150 Australia Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) System at Walmart
A System Design at Wal-Mart (RFID)
Wal-Mart is one of the all time great economical success story. Wal-Mart has shown in many ways, how to become one of the largest, successful and profitable retail outlet store in the world. Wal-Mart has achieve this amazing success through a most effective and in....
Walmart History and Strategy Overview
Basic History Overview
Wal-Mart's history is one of innovation, leadership and success. It started with a single store in Rogers, Arkansas in 1962 and has grown to what is now the world's largest - and arguably, the most emulated - retailer. Some researchers refer to Wal-Mart as the industry tre....
2008-2009 Economic crunch overview
The world wide financial crises that started at the end of the year 2007 and continued all the way down to 2009 has caused a lot of chaos and financial losses. The crisis was a result of market degeneration brought about by Collateralized Debt Obligations CDO's. These were just but bonds attached wi....
3 Studies on coastal management schemes
Case Study Two Of Hawaii
Introduction
Approximately 13% (~15 miles) of Mauis 120-mile coastline is armoured with seawalls . Nearly 8 miles of beach loss can be linked to shoreline structures. A shoreline structure holds the shoreline in place while coastal erosion continues eventually causin....
A HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM FROM 1890 TO 1945.
A HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM FROM 1890 TO 1945.
The Economic Crisis of 1890 through to Federation
The period commencing with the crisis of 1890 represents. something of a watershed in Australias financial history2. .Although warnings of the impending pr....
A report for International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the Macroeconomic Policy in place in Australia
Abstract
This report on macroeconomic policies in Australia, explains predictions and recommendations for the continuation of economic stability. The purpose of fiscal and monetary policies is to aim and achieve different macroeconomic objectives for the Australian economy. These objectives of low ....
A.O. Neville
A.O. Neville
A.O. Neville is one of the most controversial characters in the history of the community of the Western Australian government concerning Aboriginals. He is known to the Australia as Mr Devil or just a mere public servant doing his job as the chief protector of the Aboriginals in....
Aboriginal and Torres Stait Islander People in Australia
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA
When the Europeans first settled in Australia in 1788 there were two existing distinct indigenous cultures namely the Aboriginal people and the Torres Strait Islanders in Australia. At present, there are approximately 409, 729 people of A....
aboriginal australians
The European invasion of Australia in 1780 impacted upon the lives of all the Aboriginal people that lived in and around the invaded areas. When Captain Cook landed in Australia, he declared it as Terra Nullius, and this alone gives a significant insight as to the mentality of the British and their ....
Aboriginal Customary Laws and Australian Contemporary Laws
Aboriginal customary laws, before white settlement in 1788, were considered primitive by the British, if considered at all. But Aboriginal laws and customs had lasted hundreds of years, based on traditions such as kinship ties and rituals.These laws were formed by ancestors, spirits, and Aboriginal ....
Aboriginals in Australia
Aboriginals in Australia
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Minority Group Relations
Professor
February 21, 2007
The purpose of this paper is to show how the functional theory, the conflict theory, the interactionist theory, and the m....
aboriginals need help
Alcoholism, drug abuse and violence has been around in aboriginal communities of Australia for years now and despite feeble attempts to try and stop this problem it is still a massive issue. The Northern Territory government seems to be not acting towards the issue so Prime Minister John Howard has ....
Aborigines and their Place In Politics
For much of their history, Australias major parties did not perceive a need to have Aboriginal affairs policies, but this altered in the 1960s and 1970s as the Aboriginal interest came to occupy a more prominent position. The policies of recent major governments, those being the Australian Labor Par....
abortion
An abortion is he premature termination of pregnancy ending in the death of the embryo or foetus. However abortion can also be defined as the death of the embryo or foetus without human interference. This essay will be discussing induced abortion and the effects they have on both mother and unborn c....
Actions speak louder than words.
Try to sit for one minute without speaking. Even if you are able to keep from moving you will still communicate rigidity and anxiety. We always say thing. It is important to observe and try to understand what is being communicated. In many situations people say what they think intellectually rather....
Advertising Campaign for Toyota Prius In Australia
Integrated Marketing Communications
Toyota Prius; Marketing Communications Plan
Prepared by Brutal Brutus For Toyota Australia
Table of Contents:
Ref. No. Topic Of Discussion
Page No.
1.0 Executive Summary 5
2.0 Introduction 5
3.0 P....
Advertising to Youths
Before they can walk or talk, advertisers expose youths to a marketing stream that may have an eternal consequence on their performance. Leaving lasting influences on their behavior, unethical advertising intentionally targets adolescents. Through research, advertisers discover target audiences and ....
Aerobic Resperation Experiment Write Up
Abstract: The aim of the investigation was to demonstrate aerobic respiration using germinating beans seeds. The hypothesis was that the more bean seeds, the more respiration that would occur, also, if the germinating bean seeds were dried out before the experiment, they would not respire at all. Th....
