. it also allows for Australia and America to have a more adaptive role in the Asia Pacific region.

Go back to where you came from

• The show go back to where you came from showed me an in depth view of the refugee issue and the situation they're in when they choose to get on the boat

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• Because they haven't arrived with the proper paperwork and if are let in may encourage others to arrive thinking Australia is an easy country to migrate to and to get a better life in. this could cause a surge of people arriving from third world countries and many Australians would be against that. This is why it is such a delicate matter and one argued in parliment a lot.

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• As Australia is a first world nation with a small population, lots of space and lots of resources we should be helping to take on more refugees so they can have better lives.

• Refugees and Australian citizens resieve the same amount of benefits
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• Because Malaysia has not signed the refugee convention the Malaysian government has full control of the refugees in Malaysia. if the government said refugees in Malaysia had no rights or were illegal then that would be the case.