...* Dundee as a "hybrid" of information (the real Paul Hogan's media personality and identification with Australia and the Australian) * Crocodile Dundee combined recognisably different dramatic forms: "the fish out of water" comedy with a 'populist' address * Crocodile Dundee was marketed in Australia as a blockbuster. Before the 10BA Tax Incentives blockbuster production was severely handicapped by lack of funds and publicity infrastructure. 10BA made both possible. Several general points about Crocodile Dundee as a blockbuster film are worth making to begin with. As a product of the tendency for box office revenues to concentrate in a handful of films in any one year, this blockbuster phenomenon (like The Godfather (1974) and Star Wars (1977)) led Hogan and Cornell to try and create a film "event" and to manage it appropriately. They did this in a number of ways. * Both the publicity and the release patterns worked to create the film as an event, as a phenomenon. * This was achieved through a multi-levelled and simultaneous campaign across the media (TV, magazine, radio, newspapers, and advertising) involving appearances, interviews, features articles, stories, and ads relating to Hogan, the film and its other creative talent (Linda Kozlowski, Faiman etc) * Given the double edged provisos of audience and social text it is not surprising that Dundee's producers had their origins in commercial TV. Crocodile Dundee was based on the TV comic and ad personality...
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...Caroline Barnes and Simon Jackson This paper offers a critical reading of Robin Boyd’s narrative of the Australian nation created for Australia’s pavilion at Expo’70. The critique offered is from an environmental perspective, using this example to lead into a broader reflection on Australian design history’s ‘modernity problem’. We argue that although the examination of Australia as a socio-cultural context for the practice of design continues to engage scholars, the will to profess the existence of progressive Australian design has precluded significant examination of design’s regressive effects. The current environmental crisis is, as Arturo Escobar argues, ‘a crisis of modernity, to the extent that modernity has failed to enable sustainable worlds.’[1] Design is implicated here for its contribution to environmental degradation, as is design history for accounts that validate designers’ development of concepts, processes and products that impose the unsustainable on societies. The latter is pronounced in Australian design history. When modernity and its cultural manifestations are understood as European inventions, admitting limited scope for cultural exchange, claiming historical significance for Australian design inevitably involves the uncritical application of imported principles.[2] The halting attempts to write Australian design history are mostly bound up in proselytizing for the values and benefits of the modern and eulogising designers’ efforts to force change in the...
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...SWOT Analysis of Australia Today Australia is considered to have a very well prospering and stably growing economy. But even being a strong and independent player, as any country on the international scene, it has got its own weaknesses and challenges. The given below SWOT Analysis shows Australia’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. Strengths: * Today Australia is one of the best thriving amongst the world economies with a strong GDP indicator which has been growing over the last twenty years (!). It continues to grow strongly based on sound macroeconomic policies and improving in international competiveness. The primary strength of the Australian economy is the segment of business service and finance (20.7% GDP). In this condition, it is very attractive to new business in search for financing, capital and starting-up. The clear size of this segment allows for the greatest range and multiplicity of services * Other positive traditional indicators of economic performance: budget surplus since 2002, low inflation, rising household income, low unemployment rate (decreasing 3.3% over last ten years), and consistent rise in labor productivity, * The country has got a strongly performing mineral sector. It’s a major exporter of minerals, metals, and fossil fuels (up to 75% of its export) and agricultural products as well * Excellent domestic and international transportation services. There are almost 420 airports, numerous ports for ships, 38,550 km...
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...Alex McCann Sarah Hardy Peng Xu Kai Zhou _____________________________________________________________________ MONDAY: 4:30-5:30pm ALYSSA CROUCHER MARK 343: Wedding Industry International Marketing Report * Executive Summary: * * This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the prospective advantages and opportunities presented to Pavilion Samui Boutique Resort (PSBR) by targeting the wedding market in Australia. Through the collection of data from secondary sources, it has been established that there exists a potential market and profit opportunity for PSBR located in the Australian wedding industry. * * The overall objective of this marketing plan is to establish a sustainable and profitable presence in the Australian wedding market within the 2012/2013 fiscal year. This will be achieved by increasing the awareness of this service offered by PSBR through a targeted promotion plan to ultimately result in a higher annual profit margin for PSBR by entering this market. * * The report findings indicate that there is a current trend towards Australian weddings no longer having a religious aspect or simply not incorporating it into their wedding ceremony. This information, combined with an increase in the number of Australians traveling to Thailand per year indicates the potential attraction that the Pavilion Boutique Resort wedding packages could hold for Australians. * * The targets of this report are attainable...
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...THE IMPACTS ON ABORIGINAL PEOPLE AFTER THE FIRST FLEET ARRIVED European settlement had a severe and devastating impact on Indigenous people. Their dispossession of the land, exposure to new diseases and involvement in violent conflict, resulted in the death of a vast number of the Aboriginal peoples. The small percentage of Aboriginal people who did not die during these early decades of the colony, were not unaffected. The impact of the white settlers changed their lives, and the lives of future generations, forever. It is believed that at least 750 000 Aboriginal people were living in Australia at the time of Captain Cook's arrival. These people were divided into around 600 different tribes and had hundreds of different languages. Archaeological evidence suggests that the ancestors of the modern Indigenous people of Australia migrated to the continent more than 50 000 years ago. Isolated from external influences, the Aboriginal peoples developed their own way of life, in accordance with their religious and spiritual beliefs of the Dreamtime. Despite knowing of the existence of these peoples, the British considered the Australian continent to be a terra nullius under English law. Terra nullius is a Latin term meaning 'land belonging to no one.' Eight years later, the British went ahead with their plans to establish a penal colony in New South Wales. On 26 January 1788, the First Fleet, led by Captain Arthur Phillip, arrived in Sydney Cove. The dispossession of Aboriginal peoples...
