How would you explain the recent decline in the size of the building society industry? Building societies were originally set up to pool small deposits from individuals and households in order to finance mortgage lending. Residential home ownership was highly desired by Australians and as it was difficult to obtain home finance from banks in the regulated environment‚ building societies were able to fill the breach and thrived. With deregulation of banks and the growth of the securitised mortgage
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What explains the rapid growth of the internet? Why will it continue to grow at the same pace? Currently Australia is has a growing population. There is one birth every 1.7 minutes‚ one death every 3.6 minutes‚ a gain of one migrant every 2.2 minutes ‚ leading to an overall total population increase of one person every 1 minute and 18 seconds deducting the amount of deaths occurring. The media are systems or technology that assist and promote human communication (O’Shaughnessy & Stadler‚2008).
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longed for children and were a symbol of their goddess of fertility. There has been evidence to suggest that in the past tattooing was done for medicinal purposes and that the pigments used in tattoos had some sort of healing effect. For example‚ societies in the Arctic believe tattoos have powers that can ward off illness or protect people from all types of harm. They believed diseases such as rheumatism were caused by an imbalance in their souls‚ caused by evil spirits. They thought that these evil
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Essay Hypothesis Australia should ban the indefinite mandatory detention of asylum seekers‚ and pursue a policy of Community Placement for those at stage two of the application process. Abstract Stage two indefinite mandatory detention should be banned in Australia. Enormous financial resources are being used to detain a vulnerable group that make up only 0.3 per cent of all immigration intake. As a signatory to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees‚ Australia has legal and humanitarian
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Australia‚ Asia and the World (week 2) Topic 1- A citizen of the world Topic 2- Identity‚ values and worldviews Topic 3- Cultural Literacy Encountering Strangers Terra Nullius- Land belonging to no one “In this world through which I travel‚ I am endlessly creating myself” Franz Fanon‚ Black Skin White Masks Communities of People People coming together for a common cause‚ connecting in a world of strangers. Recognising common humanity Connecting across differences Accountability and responsibility
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achieve a military victory‚ the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (or ANZACs as they have become known as) became a legend. What happened at Gallipoli made them an important part of Australian culture at a time when the newly-federated nation of Australia had not yet established herself at an international level. What is the legend? In theory‚ the legend is that the Australian and New Zealand troops helped to establish their countries’ reputations in the world through qualities of strength and bravery
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Australian curriculum gave special attention to Cross-curriculum priority. One of the major priorities was to ensure that all young Australian must understand the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture‚ and their significance for Australia. Cross-curriculum priority has been given continuum of learning to ensure relevant and appropriate inclusion in the Australian Curriculum. Importantly‚ with the implementation of Cross-curriculum
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Australia is suffering a health crisis with the young generation‚ within the last two decades the young children’s weight has increased. The rise in overweight children is also contributing to the obesity increase in children. In the past obesity was linked with hormonal or genetic disorder. Today it is seen as a social problem‚ relating to social class and diversity (socioeconomic). Children have become more inactive in modern sociality today. Twenty years ago children would be playing outside
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filter on the internet to prevent access to inappropriate material. In 2011‚ the people of Australia and its politicians alike have expressed major concerns over this introduction of a censorship‚ as the vast amount of ethical and practical problems associated with this scheme are triggering the debate. Good morning‚ my name is Amanda and I strongly oppose the introduction of internet censorship in Australia for multiple reasons. * Firstly and most importantly‚
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Sarah Wise (2011) “As Australians we promulgate the value of a fair go. Yet there are individuals and groups in our society that experience extreme and persistent disadvantage that sets them apart from the rest of our society”. (Reference: Wise‚ S. (2011) “Advance Australia Fairly” Sydney Morning Herald. January 14‚ 2011) One of the most predominant values in Australian society is that of ‘mateship’ (Henslin‚ J.‚ A. Possamai and A. Possamai-Inesedy 2010‚ pg 49). Such a value promotes equality
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