OMGT1062 Transportation and Freight Logistics | Global Logistics Cities | * Singapore and Los Angeles | | Group Six Adam Sam (s3281537)Shidian Tang (s3312269)Yue Yang (s3262593)Zemiao Sun (s3260095)Room 080.07.002. Time 7.30-8.30pm.Submission Date of Assignment: 25/09/12 | | | | | | | Abstract This report is designed to provide information about transportation in two of the world’s logistics cities Los Angeles and Singapore. We will be providing a detailed comparison
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populous country‚ with a population of over 1.35 billion. China is the fourth largest country in the world behind Russia‚ Canada‚ and the United States. Australia is a continent and a country in the Southern Hemisphere‚ lying to the south of Southeast Asia‚ which divides the Indian and South Pacific Oceans. The population of Australia is 23 million. In 2009 China surpassed Japan to become Australia’s largest export market‚ the Australian and Chinese economies are strongly complementary
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Why did Australia lead the world into Depression in the late 1920s and suffer its effects so gravely and for so long? Australia suffered significantly during the Great Depression of the late 1920s. Australia was one of the worst effected countries in the World. This essay will look at why Australia lead the world into Depression in the late 1920s and why it suffered from it’s effects for so long. A depression is defined as "A period of drastic decline in a national or international economy‚ characterized
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Cultural Profile Australia Australia is geographically located just south of China and Indonesia on the world map. It is considered to be the 6th largest country in the world in terms of land mass. Meanwhile Australia is also considered the smallest continent in the world. In 1945‚ Australia only had a population of about 7 million people. Since 1945 the country had gained another 6.5 million due to immigration for reasons such as escaping poverty‚ war and persecution. The immigrants have mainly
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in next week and able to accept that work. The unemployment is the major crisis in recent years as it affects the whole economy of the country. The rate of employment growth is less than the rate of population growth in Australia. Hence‚ result in rise in unemployment in Australia. Unemployment is the major hurdle in the economic and social development of the country. It results in poverty‚ despair‚ poor standard of living‚ low GDP‚ less revenue of government‚ social crimes etc. As per the latest
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Sex Workers There are many different ideas as to what a sex worker is. A sex worker is someone who uses sexual acts in return for money‚ services‚ or products. The person benefiting on behalf of the sex worker can be the actual sex worker or someone referred to as a pimp. Throughout history‚ people around the world have had different views of sexuality. Sex work is an area of sexuality that has been around for centuries. There are many different areas of sex work. There are such things as prostitution
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and Australia are two of the furthest countries apart in the world‚ (15‚ 696 km by flight) 1 a substantial amount of physical trade is very hard to maintain due to the long shipping time and expenses. The fact that Japan and China two of the worlds largest manufactures are located close by doesn’t help. Nevertheless some Irish based companies manage to supply and deliver products to Australia‚ companies such as Cadbury Microsoft‚ Dell and Apple. However a major source of revenue for Australia comes
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Australia’s most popular Natural Minerals * Aluminum/ Bauxite (Al203.3H20): Australia is the largest producer of both bauxite and alumina in the world. Bauxite is mined in Queensland‚ the Northern Territory‚ and Western Australia. * Copper (Cu): In Australia‚ copper is found mainly in rocks more than 250 million years old. Australia’s main mines are located in South Australia and in Queensland. Australia has approximately 6% of the world’s copper. * Diamond:
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months to return 260‚000 Australian soldiers to their home and with them they brought the world-wide “Spanish influenza’ epidemic‚ which caused almost 12‚000 deaths in Australia. The soldiers had been told they would return to a land fit for heroes but Australia’s economy could not quickly adjust to the addition of so many workers. Initially 417‚000 men had enlisted in the AIF‚ which resulted in women emerging from their homes to fill the jobs left empty in support of the armed forces. The War provided
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Introduction Traditionally Australia has had government involvement in employment relations through laws governing terms and conditions of employment such as Work Choices and Fair Work Act. Australian workers have in general worked under “Awards” which set out minimum conditions for employment. The last few years have seen almost constant change in the nature of the Australian workforce and the regulations with the introduction of new legislation‚ and disagreement over the extent to which the
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