Comparing population, globalisation and social justice in Australia and Indonesia

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"Taking the three components of the course title: population, globalisation and social justice, write an essay of 2,000 to 2,500 words comparing their application in Australia and Indonesia".

Questions of population, globalisation and social justice are helpful in comparing a wealthy, western country; Australia, and a developing and somewhat poverty-stricken country; Indonesia. By looking at similar problems that both countries share, but also looking at the differences in the problems and also in the way in which the countries handle these problems, one can appreciate the inequalities that exist between developed and developing countries, as well as examine some of the difficulties that face humanity.

In recent times issues concerning population have been prevalent in both Indonesia and Australia, especially regarding immigration, refugees, carrying capacity and specifically in Indonesia; transmigration. In Australia, much news has been devoted to issues of race, especially the immigration policy of the Australian government. There seems to have been somewhat of a consensus reached that a population of 23 million is the optimum population that Australia's resources can currently handle, (Foran and Poldy, 2002:12) and given the one to two percent population