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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a protection notice. Breaching one of these domestic violence orders can have serious ramifications and to be considered a criminal offence. Since the Since the 1970s there has been considerable change to the law relating to domestic violence in Australia. Recent changes in Queensland government enacted a new legislation with substantial changes to domestic violence laws in Queensland. Occurring on the 28th of February the Queensland government began implementing numerous changes to the domestic violence
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Location: Tropical cyclones occur in the northern part of Australia‚ around the periphery‚ or in the tropics. The areas most affected by tropical cyclones are Queensland and Western Australia‚ with New South Wales being one of the states rarely affected. The season for tropical cyclones in the southern hemisphere is from November to April. What is a tropical cyclone: Tropical cyclones are a type of low-pressure systems which generally form in the tropics. They are violent storms‚ which rotate
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1. Outline TWO indicators of morbidity. Include examples in your answer. (3 marks) Morbidity one of the two measures of epidemiology is used to illustrate the prevalence and incidence of illness‚ disease and injury that don’t result in death but reduces the quality of life‚ either temporarily or permanently for an individual within a population. Morbidity can be measured or indicated through such things as: Hospital use: The number of admissions to hospital and their causes are vital statistics
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polarizing issues all come together to create a multilayered society of competing factions‚ ideals‚ values‚ beliefs‚ religious identities‚ political and social identities‚ and cultures. We see this happening all over in the West‚ and even here in Australia we see this clashing of divergent cultures. These conflicting ideologies within a single national geographic area have made it increasingly difficult for policy makers to understand these different factions and to create policy which serves the greatest
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Thank you‚ Allison‚ for the question‚ In Australia‚ aboriginal people are not only the minority but also the poorest in the in the country. Many native people are born and raised in absolute poverty and some author view poverty as a subculture of Aboriginality (Walter‚ 2007). Given that‚ few people are employed in the formal sector and yet they earn less than the white Australian these find themselves with many responsibilities of caring for the dependents in their extended families. Therefore the
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That being said‚ a shared understanding of giftedness is important to address students’ needs. Though there are many theoretical conceptions regarding giftedness‚ in Australia‚ Francois Gagne’s Differentiated Model of Giftedness and Talent (DGMGT) is the most generally accepted definition/model of giftedness and talent in Australia (aus curriculum site). In his model‚ Gange makes the distinction between gifts and talents when he likens giftedness to be ‘the possession and use of natural abilities
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Drinking is widely regarded as a socially acceptable practice and is embedded into the lifestyle of many cultures. In Australia alone‚ results from a 2015 survey reported that 86.4% of participants over the age of 18 consumed alcohol at some point in their life while 56.0% drank alcohol in the past month. It is possible for us to use alcohol safely. Many of us are able to control the amount of alcohol they drink and are known as recreational drinkers. They have the ability to refuse alcohol once
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A Gentleman’s Agreement by Elizabeth Jolley‚ The Drover’s Wife by the Henry Lawson and The Kangaroo by Eve Sallis are three short stories that all convey a strong sense of Australian identity which contrasts to stereotypical gender roles. At the heart of each of these short stories is a brave independent woman protecting their families. Landscape is represented differently in each short story but it is used to compliment the strong women in A Gentleman’s Agreement‚ The Drover’s Wife and The Kangaroo
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The impact on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders when Europeans settled continues in the present-day. This stems back to the past Government policies that were in place. Even though issues from the past history have been resolved it doesn’t delete it. It is visible that many Aboriginal people still encounter drawbacks due to the forced resettlements‚ children placed in institutions‚ land loss and being supplied with alcohol. Aboriginal people knew of alcohol drinks produced by various plants
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