... middle class woman that were aware politically aware or concerned about their sons and relatives fighting in the war and overseas conscription. Conscription was reintroduced in 1964, it was made a law that every male aged 20 had to register for national service, then they were chosen by a birthday lottery system to train and join national service for two years and if they ... refused, they would be made to serve a prison sentence for two years instead. This wasn't a big issue until 1966 when the government announced they would be sending the conscripts overseas to fight in the Vietnam W...

• Word Count: 914
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Sentencing is a indigenous approach to sentencing that has been introduced to the legal system. Circle Sentencing involves taking a sentencing court to the local community, where the magistrate and the community sit in a circle, discuss the matter and arrive at an appropriate sentence. Usually, it will be the community elders that are chosen to sit in the circle, and the process is only started once a person has pleaded guilty or ... is determined guilty by those in the Circle Sentencing. It's the type of system that requires everyone ... ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... be tested. When the opportunity appeared to secure our previously loose relationship with America, whilst in the process holding back the communist tide, we were quick to pledge our support (Evans, page 217). The situation played off our nation's fears, and perhaps the decision to commit troops via conscription was short sighted. Yet the course of action chosen was seen as the best way of affirming ... our national security, and ending the great search for the elusive "great and ... powerful friend". For Australia, the Vietnam War was about discovering our own identity, ... ...

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... by diversified operations. Kemp;(2001) Knapp;(2001) also explain how large listed entities may often have other movements in equity and therefore have "total changes in equity other than as the bottom line", other companies will have different bottom lines. To be more specific Kemp;(2001) Knapp;(2001) draw on an example where, a single entity with no extra-ordinaries could arguably ... income tax expenses or net profit or net profit attributable to members of the parent entity". The problem within this issue is which of these three should be chosen. The evidence gathered by both E&Y and...

• Word Count: 1998
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... appropriate divisions by which to organize the natural world, because the organisms that live in each of them possess common constellations of adaptations to them, in particular to the climate of each of the zones and to the characteristic vegetation types that develop in them. The primary elements to be dealt with under each zone were chosen because they are considered the basic elements at all levels, from ... the entire planet through each of its component physical environments to the species themselves. The climate must be understood as perhaps the most important element in ... ...

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... powers requires that judicial appointment are independent of the Parliament and should be based on legal expertise. Section 72 of the Constitution gives the powers to the Govenor-General in council to appoint and dismiss justices of the High Court however convention dictates that High Court Justices are chosen by the PM for the GG to appoint. The appointment of High Court Justices are hence seen ... to be a very controversial matter and the appointment of ex-politions are seen to ... be especially contentious. In the past serving politicians have been appointed, for example; Garfield B...

• Word Count: 1458
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... aims to participate in trade shows and quality taste tests. Not only will these increase awareness of the products, but if a particular product were to gain recognition, for example through being chosen #1 at a taste test, the organization will be able to take advantage of this in all its promotional campaigns, adding leverage to its reputation and image. ... market there are diverse considerations for the managerial and labor market. Current labor trends and markets will play a vital role in the decision of which country receives final recommendation for Pandofandlejoie Breweries. A su...

• Word Count: 6484
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... New Guinea. Amid critiques that this is not humane, the government replied that refugees will live in tents for as long as they would have lived in camps had they not chosen to smuggle themselves into the country. The camps were originally constructed at the beginning of the millennium, but the Labor government later closed them when they won the 2007 election. During that year, only 339 asylum ... seekers entered Australia, but the numbers have increased each year since. Almost 1,900 refugees arrived in Australia in ... (McGuirk). "People smugglers are running a closing-down sale," sa...

• Word Count: 521
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... the Punjab Valley. Not only was he planning an attack on Australian soil, but whilst working as a restaurant hand he was awaiting training with explosives from a friend from abroad. I think that he planning an attack on Australian soil affects all of the Australians, to think that he could have chosen ... South Australia as a target endangers and worries the community. I also think that it is too easy for foreigners to come from abroad to Australia, I ... think there should be more strict identification rules on people from overseas. The article also states that the 35-year old married...

