VCE PoliticsPractice Examination 15

This paper covers

• Development as a global issue (Unit 3 AoS1): causes of the 2020s debt crisis, global interconnectedness in spreading financial instability, responses of the IMF/World Bank/G20/NGOs, and a judged evaluation of their effectiveness using 2024-2026 evidence (record $8.9tn external debt, 56 countries in/near debt distress, ALDRI, G20 Common Framework, IMF Restructuring Playbook)
• Abuse of human rights as a contemporary crisis (Unit 3 AoS2): the Rohingya crisis - causes, competing actor perspectives (Myanmar junta, Bangladesh, UNHCR/UN, ASEAN), consequences of 2025-2026 humanitarian funding cuts, and effectiveness of diplomatic/multilateral responses
• Indonesia as an Indo-Pacific state (Unit 4 AoS1): Prabowo Subianto's national interests (economic prosperity via Danantara and BRICS, regional standing, sovereignty), use of hard/soft/sharp/smart power, internal and external challenges (South China Sea joint statement controversy, ASEAN leadership drift), and effectiveness in achieving national interests
• Australia in the Indo-Pacific (Unit 4 AoS2, Section B): an original embedded stimulus on the Australia-Indonesia Jakarta Treaty (signed 6 February 2026) and IA-CEPA trade data, testing source analysis of Australia's pursuit of regional relationships and use of power
• Integrated Section C extended responses: C1 evaluates how competing state interests have challenged responses to development and to the Rohingya crisis (Unit 3 integration); C2 evaluates the comparative effectiveness of Indonesia and Australia in pursuing their national interests through regional relationships and power (Unit 4 integration)

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.