Aids
AIDs
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Nov. 24 An estimated 5.3 million people, including 600,000 children under age 15, became infected with the virus that causes AIDS this year, the World Health Organization said today. For the first time the number of new infections in sub-Saharan Africa stabilized, but that was offset b....
Alternate Energy
Photovoltaic cells (PV cells)
Photovoltaic cells are operated by solar thermal energy, one of the renewable energy sources. Australia has a great potential to generate electricity from solar thermal cells, as the level of solar radiation in Australia is relatively high compared to other countries....
Ambrose - Bobbi Sykes, Bora Ring - Judith Wright
The traditional customs and conducts of the Aboriginal people were displayed in the first set of images in the photo-story. After European invasion the indigenous people of Australia were subject to racism and were stripped of their natural and spiritual identity. As a consequence they have often tu....
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is part of the global movement defending human rights and dignity. They work with people in Australia and overseas to demand respect for human rights and protect people facing abuse. To do this, they mobilise people, campaign, conduct research and raise money for their work. Th....
An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth is a movie about global warming. It supports the fact that global warming exists. Al Gore has gathered a plethora of evidence supporting his theory.
One of his mains points was the Earth's atmosphere is so skinny that we, the people of the planet, can change it's basic mo....
an overview of english learning in china
AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH LEARNING IN CHINA
1. In today's increasingly globalized world, English has become the unrivaled lingua franca of the world. In our age of globalization, Fishman's remark that "the sun never sets on the English language" rings truer than ever. With the third millennium we find....
Analyse the cause and effects of famine in developing countries
1. INTRODUCTION
Food is one of the basic requirements for life so logically it is a big part of people¡¦s lives. Nobody can live without food as food creates energy that allows people to stay alive. Countries with a good food supply often have a better developed social and cultural structure t....
Analysis of Australia Economy
Analysis of Australia Economy
Executive Summary
Australia is the 52nd most populated country in the world with about 20,680,743 people in 2006. Immigration has been a major factor in Australia's development since the beginning of European settlement in 1788 and most settlers came from Britai....
analysis on looking for alibrandi
Chapter One
1. Why do you think Josie felt panic when she looked at the multiple choice options? Because she didnt know what one to answer. Each was a risk to her being.
2. Why did Josie get into trouble from Sister Gregory? Because she was reading a magazine in religious education.
3. ....
Anglo and Aboriginal relationships
"The magic of the native mating call was stronger than the habits of civilisation." This was one of the statements used on posters both in Australia and Internationally, advertising the film Jedda which was released in 1955, at the Star Picture Theatre, Darwin. The film was controversial at ....
Arguments FOR and the arguments AGAINST ratifying the Kyoto Protocol
8). Use two columns to list in point form the arguments FOR and the arguments AGAINST ratifying the Kyoto Protocol.
FOR
It is morally correct choice to help the environment through such an initiative.
B AGAINST
The Kyoto Protocol does not bound all countries the same way, and hence thi....
Art Criticism using the frames - Chinese and Japanese Art
4 x Art Criticisms - Frames
Chinese and Japanese Traditional and Contemporary Art
Art Criticism and History Subjective + World
The Realisation exhibit now showing at the AGNSW is designed to open Australian peoples eyes up to the variety, magnitude and powerful meaning that contempor....
Art Museum Collection
Today we will be looking at six different museum pieces from:
Piece one: Classical Greek; a visual art and music piece from Greek society.
Piece two: Roman Empire (visual arts piece).
Piece three: Islamic civilization architecture (a Mosque).
Piece four: Early Chinese civilization visual art....
ASEAN and SAARC
ASEAN CONTRIBUTION TO REGIONAL SECURITY -
LESSONS FOR SAARC
INTRODUCTION
1. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is frequently cited as a shining example of third world co-operation. Established in 1967, its publicly stated primary objectives was to foster intra-ASEAN eco....
Assess the move towards Intelligence Led Policing as a successful measure of crime control.
With specific, but not exclusive, reference to the use of informers critically assess the move towards Intelligence Led Policing as a successful measure of crime control.
Controlling crime is a hotly debated issue within contemporary society by which the police force have incorporated many meth....
Assess the view that, in the years 1901-1914, Australia was a workingmans paradise.
History Essay
Assess the view that, in the years 1901-1914, Australia was a workingmans paradise.
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Australia was a working mans paradise in the years 1901-1914 in terms of the working conditions, wages and abundance of jobs on offer, however only fo....
At Cooloola
At Cooloola is a lyrical poem written by a well recognized Australian poet, Judith Wright. This poem creatively describes a beautiful scene of nature. The poet uses highly descriptive language and a diverse range of poetic devices to engage the reader into imagining a picture of how peaceful and s....
Austarilan Icon the ute
Today I want to explain to you why the Ute is an Australian icon. Form a letter a framer sent, the Ute was invented and is one of Australians popular cars. It demonstrates the hardworking attitude of the outback and that it can be used not just for work but for play as well. It became popular by bei....
