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Foreign Policy Stance And Australia
2,378 wordsPolitics CAT 2 Analysis of Australian Foreign Policy with the United States since 1941 "Australia looks to America, free of any pangs as to our traditional links or kinship with the United Kingdom". Curtin's historic speech of December 1941 marked a radical change in Australian foreign policy and the beginning of what would become a "dynamic alliance relationship". The Australian-U. S relationship has, since it was formally established, undergone amazing transformations to become an alliance of ...
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Australia's Friendliness Towards Asia
1,248 wordsAustralia- Trade and Immigration Background As Joycelynhas mentioned Australia's having greater and greater interaction with its Asian neighbours, through the areas of trade and its active role in the regional trade organization -APEC. Despite its location, Australia can hardly be thought of being an Asian country. Not so long ago, Asian were looked down upon, with a mixture of fear because of the communist aggression, pity because of their poverty, and contempt, as they dumped cheap and poorly ...
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Australia's Relationship With The Nation
1,259 wordsAustralia as a developed country has sought to foster successful relationships with other such countries with like-minded interests. In times of war and uncertainty, these relationships would render assistance to each other and various treaties and alliances emphasised this obligation and sense of loyalty to the other country. Post World War II Australia established itself as a nation that was bi-partisan by not seeking special relationships with other countries and furthering the cause of other...
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First Catholic Archbishop In Australia
552 wordsQuestion 1 !V An Outline on a Major Catholic Figure. John Bede Polding- John Bede Polding was born at Liverpool on the 18th of October 1794 and died at Sydney, 16 March 1877. During his life he contributed in many ways to the growth of Catholicism in Australia through many different events. He was the first Catholic Archbishop in Australia, although he was ordained in England. He came to Australia in 1835 !"and at once set to work to organize his vast diocese. He found only three priests in New ...
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America
468 wordsArgumentative Essay " That Australia Should Resist American Influence" - Against For over 50 years now, the United States of America have been a source of inspiration for the people of our great nation. We watch their TV shows, listen to their music, eat their food, and this is all before we leave for work in the morning! Like it or not, America has had a positive influence on Australia, and their is no reasonable explanation to support an abandonment of it. Sure, people may choose to argue that...
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Economic Benefits Of The 2000 Olympics
1,072 wordsThe Economic Impact of the Olympic Games With the Olympic games being held in Sydney this year, I wondered if perhaps the performance of the economy was being affected in part by the fiscal stimulus provided by Olympic construction in Sydney and other parts of the country. Australia's economy has been performing well recently, suggesting that there might be some effect. Over the last five years, growth in Australia's gross domestic product has averaged 4.35%, almost a full point above it's thirt...
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Head Of State Needs
1,223 wordsWill Australia become a republic in the next twenty years This is a difficult question to speculate on. The main area of law governing this issue is section 128 of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (U. K). Other issues in this debate are regarding appointment, termination and the powers to be awarded to the proposed Head of State, and the impact the change will have on the States. Examining the history of Australian Legislative powers, and reasons why Australians would want to ...
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War For Many Reasons
648 wordsIn 1914, Australia joined the First World War. Although it was seen as a European war, the Australia government decided that Australia should support its 'Mother Country', Britain. The prime-minister at the time, Joseph Cook, stated Australia's position: "Whatever happens, Australia is a part of the Empire, right to the full. When the Empire is at war, Australia is at war". Many Australians objected to the country's involvement in the war, but the majority of the population agreed with the gover...
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Australian Defence Forces
1,410 wordsAustralia Must Increase Its Defence As we enter the 21st century we can see that countries all over the world spend large amounts of money on their defence. The United States of America alone spends around $450 billion annually on defence (pg 49, Defence Review 2000). This essay examines the three Australian armed forces, namely the navy, the air force and the military to see what improvements they require, in order to protect themselves in the new century. It also discusses countries that could...
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1798 Bass And Flinders
597 wordsBackground Matthew Flinders was born the oldest son of a surgeon-apothecary in the market town of Donington, Lincolnshire, in 1774. When Flinders was young he dreamed of wealth and fame, while reading of exotic locations in Robinson Crusoe and conscious of complaints by his father about their lack of money. Matthew Flinders refused to follow in the footsteps of his father into medical practice. Instead he decided to pursue a career in the Royal Navy, where there was the prospect of prize money a...
