Australian icons Flag of Australia Adopted • 3 September 1901 • The flag includes the Southern Cross‚ Union Flag (The Union Jack) and Commonwealth Star. The Commonwealth Star (also known as the Federation Star‚ the Seven Point Star‚ or the Star of Federation) is a seven-pointed star symbolising the Federation of Australia which came into force on 1 January 1901. Coat of arms of Australia Adopted • 19 September 1912 • Granted by King George V; an earlier design was granted by King Edward VII
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Nowadays‚ Australia is the most attractive‚ exotic and vibrant tourism destination. Thousands of tourists explore the wonder attractions and experience an extreme climate in Australia. This essay will contrast the Australia’s weather and natural features with a different fascinating continent such as South America. Firstly‚ the Australia’s weather shares similar conditions with South America. “ Australia experiences temperate weather for most of the year but the climate can vary due to the size
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Australia as a global citizen: Historically Australia and its political leaders have known their role in the global community being a part of many organizations designed to make the world a better place‚ and uphold the rights of humanity. Australia has been an integral part of the formation of the UN‚ and is one its most active members. The United Nations is an international organization with over 190 member states‚ its goal to avoid the recurrence of violent conflicts; to affirm fundamental human
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FTA’s allow Australia to trade more freely with other countries‚ e.g. a bilateral free trade agreement allows two countries to trade freely with limited tariffs. FTA’s will help Australia do more than just trade with other countries in goods. FTA’s allow trade in things like services‚ goods‚ etc... FTA’s will also encourage tourism and thus cultural exchanges between the countries involved in the FTA. By allowing Australia to trade more freely with other countries FTA’s will help boost Australia’s
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populous country‚ with a population of over 1.35 billion. China is the fourth largest country in the world behind Russia‚ Canada‚ and the United States. Australia is a continent and a country in the Southern Hemisphere‚ lying to the south of Southeast Asia‚ which divides the Indian and South Pacific Oceans. The population of Australia is 23 million. In 2009 China surpassed Japan to become Australia’s largest export market‚ the Australian and Chinese economies are strongly complementary
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outset of federation‚ Australia immediately constructed what has been termed the ‘White Australia Policy’. This consisted of attempts to keep Australia’s image to the rest of the world as a white European society‚ devoid of any other colors and ethnicities. Those that were of non-European descent were forced to assimilate to the European mode or face being ostracized from society. Following World War 2‚ there was increased pressure from the international community for Australia to change its current
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Election promises from Labor and liberals 2004 2004 is an election year in Australia and one of the issues that the parties have diverse election promises on is to which extent employers should be authorized to use casual workers‚ and what rights the casual workforce should be entitled to. Casual workers play a central part in the Australian labor market as it is the fastest growing form of employment. Next to Spain‚ Australia has the second largest casual workforce in the world (Munn‚ 2004)‚ with
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The White Australia Policy (WAP) was a policy that was introduced in 1901 by the newly federated government. It was officially known as the Immigration Restrictions Act 1901 and the Pacific Island Labourers Act 1901. These policies were put in place to keep Australia white for racial issues‚ economic issues and for the preservation of democratic freedom. In order for the WAP to work‚ a “Dictation Test” was put in place that would monitor who was allowed into the country such as undesirables including
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For instance‚ many people immigrants to Australia. They keep buying property such as a house‚ and demand of house keep rising‚ and price also increases too. It leads to unhealthy local economic‚ widening gap between property price and household income. Former foreign minister Bob Carr mentioned
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Social Welfare in Australia Social security in Australia is a system of social welfare payments provided by the Commonwealth Government of Australia. These payments are administered by the Department of Human Services. Most benefits are subject to a means test. Payments are made to a variety of groups of people; Indigenous students and New Apprentices‚ age pension‚ assistance for isolated children (families with a child who lives a fair distance from school)‚ carers‚ disability support pension
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