Australia
The Portuguese were the first to discover the East Coast of AustraliaIn Australian history books, it has been thought for hundreds of years that Captain Cook from England was the first to discover the east coast of Australia on 28th April 1770. However latest evidence shows that this historic event ....
Australia and New Zealand
AUSTRALIA:
Geography:
Australia is smallest, youngest continent, with the lowest population density. It is often said that Australia lies at the edge of the world, divided from other continents by long distances. Australia is located south-east of Asia. The Indian Ocean is west and the sou....
Australia at the end of the Nineteenth Century and the begining of the Twentieth Century
Australia at the end of the Nineteenth Century and the begging of the Twentieth Century
For all of Australian history, this period is the first time that the concept of turning the
Australian continent into one internally independent nation. At the same time, not all
Australians agr....
Australia Needs Nuclear Power
Nuclear power is clean, safe, reliable, compact, competitive and practically inexhaustible. It is the ONLY source of energy that can replace coal, oil and gas, the non-renewable fossil fuel based energy sources in Australia. If we seriously want to prevent climate change, we HAVE to promote the more....
Australia was invaded not settled
The peaceful way of life for the local Aboriginals quickly turned into a nightmare of war, dispossession, displacement and massacres. Contact between the locals and the Europeans was disastrous for the Aboriginal people, also bringing diseases such as smallpox, colds, the flu and measles, these wer....
Australia: Anti-Terrorism Proposal Threatens Civil Liberties
Australia: Anti-Terrorism Proposal Threatens Civil Liberties (New York, October 13, 2005)New counterterrorism measures proposed by Prime Minister John Howard severely threaten Australians civil liberties and violate international law, Human Rights Watch said today.
Putting people und....
Australia's & China's Economy
Australias & Chinas Economy
Australia and China are ranked 15th and 4th respectively on The World Banks total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the year 2006 with a combined total of nearly US$3,000,000,000,000 thats trillion by the way. The Chinese and Australian economies have differe....
Australia's Constitution, Fossilised?
The Australian constitution which came into effect on the first of January, 1901 was a significant Act which forged the Federal Commonwealth of Australia. The constitution is a set of rules which have been created to establish principles to help define and control the institutions of government and ....
Australia's Involvement in Vietnam War
After World War II had ended, Australia learnt that its mother-land, Britain, could not adequately protect us well from their far away position in Europe and instead turned to a more powerful ally, America. So in the 1960s when America and Australia became worried about the spread of communism i....
Australia's Unfair Legal System
In theory all jury systems (which have existed for almost 800 years) are fair and just. The jury system originated in England and has so far failed in cases (all too common) when defendants are wrongfully prosecuted or convicted of crimes which they did not commit. In societies without a jury system....
australian criminal justice system
INTRODUCTION
The criminal justice system is an important part of our everyday lives, it sets out rules and functions that governs people and keeps the interests of society protected.
The purpose of the criminal justice system is to maintain social control and to deliver justice for all. This sy....
Australian Family Law
LEGAL STUDIES ESSAY
A family has been traditionally considered as the basic building block of the human society. Its many important roles include the rearing of children, providing economic support and protection to the family members, and maintain stability and security for society. Ther....
Australian federalism and the convention of responsible govenrment.
Australias political framework comprises federalism and responsible government. Are these components compatible? Explain.
Since 1901 Australias political system has combined federalism, based on Americas federal system, with Britains Westminster system, incorporating the accepted conventi....
Australian Immigration in the 21st century
Australian Immigration in the 20th century
Since 1945, after World War II, migrants who came to Australia changed our nation and our way of life. Not only did they change our society, but they also had a crucial impact on Australias development. Since then, Australias economic, cultural and s....
Australian Law and Society: Nature of the disadvantages faced by those suffering Autism
Part I
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Explain the nature of the disadvantages encountered by people with autism, including: discrimination, inadequate treatment, inadequate accommodation, misunderstanding, lack of rights, care, dependency, lack of pr....
Australian Literature: Lawson, Baynton and Fullerton
The 1880s in Australia marked a significant step forward in its literary history. We see the creation of the weekly magazine; the Bulletin and the publication of literary works attempting to encompass what it meant to be Australian. The landscape itself became a character in these works, and several....
Australian Social and Political Life to 1914
At the beginning of the 20th Century, Australia became a nation. As the colonies had grown since European settlement in 1788, there had proved a need for individual governments. By 1901, Australia was made up of six colonies, each with its own government. Following much debate, mostly during the 188....
australian trees
Australian Tree Report
Tree growth:
How does a tree make its own food?
A tree is able to make its own food by a process called photosynthesis.
Water from soil and carbon dioxide from air combine in the leaves, in the presence of sunlight, to produce carbohydrates.
What is cellulose?
Cellu....
