Europe and Russian Federation‚ North Africa and Southwest Asia‚ Sub-Saharan Africa‚ Southeastern and Pacific Asia‚ Australia and Oceania. Australia and Oceania represent an economic region made of Australia‚ New Zealand‚ and the archipelagos of Melanesia‚ Polynesia and Micronesia‚ characterized by a relative isolation from the major cores of the world economy. Despite this‚ Australia‚ although populated mainly along the shores is developed country. Mineral and energetic resources are important: coal
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One of the first philosophers I saw actually address race was Simone de Beauvoir. Often I noticed that she would compare the condition of slavery to women’s conditions in society‚ which is a pretty accurate comparison for a number of reasons. “but women are not a minority‚ like the American Negroes or the Jews; there are as many women as men on earth” (p 20) Although women were not minorities‚ I myself believe that the treatment of female slaves especially and the hate against Jews slowly but surely
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Empowering Women as Key Change Agents Women bear almost all responsibility for meeting basic needs of the family‚ yet are systematically denied the resources‚ information and freedom of action they need to fulfill this responsibility. The vast majority of the world’s poor are women. Two-thirds of the world’s illiterates are female. Of the millions of school age children not in school‚ the majority are girls. And today‚ HIV/AIDS is rapidly becoming a woman’s disease. In several southern African
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Factors influencing recruitment and retention of registered nurses across rural Australia Rural Australia is characterised by having a largely industry driven economy‚ being geographically diverse‚ climatically extreme and having a low population density (Rural Health Review 2001; Kidd et al. 2012). Rural Australians are an ageing population‚ with a higher incidence of chronic disease‚ drug and alcohol dependency and a greater proportion of Aboriginal Australians than metropolitan Australia (Blue
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Unemployment Unemployment refers to those people who are willing and able to work‚ actively seeking work but is unable to find suitable employment. In Australia unemployment is measured by a monthly telephone survey of the labour force conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). These unemployment statistics reflect the number of people who are not working but actively seeking it. To be classified as actively seeking work the following criteria must be followed: regularly checking
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viable‚ but also provided a ready alternative supply of fresh meat for those prepared to risk taking advantage of it. As large sheep and cattle stations came to dominate outback Australia‚ Aboriginal men‚ women and children became a significant source of labour‚ usually on a voluntary basis but sometimes under conditions that amounted to virtual slavery. For European workers‚ life in the outback was harsh‚ dangerous and ill paid. For Aboriginal workers it was usually even worse‚ wages often being
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J 2007‚ Improving Federalism: Drivers of Change‚ Repair Options and Reform Scenarios‚ The Australian Journal of Public Administration‚ vol. 66‚ no. 3‚ pp 275-279. Purpose The author aims to inform the readers of the impediments and declining condition of the current system of Australian Federalism‚ he provides evidence for the need to change and provides reforms on how to make governance work better to provide improved policy outcomes for the Australian community. Argument/Finding The author
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In nearly all aspects of social life‚ indigenous Australians experience disadvantage. An inquiry into Australia ’s health in 1994 revealed that indigenous Australians were 3 times more likely to die of childhood diseases and were 15 to 20 years more likely to die earlier that other Australians. Indigenous people were nearly twice as likely as member of the
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In my opinion‚ Tambu was neither seduced nor brainwashed by the "Englishness". Tambu had grown up in an African society whereby women were fighting for the effects of patriarchal traditions in the history of their culture. Women in Tambu’s society struggled to find their voices in this male dominated world. Tambu did not want to be like one of these African women‚ being trapped in traditional roles and could be nothing more but just a good housewife. She realised at a very young age that perhaps
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Master General Department was established in 1901 on the federation of Australia as part of Australia’s government. In the later years‚ Post Master General Department (PMG) was separated into two different sectors which consist of the Australian Telecommunications Commission which is to handle the telecommunication sectors and also Australian Postal Commission which handles all the postal services under the trading name of Australia Post in 1975. In addition to that later in 1989 the Australian Government
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