“As Australians we promulgate the value of a fair go. Yet there are individuals and groups in our society that experience extreme and persistent disadvantage that sets them apart from the rest of our society”. (Reference: Wise‚ S. (2011) “Advance Australia Fairly” Sydney Morning Herald. January 14‚ 2011) One of the most predominant values in Australian society is that of ‘mateship’ (Henslin‚ J.‚ A. Possamai and A. Possamai-Inesedy 2010‚ pg 49). Such a value promotes equality of life amongst Australians
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Introduction- With over 23 million persons‚ Australia has become the 52nd most populous country in the world. Population Demographics and its diversity have played a key role in shaping the very foundations of today’s culture. This can be seen through the transparencies of our local communities and the different profiles that co-exist within. This critical review will examine the population demographics of the Fairfield City Council. Through a number of sources including; (Fairfield a history
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Privacy under Australian law means the right for a person to be protected from intrusion into their personal lives and allows them to control the flow of their information. Privacy has been an issue for some time now and I agree with Igor’s summation of the law that it only provides little comprehensive protection. With people being surrounded by technology that continues to rapidly grow‚ many Australian’s are concerned with how their information is dealt with by organisations and individuals. Some
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background on the issue‚ together with links to relevant sites and documents. For a comprehensive‚ well-presented‚ study released in April 2006 and covering thesame ground as this e-brief‚ see Content‚ Consolidation and Clout: How will regional Australia be affected by media ownership changes? The Executive summary and key findings are available online here. The Constitutional Position The Commonwealth’s legislative controls on media ownership can be divided into two broad categories: specific
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Legalization of Euthanasia in Australia INTRODUCTION Today I’m going to talk about the legalization of Euthanasia in Australia and here is a personal story for you to think about. It’s been eight months since your father‚ once an active and energetic man‚ has been diagnosed with motor neuron disease. The effects of the disease are beginning to take their toll on him and now with his limited motor skills‚ he has recently been confined to a wheelchair. The doctors tell your family that he has less
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(beyondblue‚ n.d.; mind your head‚ n.d.). Affecting one in seven Australians in their lifetime‚ and approximately one million Australian adults in any one year‚ depression has the third highest burden of all diseases both internationally and in Australia (Black Dog Institute‚ 2012). Fortunately‚ the Council of Australian Governments Roadmap for National Mental Health Reform 2012-22 has committed to minimising the stigma and discrimination towards mental illnesses within
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The negative points of cloning greatly outweigh the positive. This is proved by the fact that cloning is currently illegal in Australia‚ so other people must feel the same way. With plant cloning‚ the genetic makeup is the same for each clone made from the same DNA. If the original DNA has a disease‚ all of the clones will have it too. Plant clones will also be vulnerable to the same diseases and environmental factors as the original plant. This means that if all the cloned plants are in one area
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article: Market leaders’ v/s Market followers Author Ruhi Lal Senior Lecturer Amity School of Communication (ASCO) Amity University‚ Sec-125‚ Noida‚ UP The author can be reached at rlal@amity.edu Abstract The article is aiming to study how big brands are losing their market share & what changes they are bringing in their marketing strategy to cope up with the current market scenario or to regain their market share. This study is focused on leadership in Indian market on various
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The Adversary System Evaluate the effectiveness of the Adversary System as a means of achieving justice. In Australia the Adversary System is used as a way of ensuring justice is achieved fairly‚ equally and easily accessed. This system was inherited from Britain and concerns two contrasting parties presenting their evidence before a neutral third party. This system of trial is successful in accomplishing several aspects of the legal system‚ such as protecting individual’s rights‚ meeting society’s
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IT helps Australian bank achieve carbon-neutrality National Australia Bank has adopted tri-generation‚ private cloud‚ modular data centres National Australia Bank (NAB)‚ one of Australia’s big four banks‚ has detailed how changes to its data centres helped the organisation to become carbon neutral in a white paper (PDF) issued by the Open Data Center Alliance. The bank says it has been carbon neutral since 2010‚ thanks in large part to work on its data centres‚ which account for 43% of all energy
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