Australian-Asian relations
Change in Australia
At the end of the Vietnam War it would have been easy for Australia to retreat into a policy of isolating itself further from Asia. The old perception of Australia as an essentially European country (rather than a Pacific one), could have reasserted itself in the face of defeat....
Australians In Vietnam
The Vietnam War was not like any other as there was no battlefront as such, instead fighting was sneakier and guerrilla warfare wasnt uncommon.
The enemy, members of the Vietcong, the National Liberation Front and the North Vietnamese Army, could not be recognised as they blended in with the ci....
australias great depression
THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND ITS IMPACTS ON AUSTRALIA.
Not every Australian had to face the severe hardship and distress of the Great Depression, but for those who were affected, it was a terrible experience. The Great Depression with many issues such as: drop in living condition, work for the dole....
australias hidden third world
Australia is an affluent country and ranks third on the Human Development Index (Watkins, Kevin et al, 2005 p.219). Nevertheless, several commentators have described Australia as possessing a hidden third world. This phrase has been used to describe the harsh reality for all indigenous communiti....
Australias Involvment in the Vietnam War
Australias involvement in the Vietnam War came as a result of the belief that if South Vietnam fell to the communists, the rest of Asia and then Australia, would fall to communism too. During the years of the war, it was seen that the war was the downward push of communism. The United States annou....
Australias Response to Communism in the Post-War Era
In the 1950s the biggest threat to Australia both democratically and physically was communism; a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership, freedom of speech and in theory unequal pay and religion. Communism went against the basis Australian rights and threatened the democracy that many men....
Banning of the Mexican Wave
Theres an unfamiliar atmosphere in the air, something peculiar, your heart begins to beat faster and faster as you feel something change. Its at this point you see something that you will never forget, a giant wave, its almost on top of you. The fear is over whelming, you close your eyes. When....
Basketball
An out-line of the event or sportA brief out line of basketball is it is a game played with a pumped round ball between two teams of five players each on a rectangular court. In professional or minor competition basketball is usually played indoors, but it does not need to be. Each team tries to sco....
Basketball
An out-line of the event or sport A brief out line of basketball is it is a game played with a pumped round ball between two teams of five players each on a rectangular court. In professional or minor competition basketball is usually played indoors, but it does not need to be. Each team tries to sc....
Basketball
An out-line of the event or sport
A brief out line of basketball is it is a game played with a pumped round ball between two teams of five players each on a rectangular court. In professional or minor competition basketball is usually played indoors, but it does not need to be. Each team tries to....
Basketball
An out-line of the event or sport
A brief out line of basketball is it is a game played with a pumped round ball between two teams of five players each on a rectangular court. In professional or minor competition basketball is usually played indoors, but it does not need to be. Each team t....
Basketball
An out-line of the event or sport
A brief out line of basketball is it is a game played with a pumped round ball between two teams of five players each on a rectangular court. In professional or minor competition basketball is usually played indoors, but it does not need to be. Each team tries to....
Bendigo Bank Case Analysis
In 2007 alone Bendigo Bank saw cash earnings increase by 15.6 per cent, to a respectable $118.5 million (Hunt & Johanson, 2007). In addition to this, the bank added an extra 77,000 customers to its already sizeable client base, and opened 22 new branches throughout Australia, not to mention a $4 bil....
Bernanke Testimony
Since Ben Bernanke has been assigned as President George Bushs chief economic advisor to replace Alan Greenspan many people agreed that speculative opportunities for profit will exist during his term but Bernanke has the credentials to be a good Fed chairman, and the market spoke favorably of him ....
Binge eating
Women that suffer from eating disorders are also suffering from other social ills. These social ills can vary and manifest themselves from internal dissatisfaction to external problems. It is quite evident that not all women who suffer from internal disappointment have eating disorders but the cor....
Binge Eating
Women that suffer from eating disorders are also suffering from other social
ills. These social ills can vary and manifest themselves from internal
dissatisfaction to external problems. It is quite evident that not all women
who suffer from internal disappointment have eating disorders but the
....
Biology Assignment On Diseases
Around the world, human beings suffer from many different diseases. I have decided to write about Yellow Fever (viral), Typhoid Fever (bacterial) and Polio (viral). Thankfully, these diseases dont exist in Australia and in most first world countries anymore due to eradication efforts, but they sti....
Book Review - Pride & Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is a great novel written by Jane Austen. The novel is the most of Janes as well as one of the most romantic comedies novels. It was first written under the title First Impressions from 1796-1787 and revised later and was published in 1813 as Pride and Prejudice. The novel descr....
Bowling For Columbine
Bowling for Columbine
In Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore tries to find a reason for the ridiculous amount of gun homicides per year in America, which stands at about 11,000 in 2002. During which Michael Moore compares Americas gun homicide rate to other countries such as Canada, a....
