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    Tropical Cyclones & Floods & Droughts: Australia is well known for it’s natural disasters including BushFires‚ Floods‚ Droughts and Tropical Cyclones. The major disasters being Tropical Cyclones and Droughts. A cyclone is a large-scale‚ atmospheric wind and pressure system characterized by low pressure at it’s centre and by circulating motion‚ counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. An example of a tropical cyclone is Australia’s deadliest one yet

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    NSW POLICE DEATH OF CONNOR MURPHY Statement by Noah Kasmir. “I ain’t gotta tell youse about Aussie bushfires but if you need every bloody detail then take a seat.” “Tommy‚ Connor‚ and I were seated in a tight triangle. Those crusty blue camping chairs had that same itch from years ago‚ from when I used to camp with my family. Now my new family got to experience it‚ that nagging‚ annoyingly consistent feeling that reminded me of my past. As the night went on‚ the itch slowly disappeared as more and

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    wife through the events that happen the story. The emotional strength of the woman is emphasized throughout the story with the use of flashbacks. The drover’s wife recalls such things where she had to defend herself and her family‚ fighting against bushfires‚ floods‚ disease and mad animals. All of these experiences contain a degree of difficulty. The importance of showing these memories to the responder is that the reader can sympathize with her but it also shows the responder that nothing that she

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    Conflict leads to change: Conflict is a capacious beast. A beast with unknown and dangerous qualities. It is unexpected and devastating‚ like a fire ripping through homes in a bushfire taking everything with it. Conflict messes with peoples minds and the way they act‚ making them treat others differently and making there life a train wreck. Conflict happens when people have different qualities and opinions. “10% of conflict are due to differences in opinion‚ 90% are due to the wrong tone

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    Vietnam: Napalm: Napalm is liquid that is extremely flammable. It is made from a mixture of a gel and gasoline. Napalm has been used in World War 2‚ but became famous in the Vietnam War. It was first used as a weapon against buildings‚ but later it became a weapon against other soldiers. Napalm was very effective against people‚ because it sticks to the skin and causes extreme burn wounds. Napalm is quite an inhumane weapon. When napalm was created in World War 2‚ it was used in flamethrowers. Later

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    recommencing diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China. Gough had noticed that various defence department could be merged into a single agency so he took the time to neaten that up. In the same year he opened a national gallery in Canberra‚ organised the Royal Style and Titles Act 1973 and established the Australian Development Assistance

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    save time. Advise John as to what Mary will need to prove to establish a claim in negligence against him; and what potential defences he has available to him. Question 2: Nicole recently entered into a contract to sell her house in Canberra to Lakeview Developments Pty Ltd for $750‚000. She was told by the receptionist in Lakeview’s office that Lakeview Developments is a development company which plans to demolish the house and build some apartments. The contract was signed by Nicole

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    QUESTION: Discuss how cultural experience informs the practice of artists Contemporary artist Hossein Valamanesh and Janet Lawrence both have a different and diverse cultural background in which informs their practice. Hossein’s cultural background underpins much of his art‚ intertwining both his Australian and Iranian background. Lawrence’s artworks are a personal comment on her world‚ she explores contemporary and therefore cultural themes such as history‚ art‚ science and memory. Valamanesh

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    References: Australian Bureau of Statistics‚ 2006. National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey 2004-2005‚ Canberra. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare‚ 2008. 2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: detailed findings. Drug statistics series no. 22. Cat. no. PHE 107. Canberra: AIHW. Boffa‚ J.‚ Tilton‚ E.‚ Legge‚ D.‚ & Genat‚ B. (2009). Reducing the harm from Alcohol‚ Tobacco and Obesity in Indigenous Communities: National Preventative

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    them till they are seedlings and the replanting them in the wetlands. Government: one way in which the government has helped is by building the brixton street bridge in such away so that it does not conflict with the way that animals escape from bushfires and provides them with a nice way of escape. 5. Because they have lots of rare and endangered species that can be used for medicinal purposes and are a native species to Australia. 6. There are many conservation values that the brixton here

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