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    Value Chain of Waner

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    Porter’s value chain identifies strategically relevant activities that create value and cost ina specific business. In terms of the Value Chain‚ Warner EMI Music should not have much tochange. This is true as both companies (Time Warner and EMI) shared prior to the merger similar behaviour. In terms of primary activities‚ the operational system of Warner EMI Music should beaimed to compete on costs. The company must reduce manufacturing costs as a result of econo-mies of scale. Dealing with advertising

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    What did the terra cotta warriors of the ancient Qin dynasty (247 B.C) in China‚ reveal about an aspect or aspects of life at that time? In 247 B.C‚ the self-proclaimed “first emperor of china” put together an enormous army of soldiers to fight the wars that ravaged all over china. The emperor seemed undefeatable and fearless‚ but deep inside he had a huge fear‚ that is… death. A few years before he sensed the ending of his life‚ Emperor Cheng decided to recreate his entire army out of clay

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    which they have an ongoing association. Native title has been an issue as its difficult determining whether Australia was ‘terra nullius’ and it wasn’t the Indigenous ad to prove they have traditional links with the land. The conditions that have led to reform to the ‘terra nullius’ claim were by aboriginal activists challenging Australian sovereignty on the grounds that terra nullius was applied improperly. Mechanisms that have been put into action are the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth) which was enacted

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    termination of the doctrine of ‘terra nullius’‚ creating justice for ATSI peoples past‚ present‚ and future. Native title is a legal right on ATSI communities to use land and live on the land which they have an ongoing connection with. Native title was a problem as it was extremely difficult to determine whether Australia was ‘land belonging to no one’. The Indigenous had to prove they had traditional connections with the land. Law reform was brought about to the ‘terra nullius’ claim by Aboriginal advocates

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    Australian Constitution‚ because recognising them meant acknowledging the original owners of the land. A couple of colonial experiences were how the Aborigines’ land was dispossessed as a result of the original Englishmen claiming the land as terra nullius and examples of frontier violence such as the Myall Creek massacre. Coming into effect in 1901‚ the constitution states the powers and crucial responsibilities in the federal Parliament. Furthermore‚ the constitution clarifies particular rights

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    SQUIRK.com After the gains of the 1960s and 1970s‚ the 1980s saw a gradual withdrawal away from Indigenous land rights. State and Commonwealth governments drew back from pursuing more legislation or granting land rights because of the lack of popular support in many areas of the country. The fear of losing at the polls began to take over from the idea of progress in the sphere of Indigenous rights. This changed again in 1992 with the High Court judgement on the land mark Mabocase. Eddie Mabo was

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    justice

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    that the Australian Courts worked on the principal that Australia was “Terra Nullius”- land belonging to no one‚ prior to European Settlement. A decision on this challenge was not given until 1990 and Mabo’s claim was rejected. Instead of appealing‚ Mabo took his claim to the High Court. Mabo was a father of ten children. Mabo is also remembered as “The father of Aboriginal land rights in Australia.” He ended Terra Nullius in Australia. In Townsville‚ Mabo helped found cities‚ introduce Aboriginal

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    Aborigine land rights movement. Eddie Mabo/ the land rights movement played a substantially influential role in pushing exceedingly for the native title rights for the indigenous people and played a key role in the Native Title Act which extinguished terra nullius and acknowledged the land of the Indigenous people of Australia. This was consequently brought upon the people of Australia firstly by the Gurinhji strike‚ secondly by the Eddie Mabo case and lastly by the Wik case. These movements were intended

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    Mabo Case

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    Legal studies-Law Reform Legal studies-Law Reform The Australian Legal System response to the Mabo case has changed greatly ever since the first time it was introduced. Many different acts were introduced and/or amended as a result of this case. The effectiveness of the law and the law reform in protecting the rights of individual and society at large is demonstrated throughout this essay. Eddie Koiki Mabo was born on Murray Island in 1936 and was an Indigenous Australian. In 1974‚ during a

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    The Mabo Decision

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    fact that Eddie Mabo and other Torres Strait Islanders decided to fight for their ancestral land and their rights. On 3 June 1992‚ the High Court by a majority of six to one upheld the claim and ruled that the lands of this continent were not terra nullius or land belonging to no-one when European settlement occurred‚ and that the Meriam people were ’entitled as against the whole world to possession‚ occupation‚ use and enjoyment most of the lands of the Murray Islands.’ Eddie Mabo argued the fact

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