Question: Outline the main reasons for Federation. What was the main reason? Federation happened in 1901 when the six separate Australian colonies came together to form what is now the Commonwealth of Australia. It occurred for many reasons including: to unite the defence of Australia; to make uniform bank laws; taxes and tariffs resulting in better trade and communication between states; and to put the "White Australia Policy" into practise. Federation came about with the aid of many political
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television stations as well as nation wide stations. This report will cover the television industry of both Free-to-air and Pay TV. Market Structure: The Television Industry is a large industry in Australia. It has contributed $1.2 Billion to the Australian economy and employed more than 20‚000 people. (http://www.aftrs.edu.au) It is not as big as the cinema industry but it ’s getting closer. There are two kinds of television in Australia‚ free-to-air and pay TV. There are 5 major free-to-air television
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Our kids aren’t getting smarter. They are going backwards. Dear Editor‚ I selected this topic from your newspaper heading. ‘Prime Minister Julia Gillard’ set an ambitious goal for Australian education to be ranked as a top-five country in reading‚ mathematics and science by 2025. But according to the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) Report‚ in 2000‚ Australia’s education system was ranked number two in the world for reading and mathematics and ranked three for science. Today
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go through the motions‚ but to be good citizens we should believe in‚ protect‚ and defend the freedoms we were granted when this country was founded. These freedoms were based on what the founding fathers valued‚ and these values are the foundation of our democracy. What I value most as an American is justice‚ equality‚ and individual rights. First‚ justice is similar to the idea of fairness. This means there are consequences for both good and bad. If a person does something good‚ they should be
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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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various kinds - which often have conflicting interests; for example‚ compare Treasury with Social Security. Indeed even within the same public service department there can be very real disagreements and struggles over policy directions. In the Australian policy
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alternatives with the intention of reaching an agreement with the aid of a mediator.’Mediation is commonly used in the Australian legal system to resolve disputes. There are many different types of mediation processes currently used in the Australian legal system such as models described by Boule; facilitative‚ Therapeutic and Evaluative. Other mediation type processes used currently in the Australian legal system are Negotiation‚ Facilitation‚ Conciliation‚ co-mediation‚ shuttle mediation and arbitration.Both
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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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