problematically? Australian schools are comprised of a diverse population of students with a vast range of sociocultural factors shaping their individual and unique identities. In 2006‚ more than 50% of people living in Australia were migrants or had a parent who had migrated to Australia (ABS‚ 2006‚ p. 46). This demonstrates the prevalence of cultural diversity in the population which extends into Australian schools. Diversity has many faces‚ incorporating differences in culture‚ sexuality‚ gender identity
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MODIFY A squirrel-cage LIKE DISC BRAKE WITH NANOMATERIS Program：MscATM Course: MBE6022 Project Development Name： CHEN XiaoYin Std. ID: 52695116 Tutor： Pro. Dung Sun & Dr. Kaili Zhang Date: 23112012 Abstract As the increasing requirements for occupant safety‚ this project aims to study brake performance of disc brake. It proposed a new design for normal disc brake: restructure
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FITNESS INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA Service Industry Number of outlets – 3800 outlets in 2009 as per Australian Fitness Industry Survey 2009 (The Access Economics survey put the number as 1570 in 2007-2008‚ as compared to 974 in 2004-5) Number of people utilising their services: 1.73 million Number of people working in the industry 23‚000. Characterstics of fitness industry: * Low barriers to entry * Existence of different formats e.g. * Chains – franchise based * Single – could
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An important part of all Australian schools is to promote and provide a supportive learning environment in which all students can expect to feel safe. (MCEETYA 2005). School connectedness and supportive social relationships have been associated with positive child outcomes such as lower levels of absenteeism‚ aggression‚ and higher levels of academic achievement and self- esteem among children. School bullying removes that safe environment. While bullying in schools was long recognized as existing
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Most people believe an important and enforced law on background could really help‚ as it has worked in Australia. A study written by Jesse Singal and published by Science of Us on June 22‚ 2016 retrieved from : http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/06/what-a-new-gun-control-study-can-and-cant-tell-us-about-mass-shootings.html revealed a decline in violent acts in Australia after a passage of a gun control law resulted from a mass shooting. Two other studies‚ here at home‚ in Connecticut
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its life and which provides it with directions for how to live. We live in a culture and culture is written into us in a process of internalisation. Australia is a melting pot of races‚ cultures and beliefs. This country was built by people from many different national backgrounds‚ and has followed an active policy of multiculturalism. If Australia were have a multicultural canon it would be very complicated due to cultures accommodate a variety of values and beliefs‚ and if we could manage to have
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In Australia‚ copyright law is contained in the Commonwealth Copyright Act 1968 (Copyright Act). A simple definition of copyright is that it is a bunch of rights in certain creative works such as text‚ artistic works‚ music‚ computer programs‚ sound recordings and films.The copyright owner of a film will only own copyright in the moving images and sounds of the film. They will not necessarily own copyright in the underlying works included in the film such as the musical soundtrack or score or the
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decade of Enterprise Bargaining in the Australian black coal mining industry ’‚ ABL‚ Vol 27‚ No.3‚ pp 218-222 Books Bray‚ M.‚ Deery‚ S.‚ Walsh‚ J.‚ and Warning‚ P.‚ 2005‚ Industrial Relations: A Contemporary Approach‚ 3rd Edition‚ McGraw-Hill Irwin‚ Australia.
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Issues of Equal Opportunity (EO) in employment have been dealt with in varying ways throughout Australia’s history. This paper will discuss the meaning of EO‚ and how the terms ‘equity’ and ‘equality’ are an important aspect of understanding how EO can be interpreted differently within the workplace. This discussion will also include the theories behind equality‚ such as the liberal view‚ and the radical view of equality‚ the paper will then go on to discuss the merits and criticisms of some of the
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New roles of women under the law are very different to those of the past. Women gained many legal rights in the 20th century. The specific rights gained by women during this time in Australia were such laws as the right to vote‚ gained in 1902 (NSW). The right to sit on a jury‚ gained from the jury Act 1977 (NSW). The property Act in 1893 (NSW)‚ the right for a women to own a property. The right to equal pay for equal work was granted
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