Australia does not have a codified Bill of Rights that protects the rights of Australians. Therefore the Australian legal system uses alternative methods like common law‚ which involves the judge making a decision in a case regarding human rights. The decision made will then become a precedent depending on the level of the court. The Australian Constitution is the other method in which Australia uses to protect the rights of people. The Constitution specifically protects rights like the right to
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The Vietnam war spanned roughly 20 years‚ making it the longest war Australia has fought to this day. The civil war made Vietnam into a warzone‚ but also affected the neighbouring countries of Cambodia and Laos. As a result of the war and estimated 1‚300‚000 civilians and soldiers were killed and almost 2 million civilians were forced to seek asylum elsewhere. During the war Vietnam was an extremely dangerous country to live in‚ hundreds of civilians died every day because of the conflict‚ causing
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Australia has many global and regional links with other countries in the world. A positive link that Australia has with other countries is International Aid. Aid provides new markets for Australia to import and export to‚ reduces poverty and provides better access to educational and medical services for those in need. But giving aid can encourage a ‘culture of dependence’ and aid can be distributes in the wrong way or to the wrong people. The Australian Government provides aid to developing countries
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Why did Australia become involved in World War Two? 1) Australia and Britain shared the same king. When the king of England declared war on Germany‚ Australia also was at war. Australia had no choice in the matter. 2) The public did not like the aggressive nature of Hitler’s ambitions. 3) Australians WANTED to support Britain. 4) It was a show of strength in an attempt to persuade Hitler to back down. 5) Germany and Japan directly threatened Australia’s security. 6) It was the right thing
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ACCM4300 - Financial Reporting Assignment Assignment 1. Identify the Head Corporation of Australia Post for Annual Report of 2011. The Head corporation of Australia Post is Australian Postal Corporation formerly known as Australian Postal Commission. 2. Identify the jointly controlled entities held by Australia Post at 30th June 2011. List the percentage of ownership interest. Australia Post has number of subsidiary and joint venture with national and international entities.
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1. South Australia (SA): SA’s nicknames are: Festival State‚ Better by Bike‚ The Wine State‚ The Defence State‚ The Creative State. Australian people from other states have another different name for SA: Crow Eaters. The reason for that name is because of the symbol on the flag of SA; it looks like a crow on a dinner plate. It is called The Wine State because it was becoming the dominant wine producing state by the beginning of the 20th century. It has more than 150‚000 acres of vineyards. Even
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A DECLINE IN PRODUCTIVITY IN AUSTRALIA OVER THE LAST DECADE TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. INTRODUCTION 2. PRODUCTION GROWTH ISSUES 3. PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE IN THE LAST DECADE 3.1 MINING 3.2 UTILITIES 3.3 INVESTMESNT 4. THE DECLINE IN PRODUCTIVITY 4.1 GROWTH IN THE LAST DECADE 4.2 TECHNOLOGY 4.3 INNOVATION 4.4 EDUCATION 5. CONCLUSION‚ RECCOMMENDATION & IMPLEMENTATION BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDIX A decline in productivity in Australia over the last decade Page 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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Australia Day is a public holiday held throughout the country on January 26‚ although celebrated as a wondrous occasion by many‚ it actually portrays the arrival of the First Fleet convict flotilla at Botany Bay‚ 1788. European settlers dispossessed the traditional owners of Australia‚ for this reason many Indigenous people refer to it as “Invasion Day” or “Survival Day.” As Professor Dodson agrees “We have to have a date that’s more inclusive than January 26.” The changing of the date of Australia
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On the 6th of November 1999 Australia was very close to becoming a republic. There was a 4% difference in the vote for the referendum with 46% of voters in favour for Australia to become a republic and 54% of voters against becoming a republic winning by the smallest margin. But why become a republic? First of all a republic is a state in which the supreme power resides in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly but them (Macquarie
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References Tables Table 1: International Young travellers’ online behaviour while travelling. Table 2: Summary of social networking usage Executive Resume This paper explains and explores the International young travellers segment in Australia‚ understanding the principal trends and need that affect the leisure activities that this particular group has. It also explains which are the most important and frequent activities within the segment and why are so important. Introduction Just
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