Good morning ladies and gentlemen I am here today to discuss the water crises for south east Queensland‚ this is an issue which is related to the topic of environmental economics a Very important issue that is not only affecting the south east region of Australia but all of our country in some way. This seminar will also evaluate this water crisis using criteria to provide recommendations to the state government Key issues Water is our most precious natural resource. As well as supporting life
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Catherine Freeman was born in Mackay in Queensland. She won her first gold medal at a school athletics championship when she was eight years old. Catherine Freeman’s stepfather‚ Bruce Barber‚ coached her until 1989. Catherine Freeman’s family did not have a lot of money and‚ like many Australian Aboriginals‚ suffered discrimination from white people. Catherine remembers winning one race at a primary school competition‚ when she had to watch on as the white girls she had beaten received trophies
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Assess the effectiveness of the law reform process in achieving just outcomes in regards to native title Native title is a legal right on Indigenous Australian Communities to live on and use land with which they have an ongoing association. Native title has been an issue as its difficult determining whether Australia was ‘terra nullius’ and it wasn’t the Indigenous ad to prove they have traditional links with the land. The conditions that have led to reform to the ‘terra nullius’ claim were by aboriginal
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Since European colonisation in 1788‚ Indigenous people have been treated as second class citizens by the Australian Government. Furthermore‚ Indigenous Australians have struggled with land rights and in numerous other ways in Australian history. The lack of Indigenous rights was most evident before Federation in 1901.They slowly began to gain rights after Federation. The most significant changes were after the 1967 referendum‚ which aimed to increase indigenous equality‚ following. Historical evidence
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LOA LEAVE OF ABSENCE CANCELLATION OF ENROLMENT 1. PERSONAL DETAILS Family name: Home telephone number: First name: Work/mobile telephone number: NOTE: This form is NOT to be used by students undertaking Research Higher Degrees‚ Miscellaneous Studies‚ or Cross-Institutional Study. If you are an International student you must make an appointment with an International Advisor before completing the form. Students undertaking Honours Programs should use the Change to Course Enrolment/Cancellation
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outcomes which arise when they fail to adequately exercise a duty of care are often disastrous. A study prepared for the national study into racist violence found that over 80 per cent of Aboriginal juveniles in detention centres in New South Wales‚ Queensland and Western Australia alleged that they had been assaulted by police on at least one occasion (Cunneen‚ 1991). In addition‚ there was a strong tendency on the part of those interviewed to see the violence as something normal and to be expected (Cuneen
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and far north Queensland. Results from the (Taylor & Kirsten 1999) surveys highlight the need for closer examination of sites previously recorded on the Victorian Wildlife
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predominantly an Australian play. It is adapted by Philip Dean from Nick Earls’ award-winning novel and it provides a traditional view of life in Australia. Therefore‚ this play would be a wonderful introduction to the Australian content for the Queensland Theatre Company 2014 program. This presentation will explain how Australian customs and values have been represented through the following four elements: characters‚ setting‚ themes and language choices in the script. These four elements work together
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register under the State jurisdiction within which they intend to raise funds and must be registered in each and any State within which they intend to publicly raise funds. For example‚ in Queensland charities must register with the QLD Office of Fair Trading.[13] An example of a registered charity in Queensland‚ Australia is Sunnykids so whilst Sunnykids can publicly raise funds for charitable purposes‚ and whilst such donations are tax deductible in every Australian State and Territory - the funds
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Queensland Ballet‚ an artistic ballet school based in the Thomas Dixon Centre in West End‚ Brisbane‚ is at the top when it comes to how they are going in terms of dance. The company has been improving ever since it’s establishment. It has now reached the point where people from all around the world are buying tickets to go and see a stunning piece performed by some of the most talented ballerinas in Australia. The pieces that they perform usually have aspects of both ballet and contemporary dance
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