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    Research Project: Mini Proposal Introduction: The objective of the research is to shed some light on the ecological interaction between the foliose lichen‚ Xanthoparmelia tasmanica (Lepp‚ 2011) and the resources and organisms in its environment. This particular species has been observed to grow abundantly only on the south facing side of rocks in the southern hemisphere‚ this might suggest that relatively higher light intensity of north facing rocks is a factor that hinders its growth. However

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    end of the dairy entry “‚ in a most Horrid malicious bloody flame‚ not like the fine flame of an ordinary fire”. Which is a lot more descriptive than “At least 100 properties have been de5troyed and thousands of people have been left stranded by bushfires that are continuing to rage out of control in Tasmania”. The dairy entry also uses linguistic devices like personification and similes more than the news article. This could be in order to give the reader a feeling of what the tragedy might have

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    History Essay on Terra Nullius Terra Nullius‚ was how Cook described Australia and how it was officially viewed until the last 20 or 30 years of Australia’s history. In 1788 the First Fleet arrived‚ after this‚ the British took over all of the land in sight without any thought to its original ownership. They forbade the fact that there were Aboriginals in Australia and they declared it empty. Legally this meant that no one lived on the land and because of that no one could claim rights of it under

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    Macintyre‚ S. (1996). Diversity‚ citizenship and the curriculum. In K. Kennedy (Ed.)‚ New challenges for citizenship education (pp. 23-38). Canberra: Australian Curriculum Studies Association. Madden‚ R.‚ & Hogan‚ T. (1997). The definition of disability in Australia: Moving towards national consistency. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (Vol. 5). Canberra. Marginson‚ S. (1997). Educating Australia: Government‚ economy and citizen since 1960. University of Melbourne‚ Australia: Cambridge University

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    University of Queensland Press‚ St Lucia‚ pp 56-60. Latukefu‚ S. 1974‚ Church and State in Tonga: The Wesleyan Methodist Missionaries and Political Development 1822-1875‚ Canberra University Press‚ 1974. Laracy‚ H. 1999‚ Marists and Melanesians: A History of Catholic Missions in the Pacific‚ Australia National University Press‚ Canberra. Ridgell‚ R (ed). 2006. Pacific Nations and Territories: The Islands of Micronesia‚ Melanesia‚ and Polynesia 4th Edition. Honolulu‚ pp 54-60. Shineberg‚ D. 1999‚ The Pacific

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    BUACC5934 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | AASB2 Share Based Payments | Major Assignment Summer Semester 2013 | Prepared by | Hide | | | | PART A: Discuss the following in relation to the standard: 1. What was the rationale for the introduction of an accounting standard covering share based transactions? The share-based transaction‚ such as share options for employees‚ was not attributed a cost in the past although the use of such equity instruments was widespread. As a result

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    INTRODUCTION A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ severe weather‚volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover.[1] An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in

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    ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Corporate Crime (BTF2223): ------------------------------------------------- Research Report Assignment ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Proposition: “In order to effectively punish and deter corporate crime‚ the law should impose criminal sanctions on individuals rather

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    Describe why "Australia is becoming a service based economy with increased reliance on the service sector to sustain economic growth across the next 5-10 years". Discuss this assertion including a review of the contribution that the service sector has made to the Australia economy across the past 10 years‚ and present your view on the contribution it will make across the next 5-10 years‚ with rationale. Introduction Life without services is unimaginable. Today everything we need or do is a service

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    WHAT IS A NATURAL DISASTER A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ tsunamis‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚[1] and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover.[2] In 2012‚ there were 905 natural disasters worldwide‚ 93% of which were

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