Australia‚ Asia and the World (week 2) Topic 1- A citizen of the world Topic 2- Identity‚ values and worldviews Topic 3- Cultural Literacy Encountering Strangers Terra Nullius- Land belonging to no one “In this world through which I travel‚ I am endlessly creating myself” Franz Fanon‚ Black Skin White Masks Communities of People People coming together for a common cause‚ connecting in a world of strangers. Recognising common humanity Connecting across differences Accountability and responsibility
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filter on the internet to prevent access to inappropriate material. In 2011‚ the people of Australia and its politicians alike have expressed major concerns over this introduction of a censorship‚ as the vast amount of ethical and practical problems associated with this scheme are triggering the debate. Good morning‚ my name is Amanda and I strongly oppose the introduction of internet censorship in Australia for multiple reasons. * Firstly and most importantly‚
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Australians for the last couple of years have been priding them selves on how multicultural we are as a nation and even though that is true with reports finding only 1 in 4 people in Australia are born in Australia. But Australia is still seen as one of the most racist countries in history and still show signs of its past in the present day. Many of my classmates tutorials shared the light on the racism on the racism taking fold 20 or 30 years ago but little talked about the problems facing our present
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Australia Tour Report We started our journey on 15th of March at around 6:00 AM from our school in Dubai to Abu Dhabi International Airport. Our travel to Sydney was arranged by BCD travels through Etihad Airways. The Flight was for about 14 hours and was generally fine but a bit uncomfortable. We landed in Sydney Airport on 16th of March at 8:00 AM. On day 1‚ we experienced the Bicycle Safari around Olympic Circuit. After the safari‚ we visited the ANZ Stadium and had a tour around it. The
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cane toad in Australia. The author of the article believes that it is possible to stop the spreading of the cane toad population. The lecturer casts doubt on the claims made in the reading. She thinks that taking the measures mentioned in the reading may be unsuccessful and seriously damage the ecology of Australia. First‚ the author points out that by using a nationwide fence the spreading of the cane toad can be stopped. The article mentions that this kind of method was used in Australia in the past
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“Symbols are useful in films as they help to communicate underlying meaning to the audience” Symbols are significantly important in the film Australia by Baz Lurhmann. They assist in depicting and understanding underlying meaning in the text. Symbols in the film are used to represent central themes such as‚ social class or standing through aspects like dress code. For instance‚ Lady Ashley’s umbrella and fancy hats are evidence of her wealth and power. Adventure and travel are also shown through
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breakers. Paragraph 1 Following the end of World War I‚ it took eighteen months to return 260‚000 Australian soldiers to their home and with them they brought the world-wide “Spanish influenza’ epidemic‚ which caused almost 12‚000 deaths in Australia. The soldiers had been told they would return to a land fit for heroes but Australia’s economy could not quickly adjust to the addition of so many workers. Initially 417‚000 men had enlisted in the AIF‚ which resulted in women emerging from their
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achieve a military victory‚ the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (or ANZACs as they have become known as) became a legend. What happened at Gallipoli made them an important part of Australian culture at a time when the newly-federated nation of Australia had not yet established herself at an international level. What is the legend? In theory‚ the legend is that the Australian and New Zealand troops helped to establish their countries’ reputations in the world through qualities of strength and bravery
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Australia currently has no nuclear facilities generating electricity‚ which is forcing the Australian Government to look towards nuclear energy as a great alternative. Nuclear energy is a growing controversial topic in Australia; because the demands of utilizing electricity are increasing rapidly. According to a recent study‚ Australia has 23% of the world’s uranium deposits and is the second largest producer of uranium. Which leads to one question‚ why isn’t Australia using nuclear
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PIRACY IN AUSTRALIA Professional Computing Practice - Assignment 1 Authors: Ornan Wei S3341875‚ Araunah Wei S3341874 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 4 2 ISSUES OF PIRACY 4 3 PIRACY SOLUTIONS 5 3.1 Stakeholders involved 5 3.2 Solution 1 6 3.3 Solution 2 6 3.4 Preferred solution 6 4 SURVEY 7 APPENDIX A: REFERENCES 8 APPENDIX B: KEY TERMS 9 1 INTRODUCTION As a first world nation‚ it is a surprised that Senator Brandis said that Australia is the worst offender of any
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