Australia Essay Examples

Compulsory voting was introduced in Australia in 1924 after the voter turnout of those registered to vote in Australia was as low as 47%. Since voting was made compulsory by the Federal Government, voter turnout has remained around 94-96%. Over twenty countries have some form of compulsory voting which requires citizens to register to vote…

AustraliaMost Australians are governed by three levels of government – local, state andfederal. For instance, a family living in Sydney would have the Sydney CityCouncil (local) looking after such things as garbage collection, parkmaintenance and dog controls. Australians pay their local government by paying”rates” – paid according to the area and position of any land…

ment. There is no work tobe found and depression is upon us. The crash of the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) is one of the main causesfor the turmoil that we must face day after day. People have lost money inthe stock markets and are forced to sell their assets. Many assets thathave been sold…

Australia has changed hands a lot throughout its history. From being inhabited by the aborigines, which had been there for around forty thousand years, until the British claimed it. However the British were not the first to come across this continent, they were just the first countries to see it as useful. The Dutch were…

Australia’s national anthem is a perfect example of how this country misleads people coming to Australia. This ‘lucky country” detains asylum seekers who come to our country and puts them into Mandatory Detention’; John Howard talk for locking up innocent people in worse conditions than your average prison. A country like Canada on the other…

This report investigates the epic battlebetween the Australian Rugby League which has beenaround for 87 years and the Super League concept for thecontrol of Rugby League in Australia. One man, Mr RupertMurdoch, is trying to take over and run a rebel SuperLeague to enhance his power and for financial gain. ThisSuper League is proposed to…

Australia- Trade and Immigration Background As Joycelynhas mentioned Australia’s having greater and greaterinteraction with its Asian neighbours, through the areas oftrade and its active role in the regional trade organization -APEC. Despite its location, Australia can hardly be thoughtof being an Asian country. Not so long ago, Asian werelooked down upon, with a mixture of…

Why do we need taxes?Taxation makes up majority of our government’s income. With this income the government can provide us with proper infrastructure and social services for little, if no cost at all. These include Medicare, social security and education. (These facilities are known as recurrent expenditures because it is needed time after time. )…

AustraliaINTRODUCTIONAustralia, island continent located southeast of Asia and forming, with thenearby island of Tasmania, the commenwealth of Australia, a self governingmember of the Commenwealth of Nations. The commenwealth of Australia is made upof six states–News south Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria,and Wester n Australia–and two territories–the Australian Capital Territoryand the Northern Territory. Australia, including…

What is the Australian National Identity? Who can decide what it is? Who istruly Australian? These questions have been asked throughout this countrys short life. Many have different views on what is what, but I believe that you cant really just saywell this is what an Australian is and thats that. But there are definitely…