Brand is an invaluable asset
Today, it seems to be impossible to find something unbranded. Brand has been considered as such an essential part of a product that ever more firms and organizations have recognized the importance of brands as the most powerful asset. The Chitty et.al. states that "A well-known and respected brand i....
bread talk swot analysis
SWOT analysis on Breadtalk
Strengths
Unique Concept and Branding
The Breadtalk concept is unique and innovative and this distinguishes the brand from traditional bakeries in the market. More importantly, Breadtalk captures the interest of consumers as it constantly develops products reflect....
brief compaision of australian and germanic economy
Australia and Germany each has its own economy that is completely separate from one another. Germany has traditionally been the economic powerhouse of Europe and remains so to this day despite the tensions and difficulties of its political situation over the past century. Australia is traditionally ....
Bushfires
Nature
A bushfire is not like any other fire. It is not like a barbeque or a cigarette lighter, which is very small and totally controlled. It is not like a fire used for back-burning, which is very much controlled. By nature, a bushfire is wild and uncontrolled. They can be small or huge, fast mov....
Business Analysis Paper for Heineken Holding N.V.
Introduction
Heineken, a global brewing giant, sells its namesake beer in the easily recognized green bottles in just about every country on the planet. Heineken owns and manages one of the worlds leading portfolios of beer brands and is one of the worlds leading brewers in terms of sales....
Caesars assassination deserved or not deserved?
"Yet other deeds and sayings of Caesar's may be set to the debit account and justify the conclusion that he deserved assassination"
Julius Caesar was regarded as "one of the greatest men of the ancient world" said by Rupert Mathew's author of the book Julius Caesar. Unfortunatel....
Can reason alone be used as a way of understanding the ethical issues that emerge from immigration?
Can reason alone be used as a way of understanding the ethical issues that emerge from immigration?
The modern sense of immigration implies the movement of people from one nation to the other. In 2005, the UN recorded 190 million international immigrants. The amount of immigrants may appear great....
Cancer in Australia
Cancer, as we all know, is a disease in which cells in the body divide in an uncontrolled way, resulting in the formation of tumour. Nonetheless, not all tumours are cancerous: those which are not cancerous are called benign tumour while those which are cancerous are called malignant tumour. Maligna....
Canon
It was Monday, and in the afternoon, as I was walking along the High Street of Marchbury, I was met by a distinguished-looking person whom I had observed at the services in the cathedral on the previous day. Now it chanced on that Sunday that I was singing the service. Properly speaking, it was not ....
capital punishment
Capital Punishment
Capital punishment refers to sanctioned executions. The issue of capital punishment raises many different arguments and is questioned by the media, politicians and the public, upon the pros and cons of the death penalty.
The death penalty in Australia was abolished in 1984 a....
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN SINGAPORE
ABSTRACT
More than 400 prisoners have been executed in Singapore by hanging since 1991. This makes Singapore the country with the highest execution rate in the world relative to its population size, easily double the execution rate of the country with the next highest execution r....
Censorship of the Internet
The internet is the largest and the biggest source of information and knowledge of the world. Like nuclear energy, internet is very powerful source, and can be used for both good and evil deeds. Nuclear energy can be used to power entire city, or it can be used to destroy it. It is peoples right t....
Cerebral Palsy
Botulinum and its contributions in Cerebral Palsy Treatment
Abstract
Cerebral Palsy is a neuromuscular disorder in which continuous contraction of muscle leads to difficulties in normal activities. This neuromuscular disorder occurs in young children mostly the infants. There are four types of....
Charles Darwin and Evolution
Its My Life: On Charles Darwin.
How did we get to the state we are at now as human beings, from cavemen nearly 2.5 million years ago (Carl, 260)? When Darwin began his research there were not even recognized fossils of ancient humans. He pondered these ideas and put them in a journal and he ....
children and the reasons they are violent
America experienced more than forty thousand deaths last year that were due to gun related injuries. This is a problem. America simply owns to many guns. We currently own more guns that Great Britain, Australia and Africa combined. We also have more deaths than any other nation in the world. By simp....
Cigarette Advertising
Cigarette advertising restrictions do not have and intended effect, and despite that in many societies there is an increase in cigarette consumption. Only who is affected with those restrictions are the cigarette companies which are in danger of becoming a form of commercial censorship. However, I d....
Circular Flow of Income Model
The Australian Economy is an intricate network of different segments interacting with one another in patterns or flows. To simplify the complexity of the situation, a Five Sector Model has been devised to help demonstrate more clearly the interactions of the five sectors- the Household sector, the B....
Climate change
limate change is a campaign which is continually growing in momentum, so much so that many governments from around the globe are implementing programs to deal with the increasingly extreme levels of weather that the world is experiencing. It wouldn't be a stretch to say that there are thousands of ....
