the Marriage Act to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia‚ all of which have been unsuccessful. As it stands Australia are not looking to modify the current legislation‚ but over time Australia could potentially change their Marriage Act. The Australian Marriage Act 1961 was developed by the
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The Australian postal service In the 1950s‚ Australia’s postal needs were serviced by the PMG (Post Master General). The PMG was responsible for telegraph and home telephone operations‚ as well as postal services. In 1954‚ the PMG began offering the Teleprinter Exchange‚ or Telex‚ to the public. The telex was an electric typewriter that delivered typed messages along telegraph lines. This new technology was a great convenience‚ especially to businesses which no longer had to rely on the slower
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Sharks and Australian Fisheries The Fishing industry is the 5th largest food producing industry in Australia. Annually it puts $2.2 billion dollars into our economy each year (afma.gov‚ 2013). Australians consume approximately 16kg of fish and seafood per person per year. This amounts to a lot of fish needed to sustain such a demanding population. Therefore the most important issue for fisheries in Australia is to ensure the ecological sustainability of fish stocks in the long term so that ecosystems
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The Australian Legal System Overview * The continent now known as “Australia” has a very long history of occupation * Aboriginal people have lived on the continent for at least 40 000 years. European settlement of the continent has been relatively recent Aboriginal Culture * When English settlers arrived at Sydney cove in 1788‚ there were approximately 500 aboriginal tribe living in different parts of the continent. The combined population of the tribes is thought to have been
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evening‚ thank you for inviting me here this evening. I would like to discuss how Carmel Bird’s non-fiction book The Stolen Children-Their Stories (TSC) and Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poem‚ “We are going” (WAG) gives us an understanding of how Australian voices reflect Australian values. Both texts explore the unfair treatment and effects of suffering inflicted upon Aboriginal communities and individuals by past government’s policies‚ as well as western society’s disrespect and ignorance. By analysing the texts
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everyone and welcome to the Museum of Australian Democracy’s Youth Convention. Recently‚ the parliament has been debating over how changes to the Constitution will most adequately recognise the previous ownership of Australia by Indigenous peoples. Today‚ I will be giving you a better understanding of how the colonial experiences in the 18th and 19th centuries‚ ultimately led to the lack of desire of the British men to include the Aborigines in the Australian Constitution‚ because recognising them
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average rate of 3.5% and has not experienced an economic downturn since 1990/91. This success is largely due to the significant microeconomic reforms in the 1980’s as well as the resources boom and high levels of consumer confidence have left the Australian economy in a strong position. Levels of economic following the prolonged period of growth in 2007/08 were at 3.8%‚ levels of growth‚ this fell to 1.6% during the 2008/09 financial year as a result of the Global financial crisis and the subsequent
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Evolution of Australian Biota 1. Evidence for the rearrangement of crustal plates and continental drift indicates that Australia was once part of an ancient super continent Identify and describe evidence that supports the assertion that Australia was once part of a landmass called Gondwana including: Matching continental margins Gondwana once consisted of South America‚ Africa‚ Madagascar‚ India‚ Antarctica‚ Australia‚ New Zealand and New Guinea. Continental margin: zone between the ocean basin
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The Australian airline industry 2. The External Environment 2.1.1 Demographic Changes Momentarily‚ there is a growing‚ but also aging population in Australia. The Generation Y represents about 4.5 million of the 20 million people living in Australia. This group is reported to be setting and influencing spending pattern trends (Ben Wyld‚ 2005). . 2.1.2 Socio-Cultural Forces Socio-culturally speaking‚ we can see an ongoing trend for greater environmental concerns. Especially people
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total world aid. The majority of Australia’s Aid is sent to this region and countries such as Papua New Guinea‚ East Timor and Indonesia. Government Organizations Australian Government ’s overseas aid program is Federal Government funded and aims to reduce poverty in developing countries. The program is managed through the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)‚ which reports directly to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. AusAID helps fund international organizations such as the
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