Australian Federalisation Discussion (1 - Preparation Assignment)
- Due Jan 13, 2015 by 1:59am
- Points 12
- Submitting a text entry box, a website url, a media recording, or a file upload
Hi Class. Australia is a enormous country with only 24 million people in it. It has 3 levels of government:
- Local government, consisting of the City council, Mayor, etc
- State Government, consisting of the Legislative Council (upper house), the Legislative Assembly (lower house), State Ministers and Premier plus State Governor, who represents the British Monarch
- Federal Government, consisting of the House of Representatives (lower house), senate (upper house), Federal Ministers and Prime Minister plus Governor of Australia who represents the British Monarch
Compare the Australia of 1901 with today's Australia, with particular reference to:
- Infrastructure
- Communications technology
- Medical standards
- Educational standards
- Legislation
In order to get ready for the next stage (an online discussion) prepare and submit notes with references - appx 1,000 words.
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1.3 Prepare effective written communications that demonstrates sentence clarity, conciseness and structure.
Structure and organization lend coherence and strength to the rhetoric and argument.
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1.1 Develop effective written communications that demonstrate clarity in ideas, reasoning, and content.
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2.1 Articulate values and beliefs, relative to diversity and ethics, to contextualize decision making processes.
Work displays a sensitivity to punctuation and appropriate semantics. Conciseness and argument structure are leveraged for more effective rhetoric.
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