Cloudstreet
Through my study of Cloudstreet by Tim Winton, my critical interpretation of the context has changed as initially this was considered a family saga, but now my interpretation has changed by the further studying of this book, and by the readings of others. The meaning now can be seen as sub textual....
collapse of worldcom and the butterfly effect in australia
AUDITING, THEORY AND PRACTICE
PREPARED BY: UNISA STUDENT UNDERGROUND BOARD (SUB)
ASSIGNMENT ONE
a) Outline some of the major changes that have occurred in the area of independence in Australia and overseas since 2002.
b) Do you think the changes outlined in your answer to part (a) abo....
Commercial decisions
There are many factors that affect our Commercial decisions. Commercial decisions can be defined as decisions that can affect the quality of our lives. Factors can include such things as Consumer decisions, whether they are legal, commercial or financial. It can also include decisions on Consumer pr....
Communication and Thinking in Groups
"Group work are an important medium for promoting learning, achieving increased productivity, accomplishing goals, and stimulating and guiding social change." (Conyne, Wilson, & Ward 1997, 40)
This personal essay will review the critical incidents during the Virtual Business Design Pr....
Community Development aims for change and development.
In analysing and critically discussing this topic, I will focus on community development as a process and outcome, exploring the definition of community development and development and relating the process and outcome theme to the ideas of aim and wish.
The topic states that community developm....
Compare Marketing Strategies of two manufacturing companies (Toyota and Holden)
Executive Summary
The saying "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday" is true because it helps build credibility. But branding is more than seconds on a stopwatch or figures on a dyno. The essence of great marketing is in anticipating and satisfying needs, capturing imaginations, winning hearts and buildi....
Comparison of English Legal System and Greek Legal System on the matter of Divorce
Comparison of English Legal System and Greek Legal System on the matter of Divorce
To fully understand and state the differences between two or more Legal systems on a certain matter, firstly, we need to fully comprehend the subject matter, and the way it works in general, which in this certain c....
Consumer Behaviour in Sydney Australia in 2007
Contents Page
Part 1
Completed by Alistair McDonald
Page 3
Part 2
a)
b)
Internal Influences completed by Nadia Roe
External Influences completed by Simon Reynolds
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Part 3
Completed by Kristen Bukes Page 14
Part 4
Completed by Alistair McDonald Page 1....
Continental Drift
Continental Drift
The theory of continental drift and supporting evidence
Continental drift occurs when continents change position in relation to each other. It is the concept that the continents of the world were once a single land mass and have since drifted into their present positions.
Al....
Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are arguably the world’s most beautiful habitats. Coral reefs have been called therainforests of the oceans, because of the rich diversity of life they support. Scientists have not yetfinished counting the thousands of different species of plants and animals that use or live in t....
Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are arguably the worlds most beautiful habitats. Coral
reefs have been called therainforests of the oceans, because of the rich
diversity of life they support. Scientists have not yetfinished
counting the thousands of different species of plants and animals that use or
live i....
Costs and Benefits of Tourism
Certainly tourism has improved a lot of the communities on a particular country. But not all the improvement will provide benefits for the local communities. In the article of Fuller (1999), she mentioned that tourists who visit Dominican Republic, the majority live in all inclusive 5 star hotels....
Crime in Canada and in the United States: A Comparative Analysis
In the past three decades, a number of researchers have undertaken the comparison of American and Canadian crime rates. Among them, Lipset (1990) and Hagan (1991) have shown that violence was more frequent south of the border than in Canada. Using infra-national disaggregated crime rates, this artic....
Critical Analysis of Dawn Frasers Biography by Ken Knox
Dawn Fraser is the Queen of Swimming in Australia . One of the most influential sportswomen of all time, she redefined the concept of Olympic Champion, and is still a source of inspiration in the world of championship swimming. In the biography, The Dawn of Swimming, author Ken Knox, provi....
Cultural Intelligence
CONTENTS
1. Describe the concept, cultural intelligence, and the factors you should consider and manage to ensure that an appropriate level of cultural intelligence is applied and sustained in your workplace.
2.....
Current Account Deficit in Australia
Economics Essay
Since the 1980s, Australia has had a persistently large current account deficit (CAD). The current account is a record of all non-reversible transactions of imports and exports of goods and services, income and current transfers. The capital and financial account (KAF) records the....
Deadly unna
Introduction
Racism is all around us in daily life, no matter where we are or what we are doing. Good morning classmates and Mrs Schlam today I will be talking about racism, and how it was used and developed in the highly-acclaimed novel, Deadly Unna?.
Deadly Unna Is a novel wri....
Death Penalty
THE DEATH PENALTY
Punishment is an act, not to hurt but to actually discipline an individual. It is often said that sparing the rod may spoil the child. In the modern society, different segment have adopted different ways to punish culprits. Many people in the society have raised concern over....
Decision Making in Teams
1.Main concepts addressed in the Report
There are several types of decisions that we need to make daily and the importance and complexity of these vary enormously. Most decisions are made by moving between the choice of criteria (the characteristics our choices meet) and the identification of alter....
