– the inequality between the rich and poor‚ and the growing inequality between wages and profits. Through looking at these two relationships we can see the worsening condition of the distribution of income and wealth in Australia. When looking at changes in income in Australia‚ the recent trends (as seen in diagram 1 and diagram 2) shows the top 20% or highest quintile‚ increasing their income share from an averaged 38% in 1994/95 to over 41% in 2007/08. This increase has resulted from the long
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problematically? Australian schools are comprised of a diverse population of students with a vast range of sociocultural factors shaping their individual and unique identities. In 2006‚ more than 50% of people living in Australia were migrants or had a parent who had migrated to Australia (ABS‚ 2006‚ p. 46). This demonstrates the prevalence of cultural diversity in the population which extends into Australian schools. Diversity has many faces‚ incorporating differences in culture‚ sexuality‚ gender identity
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in developed countries. Australia is one of these countries which depends mainly on coal as a source of energy generation. While diversification of power will reduce the emission of CO2‚ Australia is still using coal for electrical generation purposes. This essay will discuss the case both for and against the diversification of energy sources in Australia. It will focus on the environment impacts of burning fossil fuels as well as the importance of coal industry in Australia. There are a number of
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Under a market economy all decisions are made by individuals and private firms that are driven by self- interest. Without government intervention the Australia prone to the market failure in the allocation of resources efficiently. This market failure arises in the provision of certain goods and services and the inequitable distribution of income. The Australian government must intervene and address issues like those stated above to achieve desirable economic and social outcomes The need for government
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Imagine the world where obesity was just a myth? Unfortunately‚ it is not and obesity is a serious health issue throughout Australia. Obesity does not only have an impact on the physical sector of health but has on all aspect of health in a way. Obesity weakens nearly every quality of wellbeing. “Someone who is 40% overweight is twice as likely to die prematurely as is an average-weight person” (Information on Health Risks Associated with Obesity at MedicineNet.com‚ 2016). Obesity results from
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has shown that restorative justice conferences can reduce re-offending among juvenile offenders. What is restorative justice and what is the evidence to suggest it is effective? Word Count: 2‚589 There has been considerable interest in Australia since the late 1980’s in the use of restorative justice as an alternative to court proceedings. In particular‚ conferencing has been identified as a viable tool to reduce the seemingly proliferating level of offending amongst juveniles (Alder & Wundersitz
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and Australia are two of the furthest countries apart in the world‚ (15‚ 696 km by flight) 1 a substantial amount of physical trade is very hard to maintain due to the long shipping time and expenses. The fact that Japan and China two of the worlds largest manufactures are located close by doesn’t help. Nevertheless some Irish based companies manage to supply and deliver products to Australia‚ companies such as Cadbury Microsoft‚ Dell and Apple. However a major source of revenue for Australia comes
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Alcohol advertising in Australia ignores the long-term and short-term health risks associated with excessive alcohol consumption; these are detrimental to the Australian population of all ages‚ therefore they should be banned. Alcohol advertising is the promotion of alcoholic beverages by alcohol companies through a range of different media. Alcohol advertising is one of the most closely regulated forms of advertising‚ along with tobacco. The self-regulation system in Australia is not effective at protecting
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The International Cricket council announces the teams that will play for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. As of now the 10 full members will have been allotted their seats for the 2015 World Cup. This line up consists of Australia‚ Bangladesh‚ England‚ India‚ New Zealand‚ Pakistan‚ South Africa‚ Sri Lanka‚ West Indies and Zimbabwe. Four more affiliate member teams will join the lineup and will be chosen from teams that qualifies and wins at the 2013 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day and the 2014 Cricket
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policy 2 2.2. Expansionary Fiscal policy – indication of a budget deficit? 2 2.3. Contractionary Fiscal policy – indication of a budget surplus? 3 3. Expansionary and Contractionary Fiscal policy in Australia 3 4. Failure to predict the budget in 2012 – 2013 of the Labour Party 4 5. Fiscal policy in Australia between 2006 – 2013 5 6. Conclusion 6 References 7 1. Introduction The economy is relatively influenced by the government intervention. The use of government revenue collection and government
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