funding to private schools while cutting the funding to public schools (Save Our Schools (c)‚ 2016). If the federal and state government continue to fund private schools more than public schools‚ then they are creating an education inequality in Australia. This system will only strengthen the already privileged students and will continue to disadvantage
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alphabet‚ it clearly became the basis for the establishment of the English‚ Greek and Latin alphabets that were further developed by people that lived during the Western civilizations. It was through the hieroglyphics that the concepts of vowels and consonants evolved‚ and the improved alphabets were effectively merged with different Western languages that enabled them to use better methods of communication (Budge‚ 2009). The legacy that the establishment of hieroglyphics has left to the modern era
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The issue of gifted education revolves around two main elements- identification of gifted learners and maximising their learning outcomes. Senate Employment‚ Workplace Relations‚ Small Business and Education References Committee Inquiry into the Education of Gifted and Talented Children (2001) emphasised on the need for special educational approach towards the gifted children. The Melbourne Declaration on the Educational Goals for Young Australians (MCEETYA‚ 2008) also expects of Australian school
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Methamphetamine – most commonly used drug in Australia. It has become the single biggest health and law issue for regional communities. Methamphetamine is an extremely addictive drug that immediately creates a feeling of intense euphoria that quickly fades away‚ resulting in repeating dosages by users. It elevates the levels of dopamine in the brain‚ forming extreme motivation‚ pleasure and motor function. Repeated use of the drug may have effect such as sleeplessness‚ aggression‚ psychiatric
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of relieving pain and agony. The people who opt for euthanasia suffer from an incurable and painful disease or are in an irreversible coma. Euthanasia has been the subject of much moral‚ religious‚ philosophical‚ legal and human rights debate in Australia. At the core of this debate is how to
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In this presentation I’ll explain why voluntary euthanasia should be legalised in Australia when a person is suffering from a terminal illness or are already in the late stages of an illness that cannot be cured. Euthanasia is known as the practice of deliberately ending a life which releases an individual from an incurable disease or intolerable suffering. This mercy killing is often referred as an easy and painless death. This can be done from the request of a dying patient or that person’s
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self-obsessed and lazy. However‚ that is most definitely not the case! The majority of us are clearly not like that‚ not one little bit. An unfair judgement has been cast over teens for as long as teenagers have been a thing. A lot of teens in Australia are not like the typical stereotypes‚ so why is there such a negative opinion surrounding us? Without a doubt‚ the stereotype that teens are violent‚ drug crazy‚ sex obsessed alcoholics is one of the biggest misconceptions. In the rare cases that
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of Aboriginal children from their mothers‚ families and cultural heritage was commonplace. There were several reasons that the government and white society used to justify the separation but the prevailing ideology of nationalism and maintaining Australia for the ‘whites’ was the over-riding motivation and justification for their actions[1]. Progressive sciences such as anthropology espoused such theories as eugenics‚ miscegenation‚ biological absorption and assimilation which legitimated governmental
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achieve better outcomes for children and young people in contact with child protection officials (Harris 2007). It is a strength-base model originating from New Zealand that has spread into the child protection arena across various Western countries including Australia (McArthur & Winkworth 2006). In FGC‚ the decision-making process provides the child or young person‚ their immediate and extended family members‚ their child protection officials as well as other members of their community concerned
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through many new empires‚ events and groups of people which included the Muslims‚ the Catholic Church‚ the Barbarian invasion‚ and the Byzantium Empire. These people and events influenced the way Western civilization has developed today. One period in history that had many contributions to the way western civilization has developed today is the middle ages. The idea that the Middle Ages were "dark ages" has been exaggerated a lot. In fact the middle ages are split into three distinct time periods
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