• Word Count: 539
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... came into force in 1901 with the federation of the separate state colonies into the Commonwealth of Australia. With its introduction, the Constitution was heralded as "the most magnificent Constitution into which the chosen representatives of a free and enlightened people have ever breathed the life of popular sentiment and national hope", by Charles Kingston (Irving 2001). The Australian Constitution has remained relatively untouched since it came into effect, from ... 44 referendum questions put to the Australian people to change ... ...

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The group I have chosen to discuss is that of homosexual people, a minority group in Australian society. In particular, I will examine the issues relating to sexual conduct discrimination, the legislation that covers this type of discrimination and the ways in which the law impacts on this group of people. Homophobia is a fear of homosexuals and homosexuality. ... adults sexual conduct entered into in private. These acts can be seen to have assisted homosexual people by prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment, education, and service delivery on the grounds of: - Race, colour,...

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... Wright than for A D Hope. So it is important to remember that both poets, in their different ways, did a great deal to assist the cause of Australian poetry, and Australian literature more generally. They were both extremely generous in their encouragement of other writers, especially younger poets. Both ... the light" and as someone who "seems to speak with the voice of continuing generations." He was also one of the first to point out that earlier poets such as Henry Kendall wrote in many different modes and should not be judged on the one or two lyrics usually chosen ... to represent...

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... Act of 1901, which from 1902-1958 aimed to exclude non-Europeans through the use of a dictation test in a prescribed' language specifically chosen to ensure failure. ABOLITION: During the years in which Australia was involved in the Second World War, many coloured refugees entered Australia. The majority of these refugees left voluntarily after the war had ended, but many had married Australians while staying here and ... wished to seek permanent residence in Australia. The Immigration Minister of the time, the first ever in Australia, Arthur ... ...

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... threatening and obtrusive. Various cultural groups can also misconstrue body language. In western society it could be seen appropriate to sit on the top of the desk when addressing another person, where as in Muslim society this would be regarded as being rude. Lynch ( 1992, p. ... as Asian, Arab and Latino substitute verbal communication with " cues and messages - where as, low-context cultures, such as Americans, Germans and the Swiss " typically focus on precise, direct, logical verbal communication". Gestures are often used to compensate for verbal communication difficulties, howeve...

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... phrases such as "dispersal", "dispose of, but quietly" and "retributive justice" as code-words for murder. And in fact it was the police, the law-enforcement arm of the State that was the major cause of Aboriginal death - especially the notorious Native Police. First formed in Victoria in 1837, in New South Wales in 1848, in South Australia in 1852, in Queensland in ... Police was a fixture of government policy and practice concerning the indigenous populace until it was wholly disbanded in 1896. Regardless of how you read the testimony of the hearings, it is hard not to come to Richard...

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Australia has so many things to offer people throughout the world that all it needs is a way to get itself in the spotlight to generate tourist activity. One of the ways in which Australia has chosen to get its image out onto the world spotlight is through its prominence as a host of major international sporting events. Tourism is very big business for Australia. In fact ... according to Jackie Kelly, Federal Minister for Sport and Tourism; "Tourism is one of Australia's major industries and our most important service industry". According to the Australian ... Tourist Commission "The combine...

• Word Count: 1956
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... that during the wars throughout Asia the troops learnt a lot more about other people and cultures, but the main reason was the implementation of the Colombo Plan. This was introduced in 1951 and its plan was to educate people of the poorer countries by bringing them into universities around Australia. They would in turn return to their countries to hopefully become powerful in their chosen fields and ... in doing so help bring the country out of poverty. The reason it changed ... Australian attitudes was because the people who did university with these students saw that they were peopl...

• Word Count: 1983
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... answerable for their actions in Parliament. Menzies views reflected the views of the framers of the Constitution expressed in the 1890's. Sir Owen Dixon, a former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, suggested in 1965 that the framers of the Australian Constitution asked why "should doubt be thrown on the wisdom and safety of entrusting to the chosen representatives of the people all legislative power, substantially without fetter or restriction ... ." The rejection of rights in the Constitution by the framers and Menzies was influenced by the works of two nineteenth century Eng...

• Word Count: 2831
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate