Salinity is a major environmental issue in Australia. Salinity describes the salt content of water or soil. When the salt content rises to an extreme‚ it degrades the water quality and land efficiency. This is the problem that is being faced in Australia; salt levels are becoming so extreme that is affecting plant and animal survival‚ thus damaging infrastructure. Dryland salinity is caused when the rising water-table surfaces natural salts in the soil. The salt remains in the soil and becomes
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Master General Department was established in 1901 on the federation of Australia as part of Australia’s government. In the later years‚ Post Master General Department (PMG) was separated into two different sectors which consist of the Australian Telecommunications Commission which is to handle the telecommunication sectors and also Australian Postal Commission which handles all the postal services under the trading name of Australia Post in 1975. In addition to that later in 1989 the Australian Government
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------------------------------------------------- INDEX Sr. No. | Title | Page No. | 1 | Environment | 1 | 2 | Atmosphere | 3 | 3 | Hydrosphere | 8 | 4 | Lithosphere | 13 | 5 | Biosphere | 21 | 6 | Interdependence Between The Four Spheres | 26 | 7 | Human Impact On The Environment | 32 | ------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENT The geographical conditions that surrounds the man on the earth is known as environment. The landforms‚ water‚ climate‚ natural vegetation‚ minerals‚ etc
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I will be talking to you about bushwalking. First of all‚ what is bushwalking? Well it’s an outdoor activity that consists of walking in the natural environment‚ mainly in scenic areas. It is also known as rambling‚ trekking and thru walking. Now‚ its origins are fairly shadowed‚ or in other words it is hard to find on Google. But just thinking logically‚ one would assume that mankind has been walking for some time. The equipment required for hiking depends on the length of the hike. Hikers
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In today’s society‚ racism is currently being reported on SBS‚ which has critically impacted on healthy delivery and cultural realities in work practice. Racism is the prejudicial discrimination against any member of a particular race‚ founded on the belief one’s personal race is superior. Racism can be distinguished through culture in work practices‚ communication in the workplace between clients and health care workers‚ cultural safety in workplace and professional relationships‚ and partnership
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Australia is famous for it’s strange animals. There are many kinds of animals living only there. We can also find there our typical animals. Sheep can be found on the West Coast and in the East. Cattle are bred on the Northwest coast and Southeast coast. We would like to introduce you some of not so common ones. Koalas Everyone knows these cute animals‚ looking like a teddy bear. Of course‚ they aren’t really bears at all. True bears don’t have pouches and their babies aren’t as big as your thumbnail
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exploitation of natural resources. In turn‚ the conventional sources of energy we use today cause pollution‚ so economic growth is almost inevitably associated with environmental damage. One of the aspects of economic growth which affects the environment most of all is that‚ in order to produce more goods and products‚ at a faster rate‚ the construction of large industrial plants is required. These enterprises generate a lot of waste in the form of liquid waste and gaseous fumes. The liquid waste
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allows those who choose to call Australia home the right to practise and share in their cultural traditions and languages within the law and free from discrimination. Australia is a multicultural nation. In all‚ since 1945‚ seven million people have migrated to Australia. Today‚ one in four of Australia’s 23 million people were born overseas‚ 44 per cent were born overseas or have a parent who was and four million speak a language other than English. Australia is and will remain a multicultural
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Volume 14‚ Number 3‚ 2012 © WIETE 2012 Global Journal of Engineering Education It’s a man’s world: the academic staff gender disparity in engineering in 21st Century Australia Ian R. Dobson University of Helsinki‚ Helsinki‚ Finland University of Ballarat‚ Ballarat‚ Australia ABSTRACT: This article examines the academic staff gender disparity in engineering in the 21st Century through an analysis of Australian university staff statistics. The proportion of female academics in engineering
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Drought in Australia Definition: A drought is a prolonged‚ abnormally dry period when there is not enough water for users’ normal needs. Drought is not simply low rainfall; if it was‚ much of inland Australia would be in almost perpetual drought. Because people use water in so many different ways‚ there is no universal definition of drought. Drought occurs because rains are unreliable and in some years the ITCZ (Inner Tropical Convergence Zone = area of rainfall) may not move so far north.
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