... the post-recession economic recovery" (Henderson, 2001). Despite this, one could question whether this is "a crisis" as in 1993 employment peaked at Eleven per cent, as compared to Indonesia where "39 million Indonesians have lost their jobs" (Pettifor, 2002). On the other hand, "the main reason for high unemployment in Australia is that employment growth has been too weak over the ... , education levels within Australia and Indonesia could be described as very different situations. With the Australian government ensuring education is compulsory for every child until they are fifteen yea...

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... statistics show that from 1947 to 1997 immigration from English speaking countries such as the UK, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and the US, had dropped from 81% to only 39%. While on the other hand immigration from the Asian countries had increased from 15.2% in 1977, peaking at 50.6% in 1991-92 and was 37.4% in 1996-97. These immigration ... only is Australia's population becoming more diverse but we are also, on average, getting older. ABS statistics show that the population of Australia is getting older. In 1979 the median age in Australia was 29, this has risen to 35 in 1999 an...

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... dairy products, there existed an equilibrium of supply and demand. This equilibrium can easily be explained as a point "where quantity demanded is equal to quantity supplied". (Fraser, Gionea, Fraser, 2000: 39) The outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease created a disequilibrium of both supply and demand that, although initially affecting only England, quickly spread its fingers to the rest of the world ... ...

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... . Capital Punishment was abolished from all Australian states by the year 1985 (Appendix 1), however it is still practised in many other countries around the world. The death penalty exists in 39 of the United States of America, most of Africa, many countries in Europe, most countries in Asia, and most of the Middle East. A total of 95 countries worldwide retain the ... ...

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... in 2031. Also, declining mortality rates and increased life expectancy have led to an extended period of life which is spent in "old age", and greater acknowledgement of many different activities, opportunities and contributions which can characterise this phase of the life cycle. Priority should be given ... , need more nursing accommodation and require home care. Broader social factors are also significant contributors to good health in old age. A lifetime of higher education, higher labour force participation and income, supportive and social environments, good medical care and supera...

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... the notion that the media are at fault for people's fear of crime will be explored, along with other elements such as gender, age, income and lenient sentencing. It will ultimately be concluded that the media play a substantial role in the public's perception and fear of crime ... fact committed by people known to the victim. Other predominant examples of explaining the evident contradiction between crime rates and society's fear of crime are age, income and education level (Davis & Dossetor, 2010). Studies have shown that older people hold less accurate perceptions of actual crimes rate...

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... puberty, and were married to much older men, who could marry (and have numerous wives) once a certain age. This meant that sex at a young age was acceptable. Australian law states that no person can legally marry until the age of 18, or have sex until the age of 16, and it is socially unacceptable for people to have numerous partners. Australian law declares under ... -age sex as child abuse and a criminal offence. All Aboriginals were involved in their customs and laws, with rules being imposed by the communities. Each clan was tight-knit and respected ... ...

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Discrimination is treating someone differently due to their race, gender, or age. Discrimination, especially discrimination against colored man and women, has been around for a very long time. Only in recent times, many countries began to create anti-discrimination laws in order to ... place to minimize discrimination, for example Racial Discrimination Act 1975. Those laws aims to achieve the basic human right: one shall not be treated differently because of his/her race, age or gender. Achieving equality is a very important part in modern civilization and the improvement on this should cont...

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... wheel or how one particular actress was very pretty. We even ended up playing a game that had no relation whatsoever to the performance. The audience is also usually diverse in age, interest, views, ethnicity and beliefs, presenting TIE groups with a challenge to perform a play that concerns and invites everybody, making sure that all the audience can relate to the issues addressed ... in the play. Even though when my peers performed their plays as TIE groups the audience was roughly the same age and all the same gender, some of the issues addressed were too complicated and mature for t...

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... as intangible assets. IAS 38 also specifically prohibits the recognition as assets such as internally generated goodwill, brand names, mastheads, publishing titles, customer lists and items similar in nature ('new age' assets). For a number of Australian reporting entities, this requirement is likely to lead to the derecognition of previously recognised internally generated intangibles as assets and the ongoing recognition of intangibles ... is variety of reporting practices. The approach to amortisation will please many. However, the tough rules regarding recognition and revaluation mo...

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... of mathematics with the explanations of the formulas used. Overall, this book provides an intelligent and well-explained insight into the topic and would be useful as a resource despite its age. The readers would find that there has been little advancement in this field of physics as these theories cannot be experimentally and accurately proved, therefore, this book still continues to ... Miles Press, Australia. This encyclopaedia brings together in a single volume a wealth of information written by scientists who are also experienced authors. It provides a clear introduction for any re...

