life which has turned once fertile soil into sandy desserts. They are also a menace to farmers. The rabbits eat their crops and contaminate the land and waterholes the farmers use to raise sheep and other livestock. Rabbits were introduced into Australia in 1788‚ but they were for the most part caged and their population controlled. However‚ in 1859 Thomas Austin asked his nephew to send him 24 wild rabbits for hunting. Other neighbors soon followed this example and released their caged rabbits
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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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Collaboration Systems at Isuzu Australia Limited Katrina Silver Professor Nancy Romero CIS/109 February 17‚ 2015 Collaboration technologies to help people or organizations involved in the same fields of operations. Collaborative software avails communication tools to groups working together but in different geographical locations. The technologies include project management functions such as task assignments‚ time managing deadlines and shared calendars. Isuzu Australia limited has integrated
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restrictions on immigration in Australia in the early 20th century through to 1973. It mentions the limitations targeting non -”white European” races. It goes on to describes Australia’s national “desire” to become white and to keep other minorities out‚ this general opinion was called the “White Australia” movement. This harsh act has kept the Chinese immigrants from obtaining certain rights‚ for example; Chinese men were denied the right to bring their wives and children into Australia. This indicates that
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Obesity is the scourge of modern Australia. Obesity is defined by excessive or abnormal fat accumulation which presents health risks (Australian Institute Health and Welfare (AIHW)‚ 2016‚ p. 149). There are many health consequences presented by the disease‚ both physical and mental with the power to destroy the lives of numerous Australians. Obesity is an intricate disease with serious social and psychosocial elements affecting all ages and population groups within Australia‚ in particular our children
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Aboriginals Treatment in Australia 21st February 2014 Protectionism When: Nineteenth Century and much for the twentieth century Rationale: The idea that the Aboriginal Australians need to be separated from the white community for their own good and for their own protection Practice: Many aboriginal Australians were removed from their homeland and moved to reservations. The aboriginals were forced out of their traditional lifestyles and forced into a controlled white community lifestyle
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ritas Australia - Poverty Caritas Australia is a non-profitable organisation that aims to help those in poverty around the world. From humble beginnings in 1897 Germany‚ Caritas‚ named after a Latin word meaning love and compassion‚ grew to become one of the world’s largest humanitarian agencies. Caritas’ main focus is to break the cycle of poverty‚ no matter a persons ethnicity‚ political beliefs‚ gender or religion. Caritas Australia works to end poverty and promote justice in over
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Every living organism on our planet‚ both plants (Flora) and animals (Fauna)‚ are included when determining biodiversity. On our planet‚ there are 13.6 million species of plants‚ animals and micro-organisms‚ and Australia has about 7% (one million) of these (Australian Museum‚ 2017). Australia has a vast biodiversity because it is classed as a ‘megadiverse country’. Megadiversity is when a country has high levels of biodiversity. One way to measure Australia’s biodiversity is by looking at taxonomic
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Introduction From the time that Europeans landed in Australia ‘Pastoralists were pushing into Indigenous territory‚ robbing Aboriginal people of the land they had lived on and nurtured for thousands of years. ‘But Aboriginal communities did not just stand by as the land which they had formed rich bonds with‚ both spiritually and physically‚ was taken from their hands. Through a mixture of fear and hatred of the Aboriginals‚ European settlers engaged in many brutal clashes with them to attempt
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compensation’. In other words a disabled person should be able to claim damages for their wrongful life‚ if it was in fact the negligence of the doctor that caused their disability. Therefore‚ suggesting that wrongful life should be a compensable tort in Australia to ensure that everyone is treated equally in the eyes of the law. Although it is suggested by Hirsch that ‘a disabled child born into a life of suffering and need as a consequence of medical negligence is entitled to nothing in a wrongful life claim
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