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    An injury is classified as an external force (event) which causes physical harm to an individuals body. Minor injuries could lead to repairable damage‚ while more serious conditions may lead to reduced functioning of the body‚ permanent disability or in some cases death. Injuries may be accidental such as: Motor vehicle accidents - Burns Drownings - Sporting injuries Falls - Poisoning Or they could

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    Research Question: What are effective strategies for reducing alcohol consumption in Indigenous Australian in the community? Background The health of the aboriginal community continues to be poor‚ with the life expectancy of 20-25 years less than the life expectancy of other Australians. According to the Australian Bureau of statistics‚ premature death and high morbidity have a significant impact on communities‚ where individuals and families experience continual loss (Australian Bureau of

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 Eddie Mabo fought and won a 10-year battle on land rights. Source: Supplied GAIL Mabo was a teenager when her father Eddie‚ a proud Torres Strait Islander‚ sat her down and promised her: "One day‚ my girl‚ all of Australia is going to know my name." It was 1985. Three years earlier‚ the man from remote Mer Island at the top of Australia launched a bold land rights claim in the High Court‚ and his

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    Discuss why Aboriginal deaths in custody happened and the importance of the Royal commission. In the late 20th century‚ Australia?s indigenous peoples were 29 times more likely to be put in jail than other Australians; 20 times more likely to be picked up by the police; less likely to receive bail or have legal representation in the court; and more likely to plead guilty. At the same time‚ indigenous peoples were less likely to be called up for jury duty than other Australians. The Aboriginal Legal

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    famous for campaigning for Indigenous land rights. He was born on the 29th of June‚ 1946‚ on Murray Island‚ in the Torres Strait. Eddie Mabo married Bonita Newhow and together they had ten children. In 1982 Eddie Mabo and four other Torres Strait Islanders initiated action against the Australian Authorities calming ownership of their land on Murray Island. Eddie Mabo was exiled from Murray Island when he was sixteen. During this time he lived and worked across Northern Queensland. He began talking

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    The impact of criminal law on the justice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People The criminal justice system is made up of practices and institutions of governments‚ which focus on upholding social control‚ deterring and mitigating crime‚ or sanctioning those who violate law with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts (Reviews 2013). Criminal law‚ as an institution of justice‚ focuses on the body of law that relates to crime (Reviews 2013). The purpose of this paper is to discuss

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    Families and Communities Research Methodologies: * Phone Interviews * Internet Observation 1) Meaning of Support Services and the purpose. Support networks are networks of personal or professional contacts available to a person or organization for practical or moral support when needed‚ it includes facilities and people who interact and remain a confidential communication style for mutual assistance. The purpose of certain services in communities is to provide available support

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    WRITING AN INTRODUCTION FOR AN ESSAY Good introductions provide: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. a clear and detailed map of what is in the essay; a thesis statement - a statement of the writer’s main argument; a sentence which delimits the scope of the essay; interesting statements that engage the reader’s attention; and background information. ACTIVITY 1 Read through Introduction A. Identify which of the sentences perform the functions listed above. Then go to the end of this information flyer and check how well

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    maintains the basic principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) in the Australian Public Service (APS). To that end‚ Workplace Diversity Plans include measures to address employment- related disadvantages of women‚ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people‚ people of non-English

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    player weighs about 185 pounds. The average weight of a full NHL hockey team consisting of 24 players is about 4‚500 lbs. Coaches in the NHL do not want their players too weigh more than 200 though because as Mike Milbury the coach of the New York Islanders put it " when a player is as big as a football player (approx. 250 lbs.). It is harder for a player to move quickly and elude an upcoming check". In the NFL‚ it is the opposite of the NHL. The coaches don’t want their players too weigh less than

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