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SOCIOLOGYWritten examination
Friday 9 November 2018 Reading time: 3.00 pm to 3.15 pm (15 minutes) Writing time: 3.15 pm to 5.15 pm (2 hours)
SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2018
STUDENT NUMBER
Letter
2018 SOCIOLOGY EXAM 2
SECTION A – continued
SECTION A
Instructions for Section AAnswer all questions in the spaces provided.
Australian Indigenous culture
Use the following information to answer Questions 1 and 2.
Representation 1
Source: J Butler, ‘Triple J won’t do the Hottest 100 on Australia Day, moving it to new date’, The Huffington Post Australia, <www.huffingtonpost.com.au>, 27 November 2017
1Hottest 100 – 100 most popular songs/music as decided by listeners’ votes
Due to copyright restrictions, this material is not supplied.
Use the following information to answer Questions 7 and 8.
Representation 2
Pets are no longer in the doghouse
Victorianrentersaresettohavegreaterrightswhenitcomestotheirpets.InOctober2017,theVictorianGovernmentannounced14rentalreforms in its Rent Fair package, includingmakingitharderforlandlordstobanpets.
The reforms came five months after theformationoftheMakeRentingFairCoalition(MRFC).TheMRFC,ledbyTenantsVictoria,includes over 70 organisations and 4000individuals, and aims to provideVictoria’s 1.5millionrenterswithbetterprotections.
TheMRFC developed a campaign seekingchanges to theResidential Tenancies Act.Thechanges,presentedasapolicyplatform,includedremoving‘noreason’evictionnotices,banningrentalbiddingandallowingpets.
Thecampaignispartofabiggermovementformorepet-friendlyrentalaccommodation,whichincludes the ‘KeepAustralia Pet Friendly’campaign championed by celebri ty vet DrChrisBrown.
TenantsVictoria CEOMark O’Brien says, ‘WeareveryproudthatsupportoftheMakeRenting Fair campaign over the past ninemonthshasdriventheVictorianGovernmentintherightdirection’.
Thecommunityresponsetothegovernment’sreformshasbeenhuge,withover800peoplewithin one week emailing their support, inparticularforthe‘petsarewelcome’promise,tovariousmembersoftheVictorianGovernment.
When launching the reforms,Minister forAgriculture Jaala Pulford stated, ‘No oneshouldhavetochoosebetweenthepettheylove andaplacetolive–ourreformswillendthisdiscrimination’.
However,noteveryonesupportsthereforms.TheRealEstate InstituteofVictoria (REIV)has set up the ‘Rentfair is Unfair’ onlinepetition,claiminglandlordsmaybenegativelyaffected by the changes. They allege somelandlordshavealreadystoppedrentingouttheirpropertiestoavoidpets.Fewerpropertiesonthemarketworsensthehousingaffordabilitycrisisbyreducingsupply,whichleadstohigherrents and to greater competition betweenrenters.
Question 4 (10 marks) Referring to one social movement, evaluate the degree to which the actions of the movement’s opposition have affected the ability of this social movement to achieve its goals.
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Ananswerbookisavailablefromthesupervisorifyouneedextrapapertocompleteananswer.Pleaseensureyouwriteyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedonthefrontcoveroftheanswerbook.At the end of the examination, place the answer book inside the front cover of this question and answer book.
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Assessment criteria for Section BTheextended-answerquestionsinSectionBwillbeassessedagainstthefollowingcriteria,asappropriate:• explanationandapplicationofsociologicalconcepts,theoriesandmethods• knowledgeand/oranalysisand/orevaluationofsociologicalexperience,perspectivesandchange• useand/orevaluationofarangeofrelevantevidence/sources• synthesisofevidencetodrawconclusions