... Delany and Smith 2012, pg 114). This lead to more women organisations being introduced such as the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air force(WAAAF), Women Royal Australian Navy Services(WRANS), Australian Women's Army Services(AWAS) and the Women's Land Army (WLA). In July 1942, the Women's Land Army ... was officially recognized. This organisation was first created in WW1 and was used during WW2. The crops from farms were needed but the men weren't there to harvest it so the government ... History Learning Site, www.historylearningsite.co.uk). This is also part of Australia's alliance wi...

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... consistent economic growth, low rates of inflation, a sound international trading situation and low unemployment. To meet these objectives the government must place policies such as fiscal, monetary, trade and income policies. Fiscal policy is the deliberate action of the government to change its levels of income and expenditure, through the annual budget. By budgeting for a deficit or surplus, the ... of interest rates. Lowering interest rates encourages people to spend and borrow while higher interest rates encourages people to save and not borrow. By lowering interest rates the governm...

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Members of the Legislative Assembly are elected using the optional preferential voting system. Role of a Member of Parliament. The role of a Member of the Legislative Assembly is a multi-functional one. Members have a responsibility to three primary groups in their role as: • The elected representative of an electorate, • A Member of Parliament; and • As a member of a particular political party (the exception being for Independents, meaning Members who are non party aligned). E.g. Lex Bell, Member for Surfers Paradise. Representing an Electorate: As a representative of all the constituen...

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Society I think Australia is seen to have a very liberal and multicultural society. Everything that contributes to our culture, like food and clothing, is really a mix of other countries cultures. People from almost every different religion and background live here and that shows how accepting and happy we are to have different kinds of people living here. The communities of Australia are seen to be very open and free compared to the communities of people from other countries. We work together to make our country better and the people of our country are (more or less) making the decisions, not...

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... in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is excercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them". In reality a republic is a system of government without a monarch(a person that holds power by birthright). In a Monarchy ,the head of state is a hereditary monarch who symbolises the nation and ... the power to dissolve parlament and the prime ministers power to expel the president under special circumstances. Although there are many models for the government under a republic (about eight)there are only three distinct models for the presidents power. In the first He Wil...

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... "Immigration's the key" Prior to 1945 the White Australia Policy prevented anyone to enter Australia unless they were from Britain. However In 1945 the government felt that the population needed to grow so they got rid of the White Australia Policy and came up with a new policy called "Assimilation". ... can enter Australia as long as they gave up their culture and learned to live the Australian way of life. "These people didn't speak English but they were "white", so they were acceptable to the government". "Non-white" people were still not accepted from entering Australia under the Ass...

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... joining for various reasons. They however did encounter problems. Women were not included in the war effort immediately. At first the government was reluctant about allowing women into the military forces, and they were only allowed to work as nurses, drivers, signallers and motor mechanics ... . Then, in 1940 the Women's Australian National Service was established to co-coordinate the groups of women interested in participating in the war. Only in 1941 did the government allow women to partake in the armed forces, however only nurses were ... leaning new skills. There were many branche...

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... . He had many other published ballads, lyric poetry, novels and stories. Another important contribution to Australia literature was the first published collection of Australian folk ballads called "The old bush songs". Paterson's work is cheerful and optimistic in its outlook. It clearly reflects his affection for Australia ... and Australians. Banjo Patterson is by far one of the most famous Australian writers ever. There is most probably not a child in the country that wouldn't be able to tell you about him. Andrew Barton ("Banjo") ... jumps into the nearby billabong (pond) to escape ...

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The term Stolen Generation refers to the removal of Aboriginal children from their families by Australian government agencies and church missions between approximately 1900 and 1972. According to the official government report, at least 30000 children were removed from their parents. Percentage estimates were given that 10-30% of all Aboriginal children born during the seventy-year period were removed. Although ... skinned Aboriginals, so they could marry they to white people, and they would have a white child. A man called A.O. Neville was put in charge of all Aboriginals in Australia by th...

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... those that had been to war and returned in a state that they could not go out and get a job. As the Australian industry suffered greatly from a lack or workers the Australian government allowed women to enter the workforce in great numbers. Women in their hundreds and thousands took on work, some of this was ... traditionally men's jobs. This kept the Australian industries going. During World War II women made up to 40% of the working force ... in factories. By October in 1942 the were over half a million women working in Australian industries. Their working hours were long, and often t...

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... remove the French. Eventually this led to armed conflict between France and Vietnam, the French were defeated in 1954. After the war, the Vietminh controlled north Vietnam while an unpopular government setup by the French with it's capital in Saigon controlled the South. After many years of political disagreement, a civil war broke out. The North (the communist Vietcong) and the South ... USA). 1965. With Australia allied to America, it began sending in conscripts (young men forced to join the armed services) and thousands of troops to Saigon to assist the U.S.A. The Australian Governme...

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... job and put in all their effort to succeed! Women in the forces, services and helping out! As the same as world war one, generally the government and military commanders didn't want women to be present in the battle zones of war. The only jobs they wanted the women to do at the ... changed not only in war related situations but the whole of society as well. Prejudice against having women in armed forces was overcome by the need of Australian involvement in war. Soon enough women were no longer treated as fragile. But still only the nurses served in the combat areas. Women were not allowe...

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... need women to replace men in the paid work force desperately. Australian women's main wartime work was in traditional female roles related to: nursing and volunteer service, and the food, clothing and textiles industries. The government refused them roles auxiliary units for the army. Voluntary work provided the ... main way for women to contribute to the war. The "Australian Branch of the Red Cross" was established. Its patriotic focus and links ... costs for these organisations by fund-raising. They sold cakes, organizing fetes and street stalls, and door-knocking. Hundred's of women...

