Neo-liberalism The underlying problems remains in the ideology that was responsible for the changing perspective of the Australian society towards single mothers. Neoliberal ideology encourages economic participation whereby individuals are expected to fulfil certain responsibilities for the family and community. It also emphasis on individual’s responsibility and independency which is incompatible with care work role single mothers have to do‚ but yet the policies introduced were fundamentally based
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INTRODUCTION Volunteering is an act whereby a person gives out personal time to do something good without gaining any financial rewards. This is ‘classical’ meaning which has changed by social transformations into ’new ’ volunteering in recent years. The volunteers now have specific expectations and also volunteering has become project orientated ( Rehberg‚ 2005). METHODS FINDINGS The purpose of the study was to find why Australians do volunteering and three themes were found and these are
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Introduction It is increasingly evident and widely accepted in the literature and the popular press that academic dishonesty among students‚ in particular plagiarism in assessments‚ is at all time high and still on the rise in Australian universities (Marsden‚ 2003; Park‚ 2003; Walker‚ 1998). Plagiarism has received worldwide attention because the cases of plagiarism seem to increase in the field of higher education. There have been many studies inquiring into the reasons why students plagiarise
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Assignement 2 Lecturer: Ruhina Karim 26.08.2013 * Executive summary The purpose of this report is to review corporate and government debt market of Australia. The report illustrates effect of GFC to Australian corporate and government debt markets and how Australia managed debt market during that period. The main finding are that Australian economy was not effected in that extend as rest of the world. Australian banks were concentrated in domestic market rather than investing offshore. Also government
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Understanding these two theories is imperative for exporters trying to expand into the diverse and complex Chinese market. Introduction: Cross-Cultural Analysis The Australia -China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) is offering the opportunities for Australian exporters to a gain more sustainable competitive advantages in the second largest economy in the world. Chinese domestic economic growth‚ liberalisation‚ and recent membership to the World Trade Organisation have given opportunities for Australian exporters
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World War I‚ it took eighteen months to return 260‚000 Australian soldiers to their home and with them they brought the world-wide “Spanish influenza’ epidemic‚ which caused almost 12‚000 deaths in Australia. The soldiers had been told they would return to a land fit for heroes but Australia’s economy could not quickly adjust to the addition of so many workers. Initially 417‚000 men had enlisted in the AIF‚ which resulted in women emerging from their homes to fill the jobs left empty in support
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including all EU countries and major Asian countries such as Hong Kong and Singapore which have adopted IFRS almost in their entirety. (KPMG‚ 2006‚ pp.11) The adoption of IFRS in Australia through the Australian equivalents of International Financial Reporting Standards (AIFRS) since the beginning of 2005 has reflected how Australia is also part of global momentum for consistency and high quality of financial reporting. Since the formation of International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) in 1973‚
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Operating a Franchise in Australia Contents Introduction 2 Discussion 3 Conclusion 11 References 12 Introduction The major issues or background of the essay is the need to review the franchisee code of conduct in Australia and verifying the amendments those took place in 2008 and 2010. The key points for this review are issues like questions of good faith in franchising‚ the various rights of franchisees at the end of their franchise agreements for example recognition for any contribution
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Introduction Traditionally Australia has had government involvement in employment relations through laws governing terms and conditions of employment such as Work Choices and Fair Work Act. Australian workers have in general worked under “Awards” which set out minimum conditions for employment. The last few years have seen almost constant change in the nature of the Australian workforce and the regulations with the introduction of new legislation‚ and disagreement over the extent to which the
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SUPERMARKET INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA TABLE OF CONTENT SUPERMARKET INDUSTRY CHARATERISTIC Supermarket industry market size Shopping habits Industry employment and their wages Basis of competition Market segmentation Product and services segmentation Positive growth factors The Porter’s Five Forces Model Supermarket industry attractiveness MAJOR COMPETITION Keys competitors Financial ratio analysis Sales growth Ebit margin Ebitda margin Inventory days Current ratio Return on investment
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