Executive Summary The cause of American debt ceiling crisis was the substantial increase in defense expenditure continuing recession in the domestic economy‚ which led the government had to borrow more than the legal limit. There has been a long bitter debate of whether or not to raise the debt ceiling since this would influence a lot on capital market. Advantages of this measure is rising the debt ceiling would avoid disruption on treasury financing market‚ which is widely used as collateral. And
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third most significant challenging facing this country‚ well ahead of other nations and second only to the economy and global warming. As we enter the last year of the second term of the Rudd-Gillard Governments‚ mental health remains very much ‘unfinished policy business’. This is despite Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s bold commitment in the election campaign in 2010 to make
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The media is primarily used to disseminate information. It is a platform for communication between the people and those who hold authority. In today’s world the media has an immense role in the functioning of society and has the ability to reach a mass audience through technologies such as print‚ Internet‚ television‚ film and radio. There has been increasing concern over the growing concentration of media ownership as well as how this increased media control influences and shapes democracy. Concentrated
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Economics Assignment DEVELOPING NATION-SRI LANKA Overview Located in the northern Indian ocean‚ under the Indian sub-continent the tiny island of Sri Lanka houses a variety of different cultures‚ religions‚ and languages that all co-exist among each other. Among these cultures and religions the nation also provides sanctuary for five major races the: Singhalese‚ Tamils‚ Burghers‚ Malays and Muslims. Accompanying its five major races the country has also developed four major religions‚ including;
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March 14 2013 How has the nature of family life changed in Australia over the past 50 years and what impact has this had on Australian society ? Society and culture The nature of family life in Australia’s has changed over the past 50 years mainly due to advances in technology‚ changes in gender roles and also because of who has power and authority in todays modern families. As a result of these changes‚ Australia’s society has been impacted in many ways. For example‚ there has been an
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through rapid cross cutting between Max and Furiosa’s fights scenes‚ placing equal value on both fights and hence demonstrating Furiosa’s equal strength and capability. This reflects the changed values of 21st century societies where women such as Julia Gillard and Helen Clark can take up the same leadership roles as men. However‚ Miller portrays the “wives” as child-bearers for the warlords through a close up of the engorged belly of a dying pregnant wife in which Immortan Joe’s concerned tone as he
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The Change of The Rights and Freedoms of Australian Women Over The Past 100 Years The progression of the rights and freedoms of women has changed drastically over the past 100 years. Women have felt the need to stand up for their rights and change the traditional stereotype of women from‚ weak and unambitious to strong and determined beings. There were two main time periods where their rights were recognized throughout Australia. The first took place in the early 20th century‚ where women rallied
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already had established firm structures around gender and against gender bias and discrimination gave me the confidence to feel free to explore opportunities and feel like I could contribute positively to the development of Australia’s society. Julia Gillard becoming the first female Prime Minister of Australia during my early teenage years also contributed to the development of self-confidence as a
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Using examples from recent editions (from the last 6 months) of a particular English language newspaper published in Asia‚ examine how Australia and Australian issues are being reported in the newspaper. In your essay‚ provide a context for understanding Australia’s role in the region. You can draw on the readings for topic 2 for this. Make sure you include a thesis statement/proposition in your introduction‚ explaining what the central argument of your essay is. For example‚ it may be that discussion
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Fiscal policy 2 2.1. Definition of Fiscal 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
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