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... meeting with Rex Battarbee, a well-known Melbourne artist who specialized in watercolours and was the first European to paint the beauty of the central Australian Desert. Battarbee and European artist John A. Gardner held an exhibition of their paintings of the Macdonnell Ranges at the Hermannsburg Mission Station in 1934 ... Gallery of South Australia bought one of his paintings in 1939. This was the first watercolour by an Aboriginal to be bought by an Australian Gallery. Watercolour paper was in short supply during the war, but Namatjira smoothed out slices of beanwood using the panel...

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... toured New South Wales promoting support for the Federation. He was a representative for his own government and ran for the position in 1901. After being successful, he was stated as the first Australian Prime Minister and the minister for external affairs. During his time as Prime Minister, he ... introduced many machines to help the government. He was knighted in 1903, and he retired in September 1903 after ... of a convention (meeting) in 1891 to plan a constitution (set of rules) for a federated Australia. Parkes has been called 'The father of Australian federation'. John Quick was...

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... Land of Oz escaping their communist mother country. Last but not least displaced people at the end of World War 2 came down under to start afresh. The slogan of the government at the time, "Populate or Perish" helped them secure jobs, but still faced social problems, racism being the main. The multiculturalism policy was not officially introduced until the white Australia ... policy was abolished in 1973 by the Whitlam Labor government. The Whitlam government was the first to see multiculturalism as an opportunity rather than a burden. This government provided humanitarian aid to Vietna...

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... to 1973, and at the time, it was the longest that Australia had participated in all-out war. Just over 60,000 Australia soldiers fought in the war with 521 Australian's killed and approximately 3,000 wounded. The Vietnam War was fought not only in Vietnam but also in surrounding countries such as Cambodia and Laos. There are many contributing factors for ... , not individuals. This is used to try to promote the fairest society for everyone as a community. While democracy is used in Australia and means the population is used to elect a government and representatives. Communist forces in T...

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... led by Jemaah Islamiyah. Dozens of members of the al Qaeda group have been arrested and jailed but many more are still believed to be operational. Since the attacks the Australian government has increased security measures at their embassies overseas and have warned the people of Australia that the terrorists may even attack Australia. Prime Minister Howard was quoted by Channel Nine ... people are saying, is that maybe the body of international law has to catch up with the new reality." (CNN News pg2). Asian countries are outraged to the calls that Australian prime minister had said ab...

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... does not accept responsibility for loss of or damage to club members' personal property. [U] laissez-faire, laisser-faire [U] unwillingness to get involved in or influence other people's activities If a government has a policy of laissez-faire it does not have many laws and rules which control the buying and selling of goods and services. interfere verb [I] to involve yourself in matters ... fighting to defend their beliefs/interests/rights. assist verb FORMAL to help We assisted the firefighters in extinguishing the blaze. [T] assistance noun [U] The company needs more financial assista...

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In what way did life on the home front change in response to Australian involvement in World War 2? World war two began when Germany invaded Poland in 1939, bringing Great Britain under threat and resulting in our troops going to war. On 19th February ... was attacked by the Japanese, killing 243 and wounding over 350. Not long after, on the 31 May 1942, there was yet another attack, this time on Sydney Harbour. The Australian government feared the worst and took precautions such as; blackouts at night so enemies could not find us, issuing personal identity cards in case you were killed, pro...

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... become a professor of commerce. My dad came with a student visa but he had to stop studying two years later because my grandfather passed away and there were financial problems. The Australian government gave migrants the opportunity to lodge for permanent residentship in December 1989, so through this my dad became a legal migrant in Australia from 1990. My dad came to Australia and ... area of skill. In Australia there is no snow in winter and my dad said Australians had a "unique smell" which he could smell at first. He found that a lot of Australian homes grew their pets inside. One...

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... are many key issues that could be related to criminal offences since this is such a wide spread topic, but basically the issues that need focusing or re-adjusting in the Australian law are... How much crime is inflicted by drug and alcohol, and what can we do about it? Background Information Crime had been around for as long as humans, but ... should be changed, but drugs and alcohol are always going to have an impact on crime in society. The emphasis on criminal Justice in society is on crime prevention, The Australian law commission focuses on this by thinking of creative, flexible an...

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The 1890s gave rise to the growing labour movement in the Australian colonies. Trade Unions had become increasing powerful and began lobbying for better wages and working conditions for their members. Trade unions also ... away by ships crewed with non-unionist. Similarly coal was mined and delivered under heavy armed guard. As a result of this action by employers and colonial government ugly scenes developed in a hope by union members to delay or stop wool and coal reaching the vessels. However all efforts were in vein as special ... season had began, the Queensland shearers went on strike. ...

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... there are many differences between the two education systems. The Primary school system in Australia is co-educational while in Pakistan it is segregated according to gender. In Australia, all government schools have boys and girls in the same classrooms with either teacher, male or female. In contrast, Pakistani students go to an all male or an all female primary school ... is expected to be completed. Punishment for not completing homework could be suspension from the class. The school assessments and reporting styles in the two countries are very different. In Australian primary scho...

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... ). Although these acts point towards the adoption of a policy of self determination, they do not provide the Aboriginal people the opportunity of self government (Lovatt 1993 139). Land rights are about land but for all indigenous people, and especially Australian Aborigines, it is more than this. It is everything that goes with the land (Mudge 1997 53) The High Court's decision in ... the Mabo case on 3 June 1992 rewrote the Australian common law and gave a massive boost to the struggle for the recognition of Aboriginal land rights. It handed down a decision that dismissed the European ...

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