Dryland Salinity risk. This map shows the amount of dryland salinity in the states of Australia. There appears to be a high amount of salinity in Western Australia‚ South Australia‚ Tasmania‚ New South Wales and Tasmania. There are medium dryland salinity risks in every states as well as the amount of low dryland salinity. There is nil (zero) amount of dryland salinity mainly in Western Australia‚ South Australia. There also few nil salinities in Northern Territory‚ Queensland‚ New South Wales. The
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Education I am a student and a pre-service teacher in Australia. I have been lucky to have had a quality education. I am looking forward to graduate and become a full time teacher. It has been a rather challenging experience since people from my race still face some inequalities albeit minor in various sectors including education. I have always wondered what the source of these inequalities were and thus decided to carry out a study in the history of Australia in general but in particular within the Australian
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1. What are the strategic capabilities of IKEA? From the VIRO table (appendix 1) IKEA’s strategic capabilities are grouped into the following categories - Brand/quality reputation Financial strength Production capacity. Brand/Quality reputation IKEA operates (in 2002) 154 stores in 22 countries and serviced 286 million customers. With a 14% share of the market (in America)‚ there is huge opportunity for growth via a continued marketing campaign to leverage off its brand‚ differentiating
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The Competitive Advantage of Nations – Michael E. Porter Porter describes how companies succeed in international markets. His theory is based on a four-year study of patterns of competitive succes in ten nations. Porter argues that companies achieve competitive advantage through acts of innovation. He explains why certain companies in certain nations are capable of consistent innovation with his diamond of national advantage model. This model describes for different attributes of a nation that determine
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in next week and able to accept that work. The unemployment is the major crisis in recent years as it affects the whole economy of the country. The rate of employment growth is less than the rate of population growth in Australia. Hence‚ result in rise in unemployment in Australia. Unemployment is the major hurdle in the economic and social development of the country. It results in poverty‚ despair‚ poor standard of living‚ low GDP‚ less revenue of government‚ social crimes etc. As per the latest
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Essay Hypothesis Australia should ban the indefinite mandatory detention of asylum seekers‚ and pursue a policy of Community Placement for those at stage two of the application process. Abstract Stage two indefinite mandatory detention should be banned in Australia. Enormous financial resources are being used to detain a vulnerable group that make up only 0.3 per cent of all immigration intake. As a signatory to the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees‚ Australia has legal and humanitarian
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in which they hope to be granted refugee status. The Australian public opinion towards asylum seekers has often been unwelcoming at best and hostile at worst and this is often the way the media has portrayed the influx of people seeking asylum in Australia. Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s asylum seeker policy aims to tackle people smuggling. The Government is stepping up efforts to process asylum seekers offshore‚ and has recently negotiated a refugee swap deal with Malaysia. Opposition Leader
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against gender bias and discrimination gave me the confidence to feel free to explore opportunities and feel like I could contribute positively to the development of Australia’s society. Julia Gillard becoming the first female Prime Minister of Australia during my early teenage years also contributed to the development of self-confidence as a
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Should Australian Government Take Actions On Reducing Obesity? By: Shane Gotama Obesity is one of the largest health issues that are often discussed in Australia. Australia has claimed the third spot for the country with the highest obesity rates in the world. This is proven by the drastic increase of obesity rates for both adult and children in the past few years. Health researchers found that the average BMI of Australian men rose from 24.9 in 1980 to 27.6 in 2008‚ while for women the numbers
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Cyber bullying is the use of the Internet and related technologies such as mobile phones‚ to harm other people‚ in a deliberate‚ repeated‚ and hostile manner. Cyber bullying is a growing problem as it is out of the jurisdiction of most schools and generally done behind closed doors. Many teenagers who are faced with a cyber bully do not report the bullying‚ but instead dwell on the subject‚ causing them to become depressed‚ anxious and more times than one suicidal. In recent years‚ cyber bullying
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