JSQ166 Justice Institutions Assignment 1A: Report Word limit: 1000 words (+/- 10%) Weighting: 20% Due date: 5pm AEST Monday 17 May 2021 (Week 4) After you have read this information, head over to the Assignment 1 Q&A discussion board to ask any questions and see what your peers are saying about this assignment. Assignment overview This assignment is split over two parts. Your role in each part is to write a report in response to a documentary discussing relevant issues in Australian governance. This assignment task requires you to reflect on and respond to multimedia stimulus material. Your aim is to summarise the material and consider the implications of the events covered in each documentary. This assignment supports unit learning outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4. Assignment details You will be given five documentaries of which you will choose one to analyse in this assignment. You will choose two additional documentaries to analyse in Assignment 1B: Report. The following table includes the links to the documentaries and suggested key issues for each. Note that these key issues are suggested only—you can explore others if you think they are relevant. Do not try to discuss lots of key issues—it is better to focus on less in more detail. Documentaries and their key relevant issues Money and influence (Links to an external site.) (ABC Four Corners, 2016). Lobbying Interest groups Elections ( The format for each of these short reports is the same. The following information provides detailed guidelines on how to complete the template for each documentary. Summary (250 words) In this section, briefly summarise the events covered in the documentary, indicating why these events came about and what happened. Include any additional background and contextual information where relevant. Write this section as objectively as possible, merely summarising the facts, rather than editorialising on the events. Key issues (750 words) In this section, you have the opportunity to make an argument criticising or defending the functioning of Australia’s governance institutions. You may consider the pros and cons of the relevant situation, but clearly indicate your opinion as to whether or not the events in the documentary uphold, or undermine, the democratic functioning of our governance institutions. Identify the Australian governance institutions, structures and concepts discussed in the documentary. Discuss the criticisms of these within the documentary (including both explicit and implicit criticisms). Consider whether or not the events covered in the documentary undermine, or uphold, ideals of representative government and democracy. Singleton et al. (2013) is a good starting place, however you will need to go beyond this source.
