criminal‚ or are considered anti-social‚ which are committed by young people (Harambolos & Holburn‚ 2004‚ p.331). However‚ many deviant acts that are disapproved of are not defined as criminal. For example suicide and alcoholism are not illegal in Australia. Deviant behaviour can be defined as social problems reflect violations of normative expectations. Behaviour or situations that depart from norms are deviant. Deviant behaviour is caused by inappropriate socialization – for example‚ when the learning
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Description and container tonnages of each port Port of Melbourne The Port of Melbourne is the largest container and general cargo port in Australia and one of the top four container ports in the southern hemisphere. The port now has around 3‚400 commercial ship calls per year and handles more than 2.5 million twenty foot equivalent units annually and around 1‚000 motor vehicles and 7‚000 containers per day on average. In the 2011 to 2012 financial year‚ the total trade of Melbourne Port increased
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WATER CRISIS IN AUSTRALIA Nathania Appaduray 10A The lack of water is one of the major issues affecting Australians today; however‚ those in power are still not coming up with reasonable solutions. It’s interesting to note that in Victoria‚ with the upcoming state election‚ all of a sudden there are these different policies floating around on how to solve the water crisis. Why does it always take an election to come up with solutions to the problems facing Australians? The water crisis
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Australia is known for its fantastic sights‚ unique animals and many other things. But like all good things‚ it also has its problems that are not easily seen. The country known as the land down under has a unique history with convicts and resources that has led to some problems the country faces today. These problems include a serious gambling problem and environmental concerns. The history of Australia and how it was settled is interesting and different from most other countries. The first Europeans
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Introduction Homelessness is a social problem in Australia. Youth homelessness in Australia has been on the increase due to several factors‚ and it is assumed that these factors may assist in the intervention and prevention of youth homelessness. The only way to decrease youth homelessness is to address the structural factors that cause it. This paper will begin by defining homelessness according to the Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1994 and by other prominent authors of youth homelessness
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and numeracy and the relevant policies used in Australia. Additionally‚ this report will explore some factors that influence one’s ability to learn literacy and numeracy. These include mental health challenges‚ socio economic status‚ homelessness and being a refugee. The Australian curriculum states that‚ being literate means having the ability to develop the knowledge and skills to interpret language in a range of contexts (Commonwealth of Australia 2009 p.6). Literacy involves; listening to‚ reading
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Australia as a country is extremely urbanised. Around 85% of the population lives on coastline areas‚ and most of these people live in urban areas with populations of over 100‚000 people. Together‚ these areas only include about one per cent of Australia’s total land mass. This level of urbanisation has meant that many of our cities are facing enormous pressure to keep up with the needs of their swelling populations. Generally‚ since the trend towards urbanisation began in the second half of the
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You’re claiming that a humane and safer approach would be the best option right now‚ but your party still remains to be committed to offshore processing‚ regional resettlement and boat turnbacks. A zero-net immigration policy where those who leave Australia are replaced with migrants who are culturally suited with Australians and will belong‚ I think‚ would be a much better idea as opposed to what you stated. This policy will provide the government with enough time to create more infrastructure to cope
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the Year. Paragraph One: Australia is a great place to live because beautiful 10‚685 beaches‚ the lovely sunny weather‚ beautiful 8‚222 island‚ cute Australian animals such as wallabies and kangaroos‚ incredibly unique places to go and visit. Australians are friendly‚ great land marks to see like Great Barrier Reef‚ Uluru‚ Sydney Opera House‚ Sydney Harbour Bridge‚ Fraser Island and many more. Paragraph Two: Australia Day is celebrates on the 25th of January‚ Australia Day marks the anniversary
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Biology Research Assignment Essay Bradford College FSP2 Adaptations Australia has some of the oldest and largest rainforest in the world. It supports a rich and various life. What makes animals and plants suited to this particular environment or what kinds of features that an organism posse which they genetically inherited from their parents that enable them to
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