... situations created in remote communities of the Northern Territory resulting in government intervention supports this argument. The Commonwealth Government's wide-ranging Northern Territory (NT) Emergency Response (Intervention) began in June 2007, based upon the urgent need to address child neglect and social dysfunction in certain NT communities. The response was largely based on the release of the Ampe Akelyernemane Meke ... four years on. In relation to language and culture she stated to ABC News, "our language is not being taught in schools ... our kids in our future need to understa...

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... sets with screens of 25 to 35 inches will join sometime between 2005 and 2006, and finally smaller screens will have them around July 2007 (Whitney). In recent months of this year, Congress has been putting more pressure on the FCC to move things along. A letter that was sent from Senate Commerce Committee Chair Fritz Hollings to the FCC, urging copy- ... importance to them (Mills). The Consumers The consumer has probably been the least accepting to this digital television transition. The lack of consumer buying and interest in digital television comes from both the high cost of the tech...

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... special economic zones in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou and Xiamen, and designated the entire province of Hainan a special economic zone in 1980. In June 1995, the State Council published a "Directory of Guidelines for Foreign Investment," which included guidelines covering retail and wholesale enterprises, and the distribution ... of achieving free trade and investment, China has taken the step of cutting tariffs. China's tariff rate accordingly decreased from 35 percent to 23 percent in 1996, to 17 percent in 1997, to 16.7 percent in 1999, and currently stands at 13 percent. At the 1997 Van...

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... introduced, the economy grew an average of 3.4% until 1998. In February of this year, the Sao Paulo Stock Market was the highest since June of 2000. "Investors abroad purchased nearly 7.48 billion reals in shares on the Sao Paulo trading floor, selling shares worth a total of 5. ... performance in 11 years (The Economist), but expects inflation to continue in a downward direction and hopes to reach its target rate of 5.5% by 2005. With the economy becoming more stable and with their current inflation rate of 6.0%, their goal seems reachable in twelve months. As of March 5, ... sensitiv...

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