On the 6th of November 1999 Australia was very close to becoming a republic. There was a 4% difference in the vote for the referendum with 46% of voters in favour for Australia to become a republic and 54% of voters against becoming a republic winning by the smallest margin. But why become a republic? First of all a republic is a state in which the supreme power resides in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly but them (Macquarie
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Jacob Perrino 1st hour 9-7-14 second draft Musical Culture in Australia Musical history in Australia has become part of America because of the fact that lots of bands in the U.S. have originated from Australia. Australian music has an extensive history stretching back to the indigenous and colonial societies. Australian music is a part of the unique heritage of a 40‚000-60‚000 year history. The Australian musical sound is about recognition of rhythmic patterns derived
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United Kingdom (UK) and Australia respectively. Examples of these statutes include the Statute of
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Committee: General assembly Topic: Cybercrime Country: Australia. Cybercrime is a global problem for all the parties: Government‚ industry and individuals. The dangers come from nation states but also non- state actors. In the matter of concern‚ the dispute between India and China‚ Australia is a neutral country as it has neither treaties nor any special ties to either. Both are trading partners ranking 4th and 1st highest‚ but Australia’s foreign policies leave much of transnational
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proposed to open Old Town White Coffee in Australia. In our report‚ it is prepared in according to a formal report that have contained a table of content list‚ introduction of Old Town White Coffee business in Malaysia‚ PESTLE factors of political‚ economic‚ social and technological factor of Australia‚ proposed method of entry‚ recommendations and conclusions. Old Town White Coffee is chosen as the business to implement in Australia. The PESTLE factors of Australia are investigated and the proposed method
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Australia is a lucky country Introduction “Australia is a lucky country‚ run by second-rate people who share its luck”. Donald Horne wrote this quote in 1964. To understand this quote‚ we first have to understand‚ who is Donald Horne? Donald Horne’s full name is ‘Donald Richmond Horne’‚ or for that matter‚ Professor Donald Richmond Horne. He was born on the 26th of December 1921‚ and deceased on the 8th of September 2008. He was an Australian journalist‚ to say the least. He was also a writer‚ social
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Is Australia considered a lucky country? This question is asked by people all around the world‚ from countries such as America all the way to Russia. Australia is home to many; people from all countries on earth decide to come to this beautiful country‚ my family included. Most young people living in Australia don’t consider it a lucky country‚ however if they have been to countries such as Syria‚ Egypt or even local neighbours such as Thailand they would understand how lucky they really are. Australia’s
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of Aboriginal children from their mothers‚ families and cultural heritage was commonplace. There were several reasons that the government and white society used to justify the separation but the prevailing ideology of nationalism and maintaining Australia for the ‘whites’ was the over-riding motivation and justification for their actions[1]. Progressive sciences such as anthropology espoused such theories as eugenics‚ miscegenation‚ biological absorption and assimilation which legitimated governmental
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The Industrial Revolution had a great impact on not only Great Britain‚ but Australia as well. Wool‚ wheat and mining where just a few of the things that Australia provided during the 1800s. Australia provided Great Britain with many raw materials in the nineteenth century such as wool‚ to meet the demands of the new textile industry‚ wheat to feed the population and increase what was growing on British farms‚ metals such as gold‚ copper‚ lead‚ zinc‚ silver and tin‚ and other materials such as
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Australia uses four statutory ‘tests’ to determine the residence of an individual. An individual that satisfies the conditions in any one of the four tests is an Australian resident. An individual does not have to be a resident of another country in order to be a non-resident in Australia. Being a resident of another country (as determined by the tax law of that country) does not mean that person cannot be a resident of Australia as well. In fact‚ that is one of the important roles a Double Tax Agreement
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