While the unemployment rate has fallen over the past couple of years‚ the incidence of long term unemployment has been on the rise and therefore still remains a critical policy issue in Australia. The question of how best to reduce unemployment has been a significant part of the policy agenda for more than two decades due to the complex problems it causes for both policy makers and the individuals affected (Dixon‚ 2004 & Walsh‚ 1987). Those that are long term unemployed (LTU)‚ unemployed for 52 weeks
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Youth unemployment in Australia has been a problem of the past and is rising with poor implementations. As such‚ various factors have to be contributing towards the issue. Contributing factors are approaches or methods that escalate the problem‚ and needs attention should be accorded. Answering the question will develop insights on some of the causes that are global‚ but are not significant in Australia. The cause of unemployment according to Bond et al. (2015) is low education level and skills.
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with the physical environment that sustains them developing the ability to identify ecosystems at all scales‚ from a small patch of vegetation to the earth’s biosphere developing the capacity to identify and describe the major biomes of Australia and the world‚ and explaine their spatial distribution understanding the relationship between climate soils and vegetation. Geographical understanding and context Biomes are major world ecosystems characterised by distinctive climates
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traditional lands and eventually restricted to mission statements. Thus‚ led to loss of their traditional lifestyle. Aboriginals population were annihilated by European disease and violence‚ Aboriginals were not dependent on unhealthy diets which led to experience of obesity and were exposed to alcohol and smoke‚ and a drug that was unknown to their cultures. Hence‚ Aboriginal population began to decline and the effect of alcohol became a severe health problem for those who
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Is Australia an inclusive society? Reports from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2003a‚ 2003b‚ as cited in Ashman & Elkins‚ 2009‚ p. 7) show 25% of the Australian population is currently made up of migrants from around 200 countries. This fact demonstrates Australia‚ on the whole‚ has a tolerant and inclusive society. A society can be identified as a collection of people who live together in a relatively ordered community (Ashman & Elkins‚ 2009‚ p. 7). It could be said‚ Australia has one of
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In nearly all aspects of social life‚ indigenous Australians experience disadvantage. An inquiry into Australia ’s health in 1994 revealed that indigenous Australians were 3 times more likely to die of childhood diseases and were 15 to 20 years more likely to die earlier that other Australians. Indigenous people were nearly twice as likely
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After WW2‚ Australia felt that the population was too small to defend itself in case of another event. It also felt that Australia needed an economic boost and an increase in the population was the way to do so. In a speech to parliament in 1944‚ Immigration Minister Arthur Calwell expresses the need for migrants; “…Only by filling this land can we establish a title to hold it” (House of Representatives‚ Debates‚ 1944‚ vol. HR177‚ p.935). The Chifley Labor government’s aim in the late 1940s was
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argues > distinct hierarchy determined by wealth/education & capacity within society but an overthrow of ruling class > working class (proletariats) can gain upward social mobility > better society. * Class and class conflict in Australia‚ Kuhn and O’Lincoln address struggles of working class from an economic standpoint in relation to crime‚ suggesting Australian working class‚ due to their status from birth are more likely to end up in prison. “Working class crime is the most conspicuous
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The Land Of Opportunity? Yeah Right! Have migrants done a job on Australia or has Australia done a job on migrants? Byron Kemp. Australia and the people who live here have developed over time an identity of an egalitarian or fair nation. This perception by other countries and by Australian residents as a land of opportunity and a country who supports the culture of a "Fair Go" for everyone dominates. This egalitarian depiction of Australia has come about because of more than 200 hundred
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your research work in Australia? Know the right visa to Australia is one of the favorite study destinations for the international students. Its world class universities and faculties‚ favorable environment‚ tremendous infrastructure‚ and appropriate study courses‚ attract thousands of students here every year. The students especially enroll in the higher studies courses and research activities here in Australia. However‚ if you want to pursue a research activity in Australia‚ you must apply for the
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