Brigidine College
 Library

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General Sites useful for debating

 

 

 

 

About Debating and how to start
http://www.actdu.org.au/archives/actein_site/aboutd.html

 

Debating Ideas
5 minute debate planner (MK1)
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/debates.htm


Debating. South Australia
http://www.debatingsa.com.au/Resources/debateResources.htm

 

Queensland Debating Union
http://www.qdu.org.au

 

Debaters Association of Victoria

http://www.dav.com.au

Debatebase
http://www.idebate.org/debatabase


On-line Databases

Electric Library

 

Encyclopaedia Britannica

 

Echo Contemporary Issues

Australia

 

Aboriginal Links : Australia
http://www.bloorstreet.com/300block/aborintl.htm#4

 

Indigenous Issues
http://www.spinneypress.com.au/indigenous_race_links.html

Australian Bureau of Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au

Australian Government Selected Websites
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov

Australian Government and Politics
http://elections.uwa.edu.au

 

Government in Australia
http://www.spinneypress.com.au/nationhood_civics_links.html

Department of Immigration and Citizenship
http://www.immi.gov.au/media/fact-sheets/index.htm


Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
http://www.dfat.gov.au

Parliament of Australia

Parliamentary Links
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide

WebLaw
http://www.weblaw.edu.au/weblaw/index.phtml

National Library Gateway to Religion in Australia
www.nla.gov.au/oz/religion.html

Topics concerning Australian community.
Morality
Law and morality
Multiculturalism
http://www.ourcivilisation.com/cooray/index.htm

Australian Statistics on the Net

http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/stats.html

 

Cultural and Recreation Portal
http://www.acn.net.au

Australian Identity Weblinks
http://members.ozemail.com.au/%7Eslacey/austidentity.htm

Australian Cultural Diversity
Racism No way
http://www.racismnoway.com.au/library/cultural

Global Issues

 

Global Education
Globalisation
http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/go/cache/offonce/pid/178;jsessionid=8570CC01CF443296886C1BE83C7625D5

 

Global Issues that affect everyone
http://www.globalissues.org

 

Spinney Press

Global Issues
http://www.spinneypress.com.au/global_issues_links.html

One World Net:
promoting human rights awareness and fighting poverty worldwide
http://www.oneworld.net/section/indepth


Human Rights Internet
http://www.hri.ca/index.aspx

The World Factbook
CIA

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook



United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29008&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

 

IDB Population Pyramid
graphs that show the distribution of population by age and sex for a country
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html

Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org

 

One World Centre
http://www.oneworldcentre.org

 

Developing World

IDS Research Gateways

Institute of Developmental Studies looks at issues such as aid, agriculture, gender, politics and power in the developing worlds
http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/researchgateway/index.html



Economics

 

Spinney Press

Welfare and economics

http://www.spinneypress.com.au/welfare_economics_links.html

 

Austrade
http://www.austrade.gov.au

 

Globalisation Guide

Including discussions on free trade
http://www.globalisationguide.org

 

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
http://www.dfat.gov.au

The World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org

World Trade Organisation

http://www.wto.org

Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and  Development (OECD)
http://www.oecd.org/home/0,2987,en_2649_201185_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

International Monetary Fund
http://www.imf.org


Human Rights

Spinney Press

Discrimination and Rights
http://www.spinneypress.com.au/discrimination_rights_link.html

 

Justice
http://www.spinneypress.com.au/justice_links_links.html

Australian Human Rights Centre
Information relevant to refugee in Australia
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/ahric/refugee_info/index.html

 

Australian Social Justice Council. Issues

http://www.socialjustice.catholic.org.au/content/issues.html

Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org

Amnesty International Australia
http://www.amnesty.org.au

Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
http://www.hreoc.gov.au

Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org

Oxfam Australia
http://www.oxfam.org.au

United Nations
http://www.un.org/english

United Nations Treaties,  Conventions and Agreements
http://www.hri.ca/uninfo/treaties/index.shtml


Environment

 

WorldWatch Institute
http://www.worldwatch.org

Greenpeace Australia Pacific
http://www.greenpeace.org.au

GreenNet Australia
http://acid.green.net.au/cgi-bin/bapples-user.cgi?area=374315

Australian Conservation Foundation
http://www.acfonline.org.au/default.asp?section_id=0

Department of Environment and Heritage
http://www.deh.gov.au

UNESCO world Heritage
http://whc.unesco.org

World Vision
http://www.worldvision.org/worldvision/master.nsf/home

World Vision Australia
http://www.worldvision.com.au/childsponsorship/search/child_search.asp?GCID=S15712x001-group1ad5&Keyword=world%20vision

Science and bioethics

 

Spinney Press

http://www.spinneypress.com.au/science_bioethics_links.html


Media

                       

                        Spinney Press
                   Media
                   http://www.spinneypress.com.au/media_links.html

 

Media Awareness
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/index.cfm

Australian Newspapers Online
http://www.nla.gov.au/npapers

 

Spinney Press

Australian Newspapers Online
http://www.spinneypress.com.au/australian_newspaper_links.html

Online newspapers. World newspapers
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com


Australian Journals Online
http://www.nla.gov.au/ajol

Allied Media Corp
http://www.allied-media.com/aljazeera/JAZnews.html

FAIR
Fairness and accuracy in reporting

http://www.fair.org/index.php