OVER-EXTRACTION OF GROUNDWATER IN QUEENSLAND Prepared for: THE IDEAS SUMMIT ON THE ENVIRONMENT Due: 22 May 2013 Submitted: 22 May 2013 Prepared By: Katie Gray Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to focus on an aspect of environmental economics‚ namely over-extraction of groundwater in Queensland and provide and evaluate a possible solution for this issue. Groundwater is a valuable resource which is not being protected in Queensland. Its preservation is dependent on
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My dad‚ Eddie Mabo‚ a man who changed history * BY: SARAH ELKS‚ NORTH QUEENSLAND CORRESPONDENT From: The Australian June 01‚ 2012 12:00AM 9 comments * Increase Text Size * Decrease Text Size * Print * * Recommend | * 513 | * * Tweet 0 * * Eddie Mabo fought and won a 10-year battle on land rights. Source: Supplied GAIL Mabo was a teenager when her father Eddie‚ a proud Torres Strait Islander
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South-East Queensland Regional Plan‚ Sustainability South East Queensland (SEQ) is experiencing a substantial growth in population and is expected to have an extra one million people by 2026. To deal with the growing population‚ a regional draft plan has been created (Mackenroth 2005). It includes strategies and objectives (table 1) in an effort to achieve a sustainable South East Queensland in 2026. The regional growth will put enormous pressures on the social‚ economic and environmental aspects
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of the Aborigine land rights movement. Eddie Mabo/ the land rights movement played a substantially influential role in pushing exceedingly for the native title rights for the indigenous people and played a key role in the Native Title Act which extinguished terra nullius and acknowledged the land of the Indigenous people of Australia. This was consequently brought upon the people of Australia firstly by the Gurinhji strike‚ secondly by the Eddie Mabo case and lastly by the Wik case. These movements
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"The changes brought about by the adoption of New Public Management principles in policing related organisations have resulted in little improvement in the areas of performance and accountability." New Public Management and the Queensland Police Service Introduction The early 1990s saw a change in the way business was conducted and services delivered by Australian public sector organisations. This change was in synchronisation with the rising tide of globalisation that hailed in the ongoing necessity
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Important ideas are at the heat of every film. In your view‚ what important ideas are explored in Pleasantville also referring specifically to the opening montage? To survive in a society an individual needs to be able to cope with the changing society. The 1998 film Pleasantville‚ directed by Garry Ross is a social commentary on the changing values upheld in the 1950s contrasted to the 1990s. The concept of transformation of an individual and the society is explored deliberately through the use
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Dear Queensland Parks Wildlife Services (QPWS) Manly. I am seeking a volunteer position within Queensland Parks Wildlife Services. I believe volunteering is a great way to show your passion for nature and make a positive difference to our beautiful environment and rich heritage. I would make an excellent team player with my ex-Military background and strong passion for the environment. I am well prepared and educated to help monitor and enforce the policies needed to ensure park grounds are respected
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Civil Design Project 2012 Travel Demand Forecasting Gold Coast‚ Queensland CONTENTS Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Traffic Analysis Zone Chapter 3: Trip Generation Chapter 4: Trip Distribution Chapter 5: Traffic Assignment Chapter 6: Conclusions I. Introduction 1. Land use analysis introduction In 2012‚ the current population of Gold Coast is approximately 540‚000 with an increasing number of 13‚000 to 16‚000 per year and it is estimated that the population of Gold Coast
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V. ANALYSIS Market Analysis There is an increasing number of dormitories‚ apartments and condominium units that are housing students and families. This is because of the presence of universities‚ colleges‚ and secondary schools in the area. They also observed the growing number of business establishments such as Internet cafes‚ laundromats‚ cafeterias‚ sari-sari stores and water stations. In the map of proposed site illustrated by Mar‚ there are 2 schools near the area‚ the University of Sto
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Griffith University 3113 ENG Civil Engineering Design Project Travel Demand Forecasting for Gold Coast‚ Queensland The report presented is the sole work of the author. None of this report is plagiarized (in whole or part) from a fellow student ’s work‚ or from any un-referenced outside source Group 4 | Raihan Suryanti Ahmad | 2710053 | Zafar Mustafa Rahman | 2766523 | Thomas Berghuis | 2773915 | Yonas Tesfaye | 2765469 | Soape Kaivelata | 2765787 | Contents 1.0 Introduction
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