AUSTRALIAN VALUES This is an Australian values question — In the real test, every values question must be correct.
A young woman tells her family that she wants to become a police officer. What do Australian values say?
- Women may work with the police only in office positions
- Those services are open only to men who were born here
- Women may join the police force and the Defence Force ✓
- Women need their family's permission to enter those services
Why this is the answer
Women in Australia have the same right as men to serve in the police and the Defence Force.
This question is from: Equality of all people under the law
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