Marking Time - Part One - Marking Time

How things changed over time.

During this mini series lots of things changed over time. The way people thought of others, peoples attitude, the changes within people, and the changes in the way people treated each other. 

I think this mini series was called "Marking Time" because of the issues and events that occurred during this times. Issues like refugees and the way people treated them by calling them "boaties" and giving them disrespect for their lifestyle and religion in public and the workforce, when Bullet showed disrespect to the Afghanistan people at his work as a trade worker, when the boys stole Randa's scarf, the disrespect the boys showed the Afghans in the streets of Brackley and the unfairness the locals of Brackley gave these people about what they did, where they lived and what they did. I think after the September 11 attacks in America during episode 3, this behaviour and disrespect got a lot worse and people began to hate the Afghans because of what the terrorists from their country or similar countries did. The people of Brackley and people all over Australia thought these people were all the same, all terrorists. They thought another war would break out. Things went from bad to worse over time. These Afghan people were sent away by the Australian government. 

This was a big issue during 2001 so I believe it was called "Marking Time" because of the 'mark' in time when these issues occurred.