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    The Australian health care system is founded on the concept of equity of Access. Discuss this Statement with relation to the concepts of Effectiveness and efficiency and any interrelation that may exist. 1. Introduction: As Stated in the National Health Reform Agreement-Equity of Access is the fundamental base of the Australian Health Care System (DHA. 2013a). Effectiveness, which focuses on ratio of outputs to outcomes and efficiency, which defines as achieving maximum outputs with available inputs

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    Vietnam War Background Information Australia sent their first lot of troops off to Vietnam in 1965 to help fight the Vietcong. Australian troops were sent to Vietnam on their own accord. US did not ask them to neither did South Vietnam, but when Australia offered, they accepted. Vietcong were trying to overthrow the South Vietnam government and get rid of the Us troops. They were trying to make South Vietnam a communist country aswell. The Vietcong was supported by North Vietnam The Vietnam War

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    Schooling in the Outback

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    Australia is split into different states and territories that have their own government. These territories include the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia. This is important to note because each individual state government manages the schools within its territory (Immi.Gov). They provide both the regulations and funding to both the public and private schools, though the government only provides

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    Essay Question: Discuss the ways in which masculinity is constructed in Gallipoli and / or First Blood? What codes and norms of gender are used to construct masculinity in the film(s)? The perception of masculinity within Australian films is a reflection of our society’s views and opinions of what it is to be considered masculine. It is continually reinforced in our society by the constructions of the male character in movies, just like Archie and Frank, in Gallipoli and particular male figures

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    some areas of fund distribution. The budget will be assessed on the three following criteria. • The First Criterion: Is the budget equitable to all the areas of our economy? • The Second Criteria: Is the budget equitable to the majority of Australian Citizens? • The Third Criteria: Does the Government Address the Problems of Medicare and Higher Education? <b>The First Criterion: Is the budget equitable to all the areas of our economy? </b> Any budget bought forward by the government

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    group languages/indigenous languages in Australia. The replacement of assimilation ideology by multiculturalism and introduction of new policy at national and state level, to some extent, had positive impacts on minority group languages in general and in particular on indigenous languages. The policy that we will present as our case study is the National Policy on languages. 2. What are they key terms of your essay contention? a) Terms i. Assimilation: “To adopt the ways of another culture:

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    an anthropologist from Australia of Australian Aborigines descent, spoke at the Berndt’s lecture in 2011. Her article, Anthropology, Politics and the Changing World of Aboriginal Australians, focuses primarily on the works of an anthropologist couple Robert and Catherine Berndt. They had completed many ethnographic studies in various areas around Australia. Langton states that their work has been crucial in order to have a complete understanding of the Australian Aborigines’ society. The indigenous

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    and his farther (also named Peter Garret). He attended Gordon West Public Primary school and later went to Barker College High school. He progressed to the Australian National University, and later, to the University of New South Wales, where he studied law. His father died whilst he was in primary school, and his mother whilst he was at University. Peter joined a band known as 'Farm' in 1973. As lead singer, Peter wrote and co-wrote their songs. 'Farm' later changed their band name to Midnight Oil

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    Drinking Underfluence

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    preventing him to function a motor vehicle safely. Driving is an integral part of our daily routines however, the dangers that accompany driving the transport are often ignored. From the Monash University Accident Research Centre, a study found that 13.5% of the crashes were because of drunk driving (Australian Mobile Telecommunication Association, 2011). There are many factors of car crashes e.g. speeding, Driver fatigue, drunk driving, driving while texting and etc. This report will be focusing on

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    Hit a six with Australia’s national identity Argument Since colonial times, sporting successes especially in cricket have assisted the emerging nation of Australia to establish its identity. The prevalence of cricket in Australia constitutes what Markovits and Hellerman (2001) coin a, “hegemonic sports culture”, and subsequently represents an influential part of Australian culture. However, the modernity discourse undermines the degree to which Australian identity is taking into account British

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