Our kids aren’t getting smarter. They are going backwards. Dear Editor‚ I selected this topic from your newspaper heading. ‘Prime Minister Julia Gillard’ set an ambitious goal for Australian education to be ranked as a top-five country in reading‚ mathematics and science by 2025. But according to the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) Report‚ in 2000‚ Australia’s education system was ranked number two in the world for reading and mathematics and ranked three for science. Today
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Running head: FEDERAL LAW ON HOMICIDE Federal Law on Homicide J Writing Assignment CJ 123 Criminal Law Federal Law on Homicide The first recorded murder‚ trail and hanging took place in 1630. John Billington was one of the original pilgrims to sail on the Mayflower to the New world from England and also was the first person in America to be charged and hanged for murder after shooting long time enemy John Newcomen after a fight (Johnson‚ 1994). Although murder has many different forms
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The benefits of Australian landforms Australia has many significant and beautiful landforms that are valuable and unique. These landforms provide many benefits that have important outcomes for the economy‚ and the survival of life and vegetation in Australia. Australia’s most precious landforms are its water bodies each of which has a very important role for the survival of life and vegetation in Australia. The two largest and most important water bodies in Australia are its large
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The Federal Prison System Jesse Vohler 12-3 Smith Essay 24 Oct. 2011 Jesse Vohler 12-3 Smith 24 October 2011 Federal Prison System Essay The Federal Prison System Throughout history‚ the Federal Prison System has changed over the centuries. From hanging to lethal injections‚ the purpose of the prison system still remains the same. It holds as a chamber for those who have done wrong and break the law. Turning into a home for most inmates‚ death row would seem like the only way
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campaign‚ I discovered that the election process is not a cut and dry one. The Republican Party was clearly honest in their approach of gerrymandering and bragging as they gerrymandered congressional districts in blue states. They wanted to control how state legislative and congressional district boundaries would be drawn‚ so they set about to control the redistricting process. Therefore‚ even thou a majority of Americans voted for Democrats in the Presidential election… the Republicans ended up controlling
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John Doe J. Doe American Government May 10‚ 2011 Unitary vs. Federal Government Our Founding Fathers had viewed centralized power as a threat to their rights and liberties. They had been under the Unitarian constraints of British authority. Dividing power between the three levels of government‚ federalism‚ was one of the solutions to this problem. Our founding fathers also recognized the potential danger for conflict between the three levels of government‚ so they instituted several ways to
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Sources of Contemporary Australian law Common law British origins‚ including: Development of common law The Australian legal system developed from the legal system of Britain‚ which was brought to Australia as part of the process of Britain setting up a colony in Australia‚ beginning in the year 1788 with the arrival of the First Fleet. Therefore‚ in order to determine the nature and development of the Australian legal system‚ it is necessary to investigate its British origins. The common law
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“Welcome to Australia.” Her voice rung with the familial tongue of our home land. The short woman‚ who stood with a small group‚ extended her arms towards us as we walked from the arrival gates. Men in suits with stone white faces shook my mother and father’s anxious hands. With heavy accents‚ in broken attempts‚ the men greeted my brother and I in the language of our home. Our responses were meek and fragmented as our nervous clouded our tired minds. A flash of light and quick smiles were formed
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attractiveness as an investment opportunity Limitations of the analysis & implications of these limitations for 17 - 18 any investment decision Appendix A: References 19 Background & Issues The Mcguigan interest in the Australian Wine Industry goes back four generations. Owner Patrick McGuigan the first of four generations to enter the wine industry was a dairy farmer by trade. Percy McGuigan ’s career was spent at Penfolds. Prior to retirement in 1968 Percy purchased
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known as the ’Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act’ (in the Senate) and ’Corporate and Auditing Accountability and Responsibility Act’ (in the House) and more commonly called Sarbanes–Oxley‚ Sarbox or SOX‚ is a United States federal law that set new or enhanced standards for all U.S. public company boards‚ management and public accounting firms. It is named after sponsors U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) and U.S. Representative Michael G. Oxley (R-OH). As a result of SOX‚ top
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