Barton ACT 2600 or posted at www.ag.gov.au ISBN 1 920861 77 7 Internet: www.dfat.gov.au Co n t en t s AUSTRALIA AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP CYCLE........................................................................................... vii GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ACRONYMS ................................................................................................. 8 1. Australia Awards .......................................................................................................
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delivered his "closing the gap" report in parliament on the state of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ health and wellbeing. We think it would be useful for us all to take a break from the statistics and consider some fundamental questions. Numbers and targets are important when it comes to addressing need but we often forget that sound policy comes from sound principles and motivations. In terms of national policy we began this journey to "close the gap" as a result of the national
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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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group of convicts were transported to Australia. Convicts are the people who found guilty of crime. All the convicts were transported Australia by ship and fleets. After the first fleet arrived to Australia‚ there were a lot of fleets arrived to Australia as well. Consequently‚ The Australia’s government were kept for each convict and up till the mid-1800s they recorded names‚ date and place of trial and sentence. The convicts were transported to all over Australia such as New South Wales‚ Queensland
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High school years should be a great experience‚ but many demands and rapid changes can make them one of the most stressful times of life. Students today face increasing amounts of schoolwork‚ a rapidly changing curriculum‚ assignment deadlines and exams; they worry about selecting careers and post secondary programs‚ and they must balance schoolwork with sports‚ hobbies and social life. They have conflicts with parents‚ friends‚ siblings; have to cope with unpredictable moods‚ concerns about appearance
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When we talk about thinking‚ then in today’s fast changing scenario‚ the younger generation become more practical‚ more wild‚ more assertive and ambitious then the older generation. Now days‚ “Success” become a buzz word in between the younger generation and younger generation is trying to achieve this word at any cost. Now‚ the question is arises that “What is the major reason behind this deep difference?” Lots of conclusions are also there but I think over ambition‚ greed of money‚ glamour world
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Ausmerica! So why are we slowly letting America make us the 51st state of the USA? The American media and imports have caused Australian culture to become submerged in the generic cosmopolitanism of the US! Good morning/afternoon Ms Bui and class today I will be speaking to you about the Americanisation of Australia’s language and culture through music‚ film and television. The national spread of American media including; TV‚ film and music has been the cornerstone of Americanisation in Australia since
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risen‚ the minimum wage has remained stagnant‚ creating historic profit margins for companies that employ minimum wage workers. This uneven balance of the distribution of wealth is causing a significant amount of our population to suffer below the poverty line. Today‚ I urge you to vote in favor of this legislation in order to ensure that every single citizen of our country will be able to live a comfortable life‚ above the poverty line. The first benefit of raising the minimum wage is that such a
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Minimum wage and why it should not be raised was chosen because minimum wage should stay the same. Minimum wage is effective to people in many ways. Raising minimum wage is going to make businesses shut down and people lose their jobs. Many people want minimum wage to be raised because they do not believe they get paid enough. Minimum wage is not for people to raise a family off of‚ it is for high school and college students that cannot get a good job. People think they should be able to live off
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The Economics of the minimum wage On August 2013‚ 3.5 million Bangladesh garment workers got their 36 dollars/month minimum wage raised by 80%. This was a response of the Bangladeshi government to April´s collapse and burn of the Rena Plaza factory where hundreds of workers were killed. This was covered by the international media all over the world and forced western retailers to improve working conditions in their supplier’s factories there. 10.000 miles away from Bangladesh‚ the richest country
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