Defining Democracy
What is Democracy and what is the minimalist conception of democracy? How are democratic regimes different from authoritarian regimes? And what are some of the factors that distinguish democratic systems from one another? Please discuss at least three of these factors and provide examples fr....
Deforestation.
DEFORESTATION
What is Deforestation?
Deforestation is when indigenous forests and woodland is destructed permanently. The term does not include removal of industrial forests such as plantations of Gums or Pines. All this destruction has caused the reduction of indigenous forests to 4/5 of their....
dell swot
SWOT analysis of Dell Computers History: The company was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell, now the computer industry's longest-tenured chief executive officer, on a simple concept: that by selling personal computer systems directly to customers, Dell could best understand their needs, and provide the....
Demonstrate the uneven outcomes of economic globalisation in Sydney
The term Globalisation can be defined as the intensification of global interconnectedness within different countries and nations in the World. And the economic globalisation refers to the degree of functional integration across national boundaries between trade, production, investment and also inter....
Describe C.E.W Beans role in the creation of the Australian War Memorial
C.E.W Bean had a huge role in the creation of the Australian War Memorial (AWM). Charles Bean born in Bathurst, New South Wales, on the eighteenth of November 1879. Bean was the driving force behind the establishment of the AWM. The essay will describe how Bean was involved in the Development and C....
Differences in People
Everyday we go to different places like work, school, and stores where people have customs that are different than our own. We have learned to accept people's customs that aren't ours because in America there are so many different kinds of people. Sometimes we look down on a certain people or group ....
Different Breeds of Sheep
The California Red, which can be bred year-round, was first developed in the 1970s from crossbreeding Barbados and Tunis sheep. The name derives from the solid rust or cinnamon red color of the lambs which turn to beige starting at 12 months. This breed belongs to the medium-size category with ma....
Discipline
Discipline consists of more than punishment, at the hand of authority, for wrongdoing. It includes self discipline; the regulation by a man of his own heart and mind, the cultivation of discernment, virtue and noble tastes and sentiments and the suppression of unbalanced passions, vice and mean disp....
Discovery of Australia by the Dutch
The discovery of Australia
Explorers from Holland were certainly some of the first explorers to visit various parts of the Australian coast, this being a major contribution to the discovery and mapping of Australia.
In March 1606 William Jansz on board the Duyfken, travelled about 300 km along....
Discrimination faced by the Indigenous people of Australia
The Aboriginal population of Australia are a minority group that have faced continual discrimination since the arrival of the Europeans in 1788. Though there have been recent developments in assisting Aborigines in attaining equal rights in Australian society, they still face inequalities within man....
Discuss the multicultural issues facing Josie in the current Australian society.
Jossie's inteligence and confidence are two unique qualities portrayed in this young girl, struggling with her identity. She is a remarkably imagitive young person possesing a quick temper. She is a confused girl searching to find where she belongs in the two different cultures. These cultures, bei....
Distribution of income and wealth
What is income?
Income is the amount that is received in a given period of time. It could also be said to be the flow of funds.
How is income distributed in Australia?
In 1999-2000, the richest 20% of income units received 48.5% of total income. The poorest 20% of income units received le....
Divine Wind
The Divine Wind describes an Australia that is tarnished by racism, hatred and distrust, and yet the novel ends on an optimistic not. Do you agree?
Based in World War Two the Divine Wind portrays a worn and exhausted Australia, where the white Australian society deprives the ability to correspond....
Divine Wind demonstrates that only the strongest relationships can survive in a time of crisis
The Divine Wind written by Garry Disher is a novel about friendship losed and friendship gained in Broome prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbour in 1942. The book evidently shows that only the strongest of relationships can last in a time of crisis whilst others fail when things get tough. We are....
Do homosexual couples have a right to parent and adopt children?
Homosexuality has existed since the very earliest human societies. Gay men and women have been apart of every culture and it has become more common and accepted over time. However, there are a number of issues surfacing in regard to gays having the right to parent children. Homosexuals are seen as i....
Do you think economic theory can help society to reduce crime? Why? Explain some of the main argumen
The main economic approach to crime starts from one single assumption, this being that criminals are rational. Criminals are normal rational people, who wish to maximise utility. Thus the decision to become a criminal is in principle no different from the decision to become a bricklayer or a car....
Does Participation in Danger Sports Endanger Lives of Others?
What is a dangerous sport? A dangerous sport is a sport where selfish people isolate themselves to make it as treacherous and as risky to for them to be rescued. Manpower, money, and time is constantly being wasted on people who go to the most remote and treacherous places in nature to participate....
Don't be Honest, Don't be You - Polictics of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
The last thing anyone could relate the military policy of Don't Ask Don't Tell to is a Disney Classic, but the toils and tribulations of Mulan in the movie Mulan are much like those of a homosexual solider in the United States Military. Mulan is a woman who joins the Chinese military because she wan....
