– the inequality between the rich and poor‚ and the growing inequality between wages and profits. Through looking at these two relationships we can see the worsening condition of the distribution of income and wealth in Australia. When looking at changes in income in Australia‚ the recent trends (as seen in diagram 1 and diagram 2) shows the top 20% or highest quintile‚ increasing their income share from an averaged 38% in 1994/95 to over 41% in 2007/08. This increase has resulted from the long
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in developed countries. Australia is one of these countries which depends mainly on coal as a source of energy generation. While diversification of power will reduce the emission of CO2‚ Australia is still using coal for electrical generation purposes. This essay will discuss the case both for and against the diversification of energy sources in Australia. It will focus on the environment impacts of burning fossil fuels as well as the importance of coal industry in Australia. There are a number of
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has shown that restorative justice conferences can reduce re-offending among juvenile offenders. What is restorative justice and what is the evidence to suggest it is effective? Word Count: 2‚589 There has been considerable interest in Australia since the late 1980’s in the use of restorative justice as an alternative to court proceedings. In particular‚ conferencing has been identified as a viable tool to reduce the seemingly proliferating level of offending amongst juveniles (Alder & Wundersitz
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Global Wine War 2009: New World versus Old 1. How were the French able to dominate the worldwide wine trade for centuries? What sources of competitive advantage did they develop to support their exports? The French wine production essentially dates back to the time when it was part of the pioneering niche market for high quality premium wine. The factor conditions such as land and climate were pertinent attributes of the France‚ compared to other European countries. Cross
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committing troops to overseas battles. The Prime Minster in charge was Robert Menzies‚ and was Prime Minister from 1949 through to 1966. He was very against communism and wanted to change laws about communism in australia. The response to communism in Asia was very important to Australias decisions in fighting against communism. At the end of World War 2‚ The United States and Soviet Russia both emerged as superpowers‚ but had conflicting political views. This relates to Source 1 of my sources as
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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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The poem Australia by A.D Hope is a juxtaposition of people’s or societies view of Australia‚ versus the patriotic stance of the writer. It also shows how A.D Hope is trying to convey his perspective on the identity of Australia. A.D Hope reveals his discontentment and scathing tone on Australia’s identity through his descriptive imagery‚ “a Nation of trees‚ drab green and desolate grey‚” where the sombre and bleak nature of Australia is divulged through the derogative language‚ “drab” and “desolate
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‘In Australia only thirty seven percent of Indigenous students opposed to seventy four percent of non-Indigenous students complete year twelve’. (Australian Bureau of Statistics‚ 2008). The above statistics imply that current Indigenous Education is affected detrimentally by western colonisation‚ inequitable government policies‚ and the variation of cultural beliefs. Aboriginal participation and education in Western schooling is far below the standard of academic achievement of non-indigenous
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The International Cricket council announces the teams that will play for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. As of now the 10 full members will have been allotted their seats for the 2015 World Cup. This line up consists of Australia‚ Bangladesh‚ England‚ India‚ New Zealand‚ Pakistan‚ South Africa‚ Sri Lanka‚ West Indies and Zimbabwe. Four more affiliate member teams will join the lineup and will be chosen from teams that qualifies and wins at the 2013 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day and the 2014 Cricket
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Sexual Assault Sexual assault had been a serious issue in Australia. Recently there had been a lot of news regarding sexual assault in Australia‚ an example would be the news where two men have been jailed for sexually assaulting a woman in Broome. Sexual assault refers to any offence of a sexual nature committed upon another person‚ such as rape‚ sexual assault without consent‚ indecent assault and acts of indecency. Rape is now referred to as sexual intercourse or sexual assault in the New South
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