Drinking is widely regarded as a socially acceptable practice and is embedded into the lifestyle of many cultures. In Australia alone‚ results from a 2015 survey reported that 86.4% of participants over the age of 18 consumed alcohol at some point in their life while 56.0% drank alcohol in the past month. It is possible for us to use alcohol safely. Many of us are able to control the amount of alcohol they drink and are known as recreational drinkers. They have the ability to refuse alcohol once
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Islam is practiced by 1.57 billion people worldwide. According to the 2011 Australian census‚ 470‚000 Australians listed Islam as their main religion. This is the fourth largest religious belief in Australia behind Christianity‚ Irreligion and Buddhism respectively. Similar to Christianity‚ Islam has many denominations (sects)‚ however the large majority of Muslims identify as followers of Sunni Islam. Sunnis are estimated to comprise over 90% of Muslims worldwide. A large majority of the remainder
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Introduction This essay explores how unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) are oppressed in the UK. An unaccompanied asylum seeking child is a person under the age of eighteen who has left their country of origin in order to seek refuge and is ‘separated from both parents and are not being cared for by an adult who‚ by law or custom has responsibility to do so’ (UNHCR‚ 1994:121). They are therefore applying for asylum in their own right. Discrimination is the process of identifying that
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The impact on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders when Europeans settled continues in the present-day. This stems back to the past Government policies that were in place. Even though issues from the past history have been resolved it doesn’t delete it. It is visible that many Aboriginal people still encounter drawbacks due to the forced resettlements‚ children placed in institutions‚ land loss and being supplied with alcohol. Aboriginal people knew of alcohol drinks produced by various plants
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- Poisoning Or they could be intentional‚ these include Suicide - Self harm Domestic violence - Assault/ murder The extent of the problem In 2009 and 2010‚ Australia recorded over 7.6% of deaths in relation
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schools and public transport. It stems from many things‚ such as education levels of the people living in the area and education to name a few. Spatial inequality is a term addressing the extremities of the wealthy and those living in poverty. In Australia there have been clear shifts in the spatial composition of Australia’s economic development to favour particular cities and suburbs within those cities. Though it is seen as a negative thing spatial inequality is a vital feature of society and is
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then lead to bad situations causing deaths‚ injuries and further corrupted situations. Human Rights Breaches: Australia is outsourcing the production of goods from developing countries because of low labour costs. The workers in the sweatshops are suffering in unsafe and poor working conditions. Then clothes are exported at low costs which means extremely higher profit for Australia. Thousands of workers are being brutally abused just because they are asking for a higher pay to feed their families
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Youth homelessness in australia A homeless person is without a conventional home and lacks most of the economic and social supports that a home normally affords. She/he is often cut off from the support of relatives and friends‚ she/he has few independent resources and often has no immediate means and in some cases little prospect of self support. She/he is in danger of falling below the poverty line‚ at least from time to time. There are many causes for youth homelessness. Some youths become
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the left feminist clap trap. They ignore people like Van who are a very very minority interest in our society‚ she’s a self declared anarchist way way on the extreme left of politics representing perhaps point zero‚ zero‚ per cent of thought in Australia so she’s safely ignored”.
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| Music of Contemporary Australia | Analysing Repertoire Task | | This term‚ music has focused on the topic of “Music of Contemporary Australia.” In this assessment piece‚ two contrasting compositions by James and John Morrison‚ “Sydney by Night” and “Pinnacles”‚ will be analysed‚ compared and contrasted. Elements of music (eg. Harmony‚ rhythm‚ dynamics and texture) will be pinpointed. Explanations will also be given to describe how these elements have been used to portray the two title
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