Australia's economic growth has been described as extraordinary, averaging around 3.5% in the last five years, with forecasts of continued growth of around 4% in 2003. ... Between 1986-87 and 2000-01, the financial sector recorded average annual growth of 5.2%. ... Australia's economic growth was strong between 1997-98 and at the end of June in 1999; unemployment fell to average of only 7.6 %. ... The introduction of a 35-hour week in Australia, for example, where the average full-time worker now labors for 42.4 hours a week, would create more than 1 million jobs. ...

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Gambling is a very harmful addiction which may lead to the destruction of a person and their family and should, therefore, be banned by the government. ... It has been stated that, total recorded expenditure (losses) in Australia reached just over $19 billion in 2008-09, or an average of $1500 per adult who gambled (Gambling Regulation Amendment [Licensing] Bill, 2011). ... Moreover, International tourists who visited casinos spent a total of $4.9 billion during their time in Australia - an average of $4940 per visitor, compared to $2630 by international visitors not visiting casinos (Austral...

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*BANGLADESH-Australia provided Australian wheat to more than 50 000 extremely poor women and their families. ... Between 1995 and 2001 total Australian exports to China grew at an average annual rate of 16 per cent. ... Last year its GDP reached $1.6 trillion and of its current average annual growth rate of 7.5 per cent is sustained. ... There is also great scope for encouraging personal and informal ties through sporting events(My uncle, John Cooper trained the South Korean Equestrian team for the Pan-Pacific Games held last year, where they were placed second to Japan.), cultural exchanges, ...

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The average age a teen becomes homeless is 14 and 7 months of age. 1 in 7 young people between the ages of 10 to 18 will run away. ... This particular snapshot shows "We could find just three properties in Queanbeyan-Karabar which is in NSW that were affordable and appropriate for a family of four relying on the minimum wage and family tax benefits. ... However, the minimum wage is often not up to the task of supporting a family" (Kylyssa Shay, 2014). ... It is not healthy for a family of 4 or more to be evicted because they live on minimum wage. ... In June, the minister for family ...

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The outcome of debate will profoundly affect family relationships, interaction between doctors and patients, and concepts of basic morality. ... During the 20th century, major scientific and medical advances have greatly enhance the life expectancy of the average person. ... These people feel that they would rather die in full mind and body rather to let themselves live a few more years in a vegetative state or with debilitating dementia that does not allow them to recognize their closest family. ... Many other faith groups believe that human suffering can have a positive value for the termina...

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Voluntary euthanasia can save money, and shorten the grief and suffering of both a patient and their families. ... Since they can't do anything for themselves, they have to be taken care of by family, or kept alive on machines in a hospital and feel as though they are a burden to everyone around them. ...

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In every mainland city, a worker on average earnings of about $49,000 a year would fail to qualify for a mortgage to buy the typical house. ... Meanwhile, a steady attrition in the number of full-time jobs speeds a race to the bottom wherein once secure workers and their families are dislocated, impoverished and dispossessed. ... Keeping in mind that the numbers of families with two parents in work has also increased in the last two decades, Professor Gregory sees families increasingly being polarised into what he calls the "work rich" and the "work poor". ...

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