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Links With Indonesia And Australia
855 wordsImmigration to a different country is a major step, and one that should be thought about genuinely. In the case that will be discussed, why Indonesians have requested refuge in Australia, the move would be especially hard seeing that one country is an Asian society and one is western (Although Australia is geographically part of Asia). Reasons to leave a country can vary. One who flees for safety, especially to a foreign country to escape danger or avoid political, religious, or racial persecuti...
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Dairy Industries O In 1900 Australia
1,302 wordsChapter One o The most important areas of development before 1900 were ports, roads and railways. A country as big as Australia would soon be crippled if its products could not reach local and overseas markets. Therefore, the development of transport was critical to the growth of the wool, sugar, beef, mining and dairy industries. o In 1900 Australia had ridden 'on the sheep's back'. This meant that Australia's wealth came mainly from primary industry wool was still Australia's most important in...
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Australia's Foreign Policy In South East Asia
3,805 words'Australia's foreign policy has been driven by a carefully defined sense of national interest, conducted with a realistic appreciation of the slope of our influence, focused and realistically selective in character and effective in achieving results and in building in to the process a positive image of Australia as a diplomatically active country, conducting a responsible foreign policy with imagination and energy. ' Gareth Evans (Australian Foreign Minister) The nature of Australia's foreign po...
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Australia's Attitude And Policies Towards Refugees
845 words.".. For those who " ve come across the seas, We " ve boundless plains to share... ". [Advance Australia Fair] Did you know that our national anthem states those exact words? Isn't it ironic? No countries in the world have gone to such lengths to close their borders to those fleeing repression and terror. No countries turn back leaky fishing boats packed with hundreds of asylum seekers and refuse to take responsibility for the consequences. And no countries so openly violate their international ...
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White Australia Policy
400 wordsRacism and alienation is a battle that can now be thought of as one that can be won. In "Singing the Dogstar Blues", the main character Joss is paired up with alien and she, and also the entire population of the book, have to overcome certain mental boundaries put up by the sub conscious which relate to the "letting in" of some one whom may be considered as different. As can be seen in events in history such as, firstly, in Australian history when Chinese gold miners came to Australia and were t...
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National Gallery Of Australia
2,139 wordsMainland Australia, with an area of 4.9 million square miles, is the largest island and the smallest continent on Earth. It stretches some 2300 miles from its most northern to its most southern point, and about 2500 miles from east to west. In area, Australia is the sixth largest nation after Russia, Canada, China, the United States of America and Brazil. Its population, however, is relatively small (now estimated at just over 22 million). Australia's average elevation is 1100 ft, the lowest of ...
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Australia's Constitutional Monarchy
1,699 wordsAustralia's Republic Debate Hypothesis- As Australia prospers as a nation the debate to change from its current status of a constitutional monarchy to a Republic increasingly gains momentum. However, the 1993 referendum showed the majority of Australians don't support this change and as John Howard an avowed monarchist colloquially argues "If it it's not broken, don't fix it". Australia should stop arguing this issue and move forward as we have done so well in the past. Introduction - In 1901 Au...
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Mu's Parents In China
487 wordsA TEENAGER was abducted and threatened with sexual assault before a $94,000 ransom was demanded from her parents in China, a Sydney court was told today. The woman was one of two 19-year-old Chinese students kidnapped on Friday and held for three days until police rescued them in a raid on a city hotel yesterday. A young couple charged over the kidnapping were denied bail by Magistrate Clare Far nan in Central Local Court today. Australian citizen Edison Zhen Hu, 18, of Allambie in Sydney's nort...
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Asylum Seekers To Other Countries
333 wordsGood morning chairperson, ladies and gentlemen. I am the first speaker for the affirmative team, Erin is the second and Cassie is the third. The definition of asylum seeker is a person seeking protection in another country but not yet officially considered as a refugee by the government. A refugee is one who flees from invasion or political danger... When a person steps foot in Australia they are entitled to seek rights through the court system and this is why the government has sent the asylum ...
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Protection For The Motor Vehicle Industry
2,627 wordsAustralian Economic Policies Australian Australian Economic Policies Essay, Research Paper Australian Economic Policies Despite it's relatively small population, Australia can be considered one of the important trading nations of the world. In 1991 alone the value of Australia's exports of goods and services amounted to $51955 million from a total GDP of $377 114 million, which accounts to 14% of the total GDP. From our earliest days as a prison farm, when the number of convicts sent to Botany B...
