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    Nicholas Wilson Z3161021 LAWS8139 Law and the Culture Industries Lecturer – Dr Catherine Bond Research Essay Essay Question- Select one of the topics studied in this course. What are the regulatory difficulties in this area? What reforms, if any, are necessary? Topic: Entertainment Franchises: transmedia and the importance of character rights Things to watch,,, obvious, grammar, spelling and punctuan, lose pride, refine when possible, don’t be too word or elaborate, reduce passivity, Topic sentence

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    Fly Away Peter Essay

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    Jeremy Sims use the idea of war being life changing to influence the use of language features, stylistic features and conventions within the novel ‘Fly Away Peter’ (FAP) and the film ‘Beneath Hill 60’ (BH60). ‘FAP’, follows life of Jim Saddler, a young bird watcher from Queensland, Australia as he enlists up for Word War 1; where he fights for his sanity and the ability to return home. ‘BH60’ trails the life of Oliver Woodward and his journey as a miner throughout World War 1 and the blowing up of hill

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    administration of justice in Australia. This essay will explore these implications and discuss how such matters affect Australians. In specifically negative effects such as counter-terrorism operations often being directed at specific groups, defined on the basis of origin or religion. "Terrorism" comes from the French word terrorisme, which in turn derives from the Latin verb terreō meaning "I frighten". Internationally, terrorism has no global criminal law definition. Terrorism in Australia is defined in Section

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    People who are not from Australia, may have never heard the word Indigenous or know the meaning behind it. If they have heard the word they might not know about Australia’s Indigenous people. Maybe when they think of Australia they automatically think of British convicts. Only the British convicts weren’t the first people to own the land in Australia, there come people way before them and they are still fighting for their rights and land today. It is said that humans have been on this continent

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    Nursing Through Time Essay

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    The Great War exposed many women to horrific conditions of which previously man had thought them to delicate the even process. By the end of the War the contribution that had been given my military nurses had earned the respect and gratitude their fellow countrymen. (1918: Australians in France - Nurses - "The roses of No Man's

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    Human Rights In Australia

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    it mean? “That which is ethically good and proper and in conformity with the moral Law as it pertains to people.” This can be found in the Macquarie dictionary. 1948 was when the human rights was adopted, this was because of the end result of World War II (WWII). With the creation of the United Nations, and the end of WWII the international community this being “The countries of the world considered collectively," they vowed to never again let the conflicts and disasters like in WWII to

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    Australia is a constitutional monarchy and the United States is a democratic republic. Furthermore, both Australia and the U.S. are federated nations, wherein governmental power is shared between national and state governments. This essay will review the similarities and differences between Australian and American government by exploring their federation, party systems, and their legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Paths to Independence In order to understand the origins of both governmental

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    While fighting in difficult conditions, Australian soldiers were brave World War 1 began in 1914 and ended in 1918. It was a conflict that devastated a nation, involving the world’s greatest powers as the two opposing sides; the Central and the Allied Powers. When Australian soldiers first went into battle at Gallipoli in 1915, the home newspapers wrote with enthusiasm about the bravery of the ANZACS. The Australians experienced the rough trench warfare conditions as well as demonstrating courage

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    There were, post-World War II, new ideas around the world about race. These might as well have come about due to the new awareness of what racism could do when put into practice by groups such as the Nazi Party. Racial authority were now regarded with greater suspicion, making it difficult for Australia to defend its White Australia policy. Internally the criticism was being echoed by church groups and others. Some of these groups had become verbal against the White Australia policy during the 1950s

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    a wide range of components, but so does the Australian National Identity (ANI). Just like the concept of struggle has been highlighted in Australian literature, struggle can also be found in the ANI. Struggle—specifically seen in the landscape and war has been incorporated into the works of well-known Australian authors, Miles Franklin, AB Facey, and David Malouf. The first

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