This assessment advocated Australian defence self-reliance, and the ordering of defence priorities according to geographic proximity to mainland Australia. However, since 2001 Australian defence doctrine shifted perspectives and priorities as the DOD acknowledged that the threat of conventional attack on Australia had diminished while the ADF was increasingly likely the be deployed well beyond Australia as part of an international coalition. In various releases from the DOD and statements from the Minister the government strongly affirmed that it had changed the way it approached the defence ...

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According to Fleming & O'Reilly (2007: 214) Australia for past 24 years in vary report has insisted that Australian police have been promoting community policing as their vital activity. ... Nevertheless, the strategy has not escaped criticism from governments, agencies and academics. ... In early 1998 the Nyoongar patrol system was implemented but on few locations in Australia but especially in central Perth. ... This strategy is funded by government where it covers all the unemployed aboriginal members and provides them with assistance in education and work place opportunity. ... Accord...

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Since the 1940s, the Labor and Liberal governments have dominated the political scene of Australia. However, Australia's parliamentary system has allowed minority parties and independent candidates to significantly impact government legislation. ... Specifically, the main reason for Hanson's support came from the dissatisfaction of mainstream Australians in regard to government policies of the time. ... Furthermore, Hanson's statement that we are in danger of being swamped by Asians, is indicative of her own belief and by extension, the belief shared by many Australians, that th...

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A similar notion is presented in Paul Keating's "Redfern Speech" (1992) which explores the negative interactions between the government on Indigenous Australians. ... However the negative connotations of "when this one is pulled down" symbolizes the loss of their cultural identity as they adopt 'Australian' traditions and therefore, limit their sense of belonging to their homeland. ... Paul Keating's "Redfern Speech" reflects on the impact of the exclusion of Indigenous Australians, thus stressing the need for the acceptance and recognition of their culture. ... Furthermore...

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These agricultural practices are known for causing negative impacts on the environment; including increased fertilisers and other chemical usage, increased irrigation, which, in many cases in Australia has lead to salinity problems, just to name a few. ... Currently the Australian government is working with CSIRO on a large research project to improve the understanding of possible impacts both beneficial and non-beneficial genetic engineered crops have on the environment. ... The Introduction of genetically engineered cotton to Australia, which contains a toxin from the bacteria Bacillus t...

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It also indicates that instead of the government serving the will of the people, the government is directing that will where is pleases. The Tampa crisis, also known as the Children Overboard has also successfully presents that the politicians have the power over the media and media have the power to change the facts to manipulate the public and demonstrating that prevailing representation of people and politics at a given time is a function of power instead of truth as Children Overboard was an Australian political argument involving public allegations by Howard government in 2001, which ...

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An eminent name in Western-Liberal thought is Richard Pipes, who has participated in many anti-Marxists engagements, including hand-picking by the US government in examining weapons from the Soviet regime. ... A forefront of Australian historians, and a studied revisionist, Sheila Fitzpatrick states that 'successful revolutions tear off masks' of historical opinions and occurrences. ...

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Reasons for this information to be available are also due to factors such as law ruling by the government, requirements from security commission such as ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission) where observation on the activities of listed companies are undertaken. ... Moreover it is also a requirement that comes under the Australian Stock Exchange. ...

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The journalist stated that India had grown so much food that, it has a bigger stockpile than any country in the world except China, and it exports some of it to countries like Saudi Arabia and Australia Yet one-fifth of its people are malnourished, because of pervasive corruption, mismanagement, and waste in programs that are supposed to distribute food to the poor. ... " Since natural resources generate revenues, government in developing countries may be tempted to make policy and public spending decisions that could have negative long-term effects, like India in 2012. ... Developing ...

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The Atheist government has begun to recognize the value of Buddhism in protecting its nation, allowing the practice of a faith it not long ago condemned, demonstrating the power of faith in changing a person's understandings. ... The current leader of Australia, Tony Abbott is known for his devout Catholicism, yet he states "it doesn't in any way determine my politics."" ...

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The Aboriginal Strategic Direction 2012-2017 (New South Wales Police Force 2012) is a strategy created by the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1991), the Australian Governments (CoAG) Closing the Gap Strategy and the National Indigenous Law & Justice Framework (SCAG 2009). ...

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