Australia has been a “good” global citizen through its supportive role in the United Nations (UN)‚ aid in other countries in the Asia-Pacific region and promotion of a range of regional agreements involving countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The United Nations first came into being in 1945 as an organisation dedicated to the maintenance of world peace and security. Being one of its founding members‚ Australia has committed troops to over 20 UN peacekeeping operations and supports the
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Europe and Russian Federation‚ North Africa and Southwest Asia‚ Sub-Saharan Africa‚ Southeastern and Pacific Asia‚ Australia and Oceania. Australia and Oceania represent an economic region made of Australia‚ New Zealand‚ and the archipelagos of Melanesia‚ Polynesia and Micronesia‚ characterized by a relative isolation from the major cores of the world economy. Despite this‚ Australia‚ although populated mainly along the shores is developed country. Mineral and energetic resources are important: coal
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Australian Bureau of Statistics Australian Health Survey‚ Almost 63% of adults in Australia are either overweight or obese and over 25% of Australian children are overweight or obese. That is 2 in 3 adults and 1 in 4 children. That rate has increase by 10% since 1995 in which 53% of adults in Australia were either overweight or obese. -It was also found that 15% more people that live in the outer regions of Australia (like the country) are over weight than people living in major cities (the urban/city
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We’ve all come across it‚ we’ve all heard about it‚ we’ve all talked about changing it for the better. Racism. It is known that forty per cent of Australia’s population are immigrants from around two hundred different countries. On the ‘Come to Australia’ website‚ a website designed to encourage immigrants‚ it claims that “Australians’ value the wealth of cultural diversity and the social sophistication that international immigrants bring to our communities.” However‚ I have seen otherwise and this
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One of the most valuable lessons that I have learnt from life is to make the best of what I have. I believe this is one of the most important rules than can help one survive in a developing country like Pakistan. A lot is written and said about Pakistan these days; that it is begging for good governance; is rife with mismanaged assets; is plagued by rampant corruption – the problems listed are endless. The one problem that has always irked me lies in the fact that the majority of the privileged class
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In Australia‚ homelessness is a widespread problem. Various researchers reported that homeless person is someone who bears the massive burden of economic and mental illness as well as high rates of acute medical services. This paper aims to present an outline of homelessness in Australia along with the conditions of common health issues present among the vagrant people and the provision of clinical care and unemployment to the homeless population. Relevant political traditions related to homelessness
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Homelessness in Australia. A man is out on the streets by himself‚ nobody to talk to‚ no home to live in‚ No food‚ No water and He has no money. This is one of many conditions a homeless person has to go through. On a cold winters day‚ whilst you are snuggled up in blankets and sipping on a hot beverage. Think to yourself how lucky you are to be living such a cozy life‚ while a homeless man is outside in the elements freezing. How common is homelessness in Australia? The population
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Racial Discrimination Act in relation to freedom of speech. A balance must be struck between freedom of expression and the protection of other human rights. • Although Australia does not have an explicit constitutional right to freedom of speech‚ there is however an implied right to freedom of political communications. Also Australia has ratified the ICCPR which means we have agreed to uphold
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The Effectiveness of Gun Control Will banning guns prevent crimes? In my opinion it will not. Regardless of how the government attempts to ban guns‚ people will find illegal ways to obtain it‚ as it is not hard to get them illegally. On December 19‚ 2012‚ Jeff McMahan published an opinion page on New York Times called “Why Gun ‘Control’ is Not Enough.” Jeff McMahan is a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University. He is the author of “The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life” and
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Immigration in Britain and the problems caused by the coexistence of British and Sharia laws Problem : Britain‚ home receiver‚ can she move from coexistence to the complementarity of British and Sharia laws ? We all know that Britain is a great home receiver since the first colonization and more after the Second World War but we can ask us if it exist a real melting pot. In spite of the presence of a lot of immigrants‚ certain person still not considerate them as British citizen even though
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