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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“Poetry is a powerful means of conveying important ideas.” Discuss this statement in reference to 3 poems you have studied as part of the Landscape Poetry Unit. In “Late Summer Fires” Murray initially establishes the powerful idea that there is an inextricable relationship between mankind and the landscape‚ in which nature suffers according to humankind’s treatment of it. He attributes the destructive fires and the death associated with them to Whiteman’s unsustainable farming practices. A dysfunctional
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The Current Australian flag is in need of a change because it leaves certain elements out that are crucial to the Australian Identity. The current flag represents a blue ocean which symbolises Australia as an island. The first component is the Union Jack‚ illustrating the link with Britain being our mother land. The second aspect is the Southern Cross‚ representing Australia because the constellation can only be seen from the southern hemisphere and is a reminder of Australia’s geography. The Commonwealth
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continent. In land area it ’s the sixth largest for a country and the smallest continent.<br><br>Australia is a very dry‚ thinly populated country. Very few coastal areas receive enough rainfall to support a large population. The largest group of Australian people live in two large cities‚ Sydney and Melbourne. The vast interior is mainly desert or grassland and there are very few settlements. As a whole‚ the country has a density of six people per square mile.<br><br>The down under is famous for vast
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Dingoes The dingo is an Australian wild dog that came to Australia about 4000 years ago. The dingo is found all around Australia except Tasmania. This dingo is found near the main lands with very good water source the dingo is a warm-blooded animal and it’s a carnivore that eats everything. This animal called a dingo is an endotherm which means a warm blooded animal. That survives on its body heat to keep it warm in winter. They are meat eaters‚ and try to feed mainly on this. If unavailable
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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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stereotypical “Australian” character. Winton’s focus on the overcoming of segregation in the novel‚ thoroughly emphasizes this notion of how after hardship‚ comes optimism‚ as once the family unites‚ there is this strong sense of optimism felt in the text. These ideas engage the reader to an extent of realisation that this text is one full of inspiration and encouragement‚ despite the hardship present at times. The cultural perspective of the novel incorporates the acknowledgment of the Australian identity
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report investigates the epic battle between the Australian Rugby League which has been around for 87 years and the Super League concept for the control of Rugby League in Australia. One man‚ Mr Rupert Murdoch‚ is trying to take over and run a rebel Super League to enhance his power and for financial gain. This Super League is proposed to run in 1996 with a 10 team competition as its prospectus. This report reviews the history of the Australian Rugby League‚ the battle between Mr.Murdoch and
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Despite the stereotypical Australian image being one of a rural setting the majority of Australia’s population is and always has been most concentrated in urban centres and capital cities. Forster refers to this Metropolitan Primacy as one of the most striking features of the Australian settlement pattern (Forster‚ 2004). The history of the development and urbanisation of Australia and its cities has been a unique process‚ which does not necessarily conform to the process seen in other countries
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The central theme of this essay is to what extent does the Australian curriculum achieve what it sets out to do. To answer this question‚ four main areas will be covered including‚ what the Australian Curriculum is‚ positions for and against the Australian Curriculum‚ the effectiveness of the Australian Curriculum and implications for the students when implementing the Australian Curriculum. Each of these four aspects considers literature to determine to what extent the curriculum is achieving what
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