1. South Australia (SA): SA’s nicknames are: Festival State‚ Better by Bike‚ The Wine State‚ The Defence State‚ The Creative State. Australian people from other states have another different name for SA: Crow Eaters. The reason for that name is because of the symbol on the flag of SA; it looks like a crow on a dinner plate. It is called The Wine State because it was becoming the dominant wine producing state by the beginning of the 20th century. It has more than 150‚000 acres of vineyards. Even
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The doctrine of the powers in Australia has many functions in society. Is essentially about the idea of dividing the institutions of government into main different branches of administration. This Idea can be traced back to Aristotle‚ who argued for a mixed system of government‚ but back in the 18th century the thoughts and writings of Montesquieu which he created the idea. Australia and the Westminster system‚ it was designed to break the government sub-branches so there is no imbalance of power
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Globalisation and Rising Inequality in Australia Is Increasing Inequality Inevitable in Australia? Tom Conley Griffith University Introduction I want to dedicate my government to the maintenance of traditional Australian values. And they include those great values of mateship and egalitarianism.1 10 years ago a Mitsubishi type development would have flattened people psychologically. Now they take it in their stride … 2 Policy-makers and commentators have long been cajoling Australians into
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history‚ with large amounts of migration flowing into Australia in the 1900’s. Specifically in this essay I will draw upon experiences from John‚ who migrated to Australia from England in 1977 at the age of 20. John’s experiences will help understand the process of migration to Australia‚ lifestyle migration and economic migration‚ and the policies in place such as the White Australia policy. In addition‚ I will explore the concept
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This becomes a disadvantage because they may not be representative of the communities’ views and may not have been who the community trusted to represent them. The majority of the current Judges in the High Court of Australia come from privileged backgrounds and they are all male‚ thus possibly not giving them a comprehensive understanding of what the real needs and wants of the Australian public as a whole are (Chisholm & Nettheim‚ 2007). Another disadvantage is that
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Jacob Perrino 1st hour 9-7-14 second draft Musical Culture in Australia Musical history in Australia has become part of America because of the fact that lots of bands in the U.S. have originated from Australia. Australian music has an extensive history stretching back to the indigenous and colonial societies. Australian music is a part of the unique heritage of a 40‚000-60‚000 year history. The Australian musical sound is about recognition of rhythmic patterns derived
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"Outline the major causes of unemployment and social consequences of unemployment for the Australian economy". There are a number of causes of unemployment‚ which ultimately result in both positive and negative consequences for Australias economy. These causes are outlined as follows. Economic growth is possibly the most influential factor causing unemployment. The demand for labour is a derived demand‚ meaning that it is determined by the level of demand for goods and services in an economy. This
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exhilarating‚ challenging us to analyze aspects of the world in different ways. Advance Australia Where…..? By Hugh Mackay is an expository text which significantly analyses the idea of the renovations that Australia is currently undergoing through the younger generation. An abundant of ideas presented has led me to reject many of his views He presents these ideas throughout the book and in the chapter “Project Australia”. This is achieved through the effective use of techniques of construction such as
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MEDIA LAW IN ZIMBABWE AND AUSTRALIA; A COMPARATIVE STUDY BY LUKE WILLIAMS MEDIA LAW IN AUSTRALIA AND ZIMBABWE; A COMPARATIVE STUDY ‘Not to clip the wings of our writers so closely‚ nor to turn into barn-door fowls those who‚ allowed a start‚ might become eagles; reasonable liberty permits the mind to soar -slavery makes it creep’ Voltaire‚ 1793 (Fritz‚ 2002) INTRODUCTION Zimbabwe and Australia’s geographical difference is insubstantial when comparing the cultural‚ political and legal
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1945‚ many people‚ including Australians themselves‚ considered Australia to be nothing more than a British colony whose national identity was virtually the same as the British. During this period of Australia’s history‚ our modes of entertainment‚ food‚ fashion‚ sporting culture and our social values and attitudes were largely dictated by British culture. One of the most significant changes to have taken place in Australian society since the end of WWII‚ has been its drift towards American‚ rather
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