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... likely to chose and come to desire sexually is one with a matched status, economic class, race, ethnicity, religion, background, education and generally within an age bracket no more and no less that five years of their own age (Micheal et al.1994). Sociological theorists Gagnon & Simon (1974, p. 76-7: cited in Zajdow 2002) have supported the notion that individuals do have control over ... ...

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... and as a policy, removed part-Aboriginal children from their mothers, parents, families and communities, often by force. Some of these children were taken at birth, some at two years of age, some in their childhood years. The babies and children were sent either to special purpose institutions, or in later years especially, to foster homes. In some cases mothers or families ... Aborigines Protection Board was replaced by the Aborigines' Welfare Board, which contained Aboriginal members. The Commonwealth government in 1941 made child endowment payments available and in 1942 invalid and o...

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... bear, contributing to many gay related suicides. "The Catholic Church is responsible for the education of 25 percent of all Australian youth. It is unacceptable that a quarter of all school age youth are being placed at risk because they are denied safe sex education and information that may prevent them from suicide", Mr Kelly said. The Cathedral celebrant Archbishop Pell, ignored ... appeal more to students, who are frequently exposed to this style of writing at university. The exposure among university aged people is also a factor, considering students mostly fall into the age bracke...

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... of marriage. Economic downturn, rapid social change (i.e. Divorce laws), and changes to attitudes towards marriage, along with living arrangements, have made marriage choices difficult. Over the last twenty years the age of first marriage has increased, whilst divorce rates have rose in the 1970's and then stabilised in the 1980's. These statistics portray significant social change, mainly for family life, which ... of families within Australia. In today's society, both brides and grooms are older than they were in the 1960's and 1970's (source: Marriage Registrations). Contributing fac...

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... by society about Aboriginal women that is expressed in racial slurs and discrimination it is interesting to see how these women identify with themselves and others. Other factors such and age, environment and experience to have a large impact on their sense of identity and this is evident when looking at the types of discrimination faced by these women. While institutional racism ... remember the violence placed upon them by the protection acts and the stigmas still held to them because they are now regarded as "the stolen generation". However because of their age and their experience, ...

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... right job for your persona and in quest for a permanent partner. Parenthood is commonly the next step in one's life, this comes with its own set of emotional anxieties. Middle age is often differentiated by the loss of children, retirement, and change in relationship with ones parents, as they too grow older and become less self-reliant and more reliant on ... others. Old age is a period when you have shrinking prospects and you begin to recognize transience. The most major change in ones life is the emotional step from childhood to Adulthood. This evolves ... ...

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... and natural resources are distributed among different occupations according to the needs of society; they need to decide who will get the output on the country's economic activity. Thus the age of the working class must be determined with the population. The economic problem of scarcity has influenced both Australian and Chinese economies. Both Australia and china offer health care for ... ...

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... suffered like no one should ever have to suffer. An example of a survivor of the stolen generation is Glenys Collard who was taken from her parents at three years of age and institutionalised at Sister Kate's home. The abuse she suffered here has had long term effects that have the potential to affect her physically, mentally, socially and emotionally (http://www ... ...

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... efforts and numbers in antiwar groups grew and grew. The media had a big influence on the genre public's views of the war. Most of the newspaper such as "the Age" stated that the Vietnam War was "These are inescapable obligations which fall on us because of our geographical position, our treaty commitments and our friendships. They cannot be ... ...

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... class, or at least suspect. Australians laboured under a double handicap, as "Australian Colonist" also suggested convict-or descendent of convicts" . The purposeful move from colony to settlement was a coming of age for the Australian colonies; it allowed them to establish themselves as an autonomous nation; "From these fragments of British society sprang the competing ambitions and a distinctly new civilisation emerged". Macintyre ... ...

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... wall-to-wall coverage of the event, the media controlled society simply by deciding what they should view and think. This type of media coverage available only in this "technological age" has a profound impact and control over society. However, it was not the excess of the coverage that was the main controlling factor. The manner in which the information was presented ... ...

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... or dynamic home ranges, which are defended in some sessile or territorial motile animals. The size of the home range or territory may change seasonally or be different in different age/sex classes. Refuges are needed for hiding from predators, sleeping, storing food, and having and rearing young. Food sources are plants (herbivores) or other animals (carnivores), and diets vary from ... ...

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... that the contraceptive revolution of the 1970's enabled women the control over how many children they have and when they have them. Consequently, there has been a significant increase in the age in which women marry and have children and if they marry at all, giving women more time outside the home and the opportunity to pursue higher education and qualifications (Sargent ... ...

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... predicted to occur. In studies where there is an unnatural level of emotional stress, researchers must ensure that no psychologically vulnerable people are involved. If participants are under the legal age of consent, the consent of their legal guardian must be obtained for them to partake in the studies. Withdrawal Rights: The researcher/s must provide information as to the nature of ... ...

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