development of Australian society and subsequent rights given to Australian citizens‚ thus addressing the guiding question as quoted at the top of the paper. Australia is run by a democratic system at all 3 levels of government (Federal‚ State and Local). Democracy means in Greek "rule by the governed". A democrary has key fundermentals that sustains that type of leadership. In a perfect democracy every citizen has equal accessible amount of power and freedom. In Australia everyone Australian citizen
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plants and animals in view--most Americans are at least on some level aware of such destruction. The issue of language extinction‚ however‚ is completely off most people’s radar screens. Suddenly‚ the review seemed even more urgent‚ because Vanishing Voices is a work that deserves the attention of the widest audience possible. The grim statistic is‚ as the authors Daniel Nettle and Suzanne Romaine explain early on‚ that almost half of the world’s known languages have disappeared in the last 500 years
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I was so lost‚ but later found. Julian discovered me. My parents weren’t born in England‚ escaped their country and began a new life here. Only to be separated from their new lives several years later. They were fugies and you can imagine what happened to them. It was in the wake of‚ what I assume‚ their death that Julian revived me. She mesmerized me; she was my leader to a new life. How could I disagree with someone who had saved me? How could I betray her? Guilt washes over my body as I scan the
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The stolen generation ....The degradation and the sheer brutality of the act of physically separating a mother from her children is a deep assault on our senses and on our most elemental humanity.... The stolen generation is the name given to the generation of aboriginal and Torres strait islander children that were removed from their families and placed into institutions where they were forced to forget their aboriginality. These children were then given a poor education and were sent into the
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The story of the fifi bird‚ as Professor Schueb describes‚ is one about the holistic nature of all beings. It begins by describing a sick and shriveled child who is deserted by her family and is then joined by a beautiful‚ mythical‚ bird. This child takes the place on the perch where the fifi bird originally swung above her and is then uncovered and attacked by travelers. Unsuccessful in their attacks‚ the attackers perish at their own hands. The story then ends with the child being replaced by the
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Little Voices The current economy has many companies struggling to stay afloat. Companies are looking for a competitive edge over their competitors. The new age of technology has given businesses an opportunity to expand through the World Wide Web. On-Line advertising is an affordable option for any business owner and offers a multitude of options. Mom and Pop business now have the opportunity to advertise without reaching deep into their pockets. In recent years‚ attention has been drawn
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distinctive the Australian voice that reflects the diverse values‚ beliefs and opinions held by most people which are unique to the country. Australia has its own voice which reflects the values of egalitarianism and familial respect. These values and voices has been conveyed through the iconic Australian film The Castle directed by Rob Sitch and cleverly conveyed through his successful use of language and film techniques. The Father’s Day scene is crucial and is presented the voice of familial love
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Formative Task 1.2 Acceptance into Australian society has always been a struggle for marginalised groups such as Aboriginals and migrants. This has given Australian contemporary writers a voice to address the issue. An Aboriginal poet named Oodgeroo of the tribe Noonuccal wrote a poem titled “The Dispossessed” in which he talks about his struggles with the new multicultural Australian society. This is typified in this quote “Your tribes are broken vagrants now wherever whites abide‚ And justice
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that of voice recognition. Voice recognition is commonly used to operate a device‚ perform commands‚ or write without having to use a keyboard‚ mouse or press any buttons. The user is able to talk to a computer with automatic speech recognition (ASR) programs and tell it what to do.(5) The computing innovation was created with the intention of being user-friendly and helping people with a variety of disabilities. My artifact illustrates this by going through the basic functions that all voice recognition
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Goan Birds 1 orange-headed thrush The orange-headed thrush is 205–235 milliimetres (8.1–9.25 in) long[7] and weighs 47–60 grammes (1.7–2.1 oz). The adult male of the nominate subspecies of this small thrush has an entirely orange head and underparts‚ uniformly grey upperparts and wings‚ and white median and undertail coverts. It has a slate-coloured bill and the legs and feet have brown fronts and pink or yellowish rears.[3] The female resembles the male but has browner or more olive upperparts
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