DOUGY
Dougy shows that the flood was as destructive as the prejudice towards aboriginals in destroying the town.
Destructive. Prejudice. Destroying. These were the key words of the topic on hand. Destructive is to be causing damage. Prejudice is racist comments. Destroying, to demolish, pulverise or de....
Dr. Haneef, The Injustice - Australian Legal System
Being a legal studies student I have learnt that the Australian Legal System and Parliament is based upon several key principles and without these the public can often be unprotected from bad law or unjust outcomes. With the recent events concerning Dr. Haneef it is clear that several of these p....
Dramaturg
"It's an enormous asset to have somebody who can not only speak in
terms of history but also understands the form, who understands that any play written
or performed today is descended from a series of traditions of form and can
remind me as I am working that this form exists: 'Do you want ....
Dreaming is the centre of the aboriginal religion and life
Aboriginal people have been in Australia for more than 40,000 years. Where they came from is uncertain but in the relatively isolated situation in which they remained for so long .they developed their culture and their particular ways of living in this land. For indigenous Australians the land is th....
Drinking alcoholic beverages is damaging to your health.
Drinking alcoholic beverages is damaging to your health. Did you know that alcohol is the second biggest cause of death, from a drug, in Australia? People dont realize how damaging alcohol is. In Australia almost 5000 people die every year from alcohol related deaths.
Alcohol is one of the m....
DRUG DRIVING AND DRINK DRIVING: THE SIMILARITIES AND THE DIFFERENCES
1. BACKGROUND
A drug is a substance which is used to change the way you feel or function. Drugs are available over-the-counter from pharmacies, supermarkets and health food stores, on prescription from medical officers, or through illegal drug networks. Availability and use of most drugs is contr....
drug use in australia
Illicit drug use is a major issue that is faced in Australia. As a result of production of new illegal drugs and drug trafficking, it is often hard to reduce the number of drug users.
As times change and technology develops, new problems relating to drugs and its issues arise and the government w....
Dying With Dignity
I am here today to explain the different legal aspects euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. There are two sides to this controversy, and their basic ideas are of the following: terminally ill patients should be allowed to end their lives with dignity. Physician-assisted suicide is a compassion....
Earth is our home
Earth is a home for many different creatures, including humans. They always depended on nature and lived in harmony with it, because the environment they lived in gave them food and water, essentials of live. In 18th century humans stopped respecting and honouring the environment and started....
Effectiveness of the Australian Legal System in achieving justice for women
Aristotle, a wise Greek philosopher once said, "nothing is so unequal as the equal treatment of unequals". This is evident through statistical terms, as women are the largest disadvantaged group in Australian society today. Good morning Ms Carpenter and fellow classmates, today I will be evaluating ....
EFFECTS OF ADOPTING IFRS
By embracing global accounting standards, several countries and companies are embracing a vision for financial reporting that is not necessarily that widely known or understood. It is a vision that considers fair value measurement to be paramount, and rejects historical costs, accruals and the reali....
Effects of Monetary Policy
The Effects of Monetary Policy
Summary: A detailed essay on the effects of monetary policy in the economy and how it fulfills some of the economic objectives.
The macroeconomic policy of monetary policy is defined as the Reserve Banks pursuit of price stability in the medium term. Monetary pol....
Effects of Monetary Policy
The Effects of Monetary Policy
Summary: A detailed essay on the effects of monetary policy in the economy and how it fulfills some of the economic objectives.
The macroeconomic policy of monetary policy is defined as the Reserve Banks pursuit of price stability in the medium term. Monetary p....
Effects of Smoking
There are numerous effects of smoking that affect the individual. They can affect not only your health but also your social and family life. It can also affect the non-smoker around you. Non-smokers suffer from allergies, noise and eye irritations and headaches as a result of inhaling second hand sm....
el nino
What is El Nino, and How Long Will This Last? According to Michael
McPhaden, director of the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Array, an El Nino
is born when west-blowing Pacific trade winds relax or reverse. Without
the wind at its back, seawater that typically piles up on the jagged
western edge of t....
elecrticity
Electricity
Chapter 8: Concepts in Electricity
8.1 Electric Charge (Pg. 259)
Atomic charge
Atoms contain protons, neutrons and electrons. Protons have a positive charge, neutrons no charge, and electrons a negative charge.
Electric charge cannot be created or destroyed, only trans....
Embryonic Stem Cell Symposium Speech
Out of the 450 IVF clinics in the USA there is an estimated 400 000 left over embryos and only 2.8% of theses are being designated for stem cell research. That leaves approximately 389 000 embryos that have been frozen and stored for any where up to 10 years and they could have been used to help oth....
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Enterprise Resource Planning
Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP, is yet another of those three-letter acronyms. To describe an ERP system in a simple way one could say that ERP is an information system that manages all resources available in a company. It is a common term for a co-operating software....