Throughout the history of Australian politics, voting behaviours have been caught in an ebb and flow between socio-economic and cultural influences. These influences can be categorized into three varying terms: long-term influences such as class or party identification, mid-term influences such as the impact of leadership or government performance and short-term influences such as the election campaign or policy announcements. In terms of broadly assessing the attributes of voting behavior in Australia, we are forced to consider the system of compulsory voting. ... ' is essential to demo...

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Australian Medical Association (2006) stated that in 2004, cannabis was the most used drug in Australia. ... This one concern of why people are against the legalization of cannabis in Australia. There are just as many advantages to disadvantages of legalizing cannabis in Australia. ... Addiction is another downfall to legalizing cannabis in Australia. ... However to all those advantages they are many complications that result in a huge list of disadvantages that would affect Australia, the government, finances, drug trading, society, individuals and their health....

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This may be handled by either a government or non-government organisation. ... Such organistions are: Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Australian Competition and Consumer Commission(ACCC), Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB), Australian Accounting Standards Board(AASB), Australian Financial Security Authority(AFSA), Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), Financial Reporting Council (FRC), to name a few. The roll of each regulator is: The Australian Securities and Investments Commissio...

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Despite a general consensus that pressure ulcers are largely preventable, they continue to be a problematic and persisting health concern (Australian Wound Management Association, 2012). ... In Australian hospitals, pressure ulcers have been estimated to cost at least $285 million every year (Graves, Birrell & Whitby, 2005) and in 1997, Young estimated the cost of a Stage 4 pressure ulcer at $61,230 (Young, 1997). ... It is these issues that are of concern and allow health professionals to recognize that pressure ulcer prevention is a complex and multi-factorial problem that requires the vig...

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Cunningham & Flew (2000) De-westernising Australia?... The Cunningham and Flew article, De-westernising Australia?... Cunningham and Flew highlight a basic power struggle between people, the government and our media system which they recognize to have a "strong corporatist flavour" (Cunningham and Flew, 2000: 237). Continual references throughout this article are made to "Media moguls" (Cunningham and Flew, 2000: 237) within the Australian media industry, an element that is restated to further emphasise their perception of a lack of free thought resulting from a highly privatised media sector...

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Barrow Island has a unique place in Western Australia's history, geography and social development. Barrow Island is located in the Carnarvon Basin, 55kms off the North West coast of Western Australia; it is one of the last remainders of what Australia was like prior to European invasion. ... The project will foster economic growth, business development and generate government revenue. ... The Gorgon project will meet the need for clean energy in today's market place; it will enhance energy competition and security of supply in Australia. ... The real exchange rate would increase lea...

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The City of Wyndham is a local government area in Melbourne Victoria. ... According to the 2014 Australian Bureau of statistic on population development, Wyndham city council is the largest and fastest growing city in all of Victoria local government councils and also it is the fourth fastest growing city council in the nation. ... The 2015 community profile Id for Wyndham city council indicated that over 54,000 of the city's residents in 2012 were born oversea, and that almost 31% of this people migrated to Australia with in the period of five years to 2012. ... The inter-professional h...

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The projections for the rise in the elderly population of Little Whinging Queensland Australia predict that nearly 20% of the population will be over the age of 65 by the year 2030. ... Benefits and Disadvantages of Keeping Older Employees in the Workforce Continued physical activity in one's later years has been linked to a number of health benefits including increased longevity (Kahn, 1981), less declines in cardiovascular and pulmonary functioning (National Heart Foundation of Australia, 2006), a reduced risk of developing conditions like diabetes and osteoporosis (Nied & Franklin, 200...

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The documentary "Pyongyang Diaries" (1998) directed by Australian Solrun Hoaas documents the aftermath of the death of the North Korean 'Great Leader', Kim II Sung. ... The second source of education in North Korea is identical to that of the education within Nazi Germany in World War Two with complete government control of subjects and information being taught in schools. ... As a result of the total control by the government over the curriculum of education, both now in North Korea and in World War Two with Nazi Germany, it shows that the traditional propaganda techniques are stil...

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"Governments have passed consumer protection legislation because they believe that the common law of contracts cannot adequately protect the consumer in today's complex market place." Both the Commonwealth and Queensland State governments have legislated to provide greater protection to consumers in contractual situations that would otherwise not be provided by common law. Examples of the government introducing legislation as a means of providing greater protection to consumers than common law are: The Trade and Practices Act 1974(Cth); and The Sale of Goods Act 1895(Qld). ...

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"The interesting thing about Fiji is that you have a black government which is in power. ... With a personal stance, the Fiji government is in favor of multinational companies operation due to its development model and have a dependency mentality that foreign investment returns could be utilized to develop the current under developed resources. ...

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"The interesting thing about Fiji is that you have a black government which is in power. ... With a personal stance, the Fiji government is in favor of multinational companies operation due to its development model and have a dependency mentality that foreign investment returns could be utilized to develop the current under developed resources. ...

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