Drought in Australia Definition: A drought is a prolonged‚ abnormally dry period when there is not enough water for users’ normal needs. Drought is not simply low rainfall; if it was‚ much of inland Australia would be in almost perpetual drought. Because people use water in so many different ways‚ there is no universal definition of drought. Drought occurs because rains are unreliable and in some years the ITCZ (Inner Tropical Convergence Zone = area of rainfall) may not move so far north.
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Weakness The downturn in the international financial crisis has compounded Australia’s tourism industry. Relevant departments recently predicted that Australia will be reduced by inbound tourists this year‚ more than 4% the past 20 years Australian tourism industry is facing the most severe blow. Australian Bureau of Statistics data released ‚2007-2008 Australian tourism contribution to gross domestic product was 3.6%‚ while this proportion was 4.7% previously. Therefore‚ the tourism industry
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Australian Human Rights Commission is an organisation in which targets protecting and promoting human rights all around Australia. Their mission is to make human rights values a necessity and a main part of everyday life‚ empowering all people to understand and exercise their human rights‚ and working with many other organisations‚ individuals‚ communities‚ and those affected. I believe that this organisation is a good representation of how Australia’s are doing their bit in order to help the less
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In Australia we live under values‚ the values are • Freedom – Australians have the freedom to have our say in what we believe‚ we have the freedom to do what we want if it is still under the law and not harming anyone else. For instance‚ we have the freedom to drive but we are not allowed to hurt someone while we are driving. Freedom is a good value in Australia because we can do what we want if it is safe without the government stopping us‚ we are able to say what we want‚ wear what we want and
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Toyota and Quality Issues Paper Howard Gripp‚ Melissa Hatfield‚ Leslie Stewart‚ Melinda Hoye Applied Business Research & Statistics (QNT/561) Professor Gerald Heidt University of Phoenix August 2‚ 2010 Toyota and Quality Issues Paper The quality of the Toyota products has not been up to company standards lately as there have been more customer complaints and serious lawsuits from customers. In 2010 alone‚ Toyota has had recalls on 400‚000 Avalons‚ 600‚000 Minivans‚ and over 400‚000 Prius
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Growing up Asian in Australia Stories for Study Growing Up Asian… Here are the stories you must read over the holidays from Growing Up Asian… : Chinese Lessons The Water Buffalo Wei Lee and Me Perfect Chinese Students Conversations with My Parents Five ways to Disappoint your Vietnamese Mother Look for common themes and the relationship to identity and belonging! Everyone has their battle scars from primary school. One of my worst was turning up at my school‚ a newly arrived child-migrant
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From the inner city to the outer suburbs‚ statistics tell us that there are several hundreds of people sleeping on the streets‚ in cars or who are simply homeless. And that is just in Melbourne alone. People are having difficulty all over Australia‚ and all over the world‚ with the majority not knowing where there next meal will come from. Brad Ellis‚ coordinator of project 614 (a Salvation Army bus that gives homeless a place to sleep) says that the main homeless youth in Melbourne are children
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supply-chain risk emerged in the study as a particularly important issue across industries. One of the reasons for such a high level of concern is that supply-chain disruptions can have a profound impact on a manufacturer’s sales and market share. Toyota‚ for example‚ lost production of 20‚000 cars--at a cost estimated at $200 million in revenue-after the 1995 Kobe earthquake disrupted production at a plant that was the automaker’s sole source supplier of brake shoes for domestic cars. While the stakes
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Political interpretations of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz include treatments of the modern fairy tale (written by L. Frank Baum and first published in 1900) as an allegory or metaphor for the political‚ economic and social events of America in the 1890s. Scholars have examined four quite different versions of Oz: the novel of 1900‚ the Broadway play of 1901‚the Hollywood film of 1939‚ and the numerous follow-up Oz novels written after 1900 by Baum and others. The political interpretations focus on
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countries you can visit. The country that I admire the most is Australia. Australia is my favorite country because it is a big island and it is an independent continent‚ and that is not the only reason. The other reasons are because of the unique cultures‚ and habitats‚ and the animals over there. I have never been to Australia‚ but I did research on it and I watched videos of Australia and the sight just seems so beautiful. I admire Australia because they have mostly had peace and had almost never been
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