Over one hundred years ago, the Australian Workers Union (A.W.U) stood at the forefront of the most significant industrial battle in the Australian workplace. It was a fight over "freedom of contract". The pastoralists, the employers in Australia's wool industry, wanted the "freedom" to employ ...

Australia as a nation is first and foremost an Aborigine nation. They are the people of this land, the owners if you will. By looking at neighbouring countries, it is plain to see that the white man is not native in this part of the world. As with many lands, countries, homes and village that ...

The period from 1901 to 1945 saw Australian women endure many hardships. Due to events that occurred during the period such as the economic boom, the depression, world war one and world war two their were many advancements making the lives of women easier, some classes much more then others. These...

In order to concluded on the effectiveness and the ability as to which "system" of industrial relations is better suited to resolve conflict, the pros and cons of conciliation and arbitration and enterprise bargaining will be examined. Certain limitation exist with in enterprise based barg...

How and why did the federal government introduce conscription and censorship on the Australian Home front? What was the role of women on the home front? When World War Two was declared, Australia became fearful of the possibility of invasion by another country. As an almost immediate reaction ...

Politics Australia had reasons for wanting to join the Vietnam War, quite apart from considerations of South Vietnamese sovereignty. It was considered necessary to maintain good relations with our alliance partners the United) and constituted a critical step in maintaining a defense. Initially, Aust...

Politics 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 poli...

Some people have asked the question, 'how' the Australian Aborigines helped shape non-Aboriginal Australians. The response is to say that contact between the two races, both British and Indigenous Australians often resulted in bringing out the worst in people. Human beings have the innat...

Prime Ministerial Power, Simon Grantham ' A Strong tendency in modern politics is the 'presidentialisation' of the role of the head of Government – many democracies see little more than elected monarchies.' How powerful is the position of Prime Minister in the Australi...

Given the declining world commodity market and the consequent poor performance of Australia's mining and agricultural sectors, the government must acknowledge tourism as the key growth sector. Without sound management strategies and a co-ordinated policy framework, long-term growth in touris...

Commerce Assignment The Australian Government is a constitutional democracy. Based upon the British Westminster system, it stresses the importance of two key concepts, representation and responsibility. Members of Parliament are expected to represent the interests of their electo...

"Queensland is the sunshine state. In the light of recent terrorist attacks around the world, should our attention be concentrated on encouraging tourism or should these resources be channeled towards national security? Draw up and justify recommendations for government policy." Hike th...

Australia is a continent and is also a country of its own. It is located between the South Pacific and Indian Oceans. Australia is often called, "the land down under," because it lies entirely within the southern hemisphere. In Latin, the name "Australia" means "southern." The official name of...

Economics essay David Wilson. Why and how does Australia pursue policies to promote free trade? What are the benefits to Australia from free trade? What role does the WTO play in liberalising trade? Free trade can be defined as a situation where there are no artificial barriers to trade imposed ...

A depression is a deep and extended slump in total business activity, where both buying and selling drop, causing a decline in production, prices, income and employment. Money becomes limited, many businesses fail and many workers lose their jobs. Unemployed workers have less money to spend, which l...

Australia is the only country that is also a continent. In area, Australia ranks as the sixth largest country and smallest continent. Australia is located between the South Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The part of the Indian Ocean that is south of Australia is called the Southern Ocean i...

PRESSURE GROUPS A pressure group is any group of people who endeavour to persuade the government or government decision making, without becoming the decision makers or apart of the decision making process. Pressure groups do not seek to form government nor do they develop comprehensive policy pl...

Australia 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 exami...

Australia is such an amazing place I couldn't fit everything in 3.5 pages, so here's what I came up with: Australia is often refereed to as the island continent, mostly because it's a big island. It has a land area of 7,682,300 km2, and has a population of about 17 million, which means ...

Recently, the carbon tax issue has been gaining increasing attention in Australia due to its function of reducing greenhouse gas as well as its extensive economic impacts on a range of industries, such as tourism and hospitality. The conceptual meaning of the carbon tax is "a levy applied to...

Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) in 2000, show that the decline in Australian union membership continues, despite the efforts of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), to stop the slide. The ABS reports that trade union membership has dropped to 28 percent of the...

ONE-VOTE, ONE-VALUE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA "As nearly as practicable one man's vote in a congressional election is to be worth as much as another's" . One-vote, one-value means that each vote in an election is weighted equally, irrespective of whom that vote came from. This is an electoral system use...

Australia "The Land Down Under" *Geography* Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. It lies in the Southern Hemisphere between 11° and 44° south latitude and 113° and 154° east longitude. The entire area of land is about the same size as the continental United Stat...

. Playwrights often use stage as a way of challenging the audience to consider about social and political issues. Discuss this with reference to one or more plays. (No Sugar focus, although Othello has also been studied) Davis' presentation of the social, realist, drama "No Sugar" can be...

Australia's economic and military contribution to the World War 1 allied victory. England entered the First World War on August the 4th 1914, after Germany refused their demands to respect Belgium's neutrality in the war. Australia also entered the war in 1914 for the simple reason ...