World War One was a war that affected Australia, its culture and history in ways that are still prevalent in today’s society. The hardships that the war placed on the country and its people helped to allow Australia to adapt and change to manage these issues in the best way possible for the continuation of Australia’s prosperity and cultural growth. However this also brings up the question as to whether or not World War One did not actually help bring the people of Australia together, but instead divided the Australian nation on multiple levels. There are many arguments as to why this is often believed to be the case, but there are also many other arguments which go against this idea stating that this war actually helped unify the nation due…
By early 1916, recruiting in Australia had raised sufficient troops to replace the ANZAC losses. The Australian Imperial Force in Egypt was expanded to four divisions before being transferred to the Western Front, with a fifth division raised in Australia.…
Australia’s health care system strengths are Medicare the government-funded schemes and arrangements aim to give all Australians access to adequate, affordable health care, irrespective of their personal circumstances. Medicare also subsidises a wide range of prescription pharmaceuticals under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). Under the PBS, Australians pay only part of the cost of most prescription medicines bought at pharmacies (AIHW 2012). Australia’s health care have too many others strengths to list take for examples Australia’s stand for health prevention of any diseases, prevention of chronic diseases alliance, and there is the “on the move programme” to encourage everyone to stay healthy regardless of age or gender. WHO (2011)…
After WW2, Australia felt that the population was too small to defend itself in case of another event. It also felt that Australia needed an economic boost and an increase in the population was the way to do so. In a speech to parliament in 1944, Immigration Minister Arthur Calwell expresses the need for migrants; “…Only by filling this land can we establish a title to hold it” (House of Representatives, Debates, 1944, vol. HR177, p.935). The Chifley Labor government’s aim in the late 1940s was to attract British migrants to Australia with free passage or “assisted migration”. So the government used advertisements to go after the British in the 1950’s by using positive images such as “sunshine and smiles” to attract more citizens. The idea of owning your own home and living in a laid-back, liberal community appealed to some and so the government assisted the migrants in coming to Australia by providing them with accommodation, work and support. Yet the propaganda of “sunshine, salesmen and subsidies...” did not attract the numbers of British migrants needed to achieve the goals set, and so the Australian government broadened its migration policy to other areas of Europe.…
Role of epidemiology: The role of epidemiology is defined as the study of rates and patterns of illness, disease and injury amongst specific population groups. The information collected is via hospital usage, health professionals and surveys. The identification of specific health trends is then used to establish health priorities, and to guide the decision-making, resource allocation and programs of all public and private sectors involved in health care and health promotion in Australia. There is a signification limitation of Epidemiology as it does not provide information about a person’s quality of life in a holistic sense, nor does it accurately describe the socio-cultural, socio-economic and environmental determinants of health.…
Australia’s Migration Policies and how they have changed over time. With a focus on the period since 1945 Migration laws in Australia have been updated and changed notably post World War II. These changes have affected Australia's political scene and economical value immensely since the 1940s and continue to have an effect today. The Australian population heavily fluctuated in the 1940s, taking citizens in at a capacity that was entirely new for Australia. Migration laws today have changed a considerable amount since then, with Australia ever evolving and adapting to the foreseeable needs of the nation.…
Australia’s growing and ageing population has impacted the health service and its workforce in many different ways…
America has the most costly healthcare system in the world, yet underperforms compared to many other countries including Germany (Davis, 2007). Some of the areas that the U.S. ranks last on are access, safety, and efficiency. Germany spends less on healthcare, yet performs higher in these areas.…
Australia’s health care systems are designed in a way that majority of funds and resources are used on curative services and facilities such as pharmaceuticals and hospitals. Health promotion is embracing a new preventative approach by using the effectiveness of the Ottawa charter.…
Personally, I believe that Australia is a better place to live in because evidence shows that…
There are many effects of British colonisation on Indigenous Australians. One of the worst impacts was the loss of land. The land is the sole provider of food, medicine and other basic needs to Indigenous Australians. It is also the main part of their spiritual and cultural beliefs.…
If your latest battle with your health insurance has you pounding your head with frustration, “Sick Around the World” on PBS may spur you to more drastic action, like leaving the United States altogether. In this “Frontline”, the Washington Post reporter T. R. Reid travels to five countries Britain, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, and Switzerland that manage to provide some form of universal health coverage to their populations. In each nation, he reports, insurance premiums are significantly lower than those in America (in Britain there are none), and the waiting time to see a doctor is either tolerable (in Britain) or nonexistent.…
The United States has one of the worst health care systems in the world and is the only developed democracy without a universal health care system. France has a universal health care system that is funded by taxes from income, from pharmaceutical companies, and health harming products such as tobacco. There is a co-payment for certain services, but every citizen is entitled to health care. France spent 10% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on health care in 2000. Denmark, interestingly enough, has a universal health care system that is free to all citizens. It is government funded, 82.2% by taxes. Citizens are required to pay for procedures such as cosmetic surgery if it is not for a health purpose. Denmark spent 8.4% of GDP on health care in 2000. Australia also has a universal health care system that spent about 8.5% of GDP on health care in 2000 (Health care systems). The United States government spent 15.3% of their GDP on health care in 2003. In the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an organization of developed countries around the world, 15.3% is more than any other country spends. The average is 8.2%. The United States also spent $6,500 per capita on health care, which again is more…
A categorization of the areas in which Australians live has been developed - taken from a study of population and remoteness. These classifications have been divided into three main categories; metropolitan, rural and remote. Approximately 70% of Australians live in metropolitan zones – generally speaking, the lesser the population, the poorer the health experienced by the people. Life-expectancy varies within geographic location; those living in urban areas can expect to live longer than those living in remote areas, and to a lesser extent, those living in rural areas. The total death rate for those living in metropolitan areas are 6% lower than for those living in large rural centres and 20% lower than for those living in remote…
HealthCare is an important piece of criteria to determine which country is the best place to live in because it is important to have good HealthCare so you can stay away…