• After graduating from the University of Melbourne in 1916 with First Class Honours in Law‚ Menzies was admitted to the Victorian Bar and to the High Court of Australia in 1918. In 1920 Menzies served as an advocate for the Amalgamated Society of Engineers which eventually took its appeal to the High Court of Australia. The case became a landmark authority for the positive reinterpretation of Commonwealth powers over those of the States. The High Court’s verdict raised Menzies’s profile as a skilled
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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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Rights and Freedoms of Women in Australia Since 1945 Introduction Women’s rights have changed considerably after 1945 as beliefs that women were of less importance were being overturned to create a balanced society. Employment‚ social change and politics have all been changed. Without these alters‚ Australia would still be a female excluded society with an impression that women belong in their homes. Feminism has helped the progression of women’s rights in Australia. The first regained women’s
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Imagine the world where obesity was just a myth? Unfortunately‚ it is not and obesity is a serious health issue throughout Australia. Obesity does not only have an impact on the physical sector of health but has on all aspect of health in a way. Obesity weakens nearly every quality of wellbeing. “Someone who is 40% overweight is twice as likely to die prematurely as is an average-weight person” (Information on Health Risks Associated with Obesity at MedicineNet.com‚ 2016). Obesity results from
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Earthquakes in Australia Australia is a very lucky country that suffers very few earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. Earthquakes are caused by converging plates (usually subducting)‚ and there a 4 different types of waves in two categories; firstly there is Body waves which are broken into primary and secondary waves (these travel through the earth) Surface waves travel through only the crust and are called Love and Rayleigh. These Waves (the earthquakes) are measured by a seismograph/ a device that
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ritas Australia - Poverty Caritas Australia is a non-profitable organisation that aims to help those in poverty around the world. From humble beginnings in 1897 Germany‚ Caritas‚ named after a Latin word meaning love and compassion‚ grew to become one of the world’s largest humanitarian agencies. Caritas’ main focus is to break the cycle of poverty‚ no matter a persons ethnicity‚ political beliefs‚ gender or religion. Caritas Australia works to end poverty and promote justice in over
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Australia should adopt nuclear power as its main source of power Currently‚ an increasing number of countries have developed nuclear power and adopted nuclear power as their main source of power. However‚ not all countries support the development of nuclear power. A great deal of residents concerns which have swept across much of the developed world was caused by the growing nuclear industry overseas (Falk ‚Green & Mudd 2006).In Australia‚ nuclear power is not used due to the worries about
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Deutscher and ShanVerne Liew‚ contributed to the report’s research and production. We would like to thank the members of the Grattan Institute’s Higher Education Reference Group for their helpful comments. Senior Institutional Affiliates National Australia Bank Wesfarmers Stockland Google The opinions in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Grattan Institute’s founding members‚ affiliates‚ individual board members or reference group members. Any remaining
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Global language Do you know any global languages? English is a global language‚ isn’t it? These are the kinds of questions that seem so obvious that most people would give them hardly a second thought. Of course English is a global language‚ they would say. You hear it on television‚ it is spoken by politicians from all over the world. Wherever you travel‚ you see English signs and Advertisements. Whenever you enter a hotel or restaurant in a foreign city‚ they will also understand
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Reconciliation is about creating unity between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. According to Scott: Reconciliation is the process of recognizing and healing the wounds of the past‚ addressing the disadvantages that aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to suffer today‚ and working together to establish a better future for all Australians (2001‚ p. 840). One “wound of the past” (Scott‚ 2001‚ p. 840) was the forced removal of indigenous children from their families to
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