Since European colonisation in 1788‚ Indigenous people have been treated as second class citizens by the Australian Government. Furthermore‚ Indigenous Australians have struggled with land rights and in numerous other ways in Australian history. The lack of Indigenous rights was most evident before Federation in 1901.They slowly began to gain rights after Federation. The most significant changes were after the 1967 referendum‚ which aimed to increase indigenous equality‚ following. Historical evidence
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Katrina Shay Country Analysis – AUSTRALIA Intro to International Business Spring 2015 Katrina Shay Intro to Internat ’l Business Spring 2015 Francisco Paredes Sanchez I. INTRODUCTION Australia is located between the Indian and Pacific oceans. The nation was originally inhabited by the native Aborigines and was first discovered and explored by the Dutch in the 1620’s. Later the land was claimed by Captain Cook for the British Empire. The British officially arrived in the nation in 1788 where they
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The religious landscape currently exhibited in Australia has been developed and has fluctuated significantly through the impact of immigration since the end of World War II‚ 1945. In 1947‚ just 0.5 % of the population claimed to be non-Christian and 0.3 % claimed to have no religion‚ thus promoting the fact that Christianity was the most prominent religion in Australia. The end of the War stimulated much immigration from Europe‚ as did the Vietnam War in the 1970s. Such organisations as the NSW Ecumenical
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In 1914‚ Australia joined the First World War. Although it was seen as a European war‚ the Australia government decided that Australia should support its ’Mother Country’‚ Britain. The prime-minister at the time‚ Joseph Cook‚ stated Australia’s position : "Whatever happens‚ Australia is a part of the Empire‚ right to the full. When the Empire is at war‚ Australia is at war." Many Australians objected to the country’s involvement in the war‚ but the majority of the population agreed with the government’s
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businesses‚ and also to explain the importance of these small businesses to the Australian economy. This report aims to achieve its purpose through the use of several Australian small businesses as examples. The businesses examined are: “Laservision Australia”‚ “Luken and May”‚ and “Peter Alexander”. Characteristics of Small Businesses Although there is no universally accepted definition of a small business‚ small businesses are generally identified through reference to quantitative measurements‚
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Perth Australia GEOL-1100-850: Earth System Science Introduction This paper is about what could possibly happen to the city of Perth‚ Australia and all of the people whom call it home‚ should a natural disaster strike the city or region. First let me give you some facts about the city of Perth. Perth is located in the country of Australia‚ which is located in the Southern Hemisphere. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. As of 2009‚ Perth had a population
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economic contribution of the cruise sector to Australia Carnival Australia 29 February 2012 Deloitte Access Economics Pty Ltd ACN: 149 633 116 Level 1‚ 9 Sydney Ave Barton ACT 2600 PO Box 6334 Kingston ACT 2604 Tel: +61 2 6175 2000 Fax: +61 2 6175 2001 www.deloitte.com.au Ann Sherry Chief Executive Officer Carnival Australia 15 Mount Street‚ North Sydney‚ NSW‚ 2060 29 February 2012 Dear Ann Economic contribution of the cruise sector to Australia – Update The report outlines the economic contribution
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The ’White Australia’ policy describes Australia’s approach to immigration from federation until the latter part of the 20th century‚ which favoured applicants from certain countries. The abolition of the policy took place over a period of 25 years. Following the election of a coalition of the Liberal and Country parties in 1949‚ Immigration Minister Harold Holt allowed 800 non-European refugees to remain in Australia and Japanese war brides to enter Australia. Over subsequent years Australian
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Does Australia need a national identity? "Australia needs sudden shocks of reorientation within its society that will divorce it from the largely irrelevant problems of the British‚ make it possible to speed necessary changes and to develop some new sense of identity‚ some public feeling of being a people who can be described - even if incorrectly - as such-and-such a kind of nation‚ and act at times as if it were so. Australians are anonymous‚ featureless‚ nothing-men. This modest anonymity reveals
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Cultural Differences between Australia and mongolia The culture of Australia and Mongolia is different and cannot be ignored whilst doing business. The sets of values‚ beliefs and rules help by Mongolians is essentially different from Australians therefore it is important to understand what are the cultural norms and values that are prevalent in Mongolian society in order to avoid miscommunication and enable a prosperous business future between Australian and Mongolia business firms. Mongolians
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