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...Nowadays, people have right to travel and study abroad wherever they are welcomed. This means human beings have a primary human right to mobility not only across states but also across nations. As a new country, Australia values the riches of cultural diversity and community sophistication, and all religions are accepted. This is a vibrant multicultural society to the world, and it has a rich and complex migrant history. Culture comprises of values, beliefs, moral laws, customs and habits. Interaction between cultures is the place of argument and change. Today, Australia is also one of the countries that attract contemporary travelers to visit either for working, studying and pleasure. This trend encourages not only the growth of economy but the improvement for tourism, hospitality and events as well. I would like to share some of my personal experiences of Australian culture since I first came to Sydney for studying advanced diploma 3 years ago. As a Vietnamese student, when I come to Sydney, this multi culture country is totally different from Vietnam. I have been living there for about 3 years, I realize that Australian people also known as Aussies are very friendly, polite and they are speaking English as their first language. The first thing I was shocked is the fact that some teenagers use 2 fingers to make “V” symbol with their tongue but it is not like “Victory” like in Vietnam or United States, it is a really bad meaning in sexual way. In Vietnam, when someone invites...
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...Manufacturing Industry and External Environment 2 2.1 Wine Manufacturing Industry 2 2.2 External Environment 6 3. Porter’s 5 Forces Analysis 10 3.1 Threat of New Entrants 11 3.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers 12 3.3 Threat of Substitutes 14 3.4 Bargaining Power of Suppliers 16 3.5 Rivalry within the Competitive Arena 17 4. Conclusion 19 Reference 21 1. Introduction Captain Arthur Phillip brought grape vines from Brazil and the Cape of Good Hope to Australia when his fleet arrived in Botany Bay, located in Sydney, in 1788, according to Wine Australian which is one department of Australian government. Since that Australia had made a history of producing and exporting wine. In 1854, a barrel of fortified wine was exported to London, which is the first reported Australian wine export (Wine Australia, 2012). Subsequently, Australian exports in wine have boosted at an extraordinary rate especially in recent years, reaching the record level in 2007. Today, Wine Australian also point out that Australia is the fourth largest wine exporter in the world, constituting about 4% of total world wine production, and export over 800 million liters to international wine market and as a result, it produces a contribution of around A$3 billion per year to Australian economy. Australian wine exports to more than 100 countries; mainly two biggest markets are United Kingdom and United State. Besides, there are other significant markets, such as Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, Japan...
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...Rainforest Ecosystem Functions Ben Barr, Melodie Ocampo, Marline Pierre, Martha Tejada BSBH/ENV100 October 17, 2011 Wendy Armstrong Rainforest Ecosystem Functions The rain forest can be believed to be a living organism; they are a forest categorized by the amount of rain that falls throughout the year. Rainforest are some of this planet’s most complex ecosystems. “They once covered 14% of the earth's land surface and now they cover a mere 6%” (RainTree, 2010). Nonetheless, more than half of plant and animal species make it their home. It is home to some magnificent creatures and even some unidentified species. The largest part of the plants and animals that exist in the rainforest are endemic, which means they do not live anywhere else in the world. For this paper, Team C will discover the different aspect of the rainforest; also, how it functions within itself. Rainforest Climate The rainforest climate is humid, and has rain most of the time. Michael, (2001),"The sun warms the land and sea and the water evaporates into the air. The warm air can hold a lot of water vapor. As the air rises, it cools. That means it can hold less water vapor” (para. 1). When the warm meets, the cold vapor happens, clouds produced, and clouds make rain. Adapting to the climate the plants make up the underlining of the rainforest. Moreover, the rainforest is hot because of where it is to the equator. In addition, its plant life will die out if the temperature...
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...Gilliland1 The New Guinea Rainforest By: Maranda Gilliland Gilliland2 Maranda Gilliland Ms. Percefull Introduction to Geography 4 01 2012 The New Guinea Rainforest The island of New Guinea is the second largest island in the world. It is located one hundred kilometers north of Australia. It also has one of the largest tropical rainforests in the world, and is one of the last remaining expanses of tropical rainforest left in the world. The New Guinea Island still has parts that have been untouched and in some places on the island, the natives have never seen a white person. The rainforest however is being rapidly developed in the areas that are accessible. In the rainforest there are a large variety of plants and animals that are only found in this location. This is one thing that makes the New Guinea rainforest so special and unique. It is definitely a place worth preserving. It is also one of the few places on earth that the indigenous people still live on the land. There is a threat to the forest and all that inhabit it. People are logging and mining the forest, which is destroying it. If it is allowed to be destroyed and demolished, thousands of species of rare plants and animals along with homes of the people who live there will be destroyed along with it. The New Guinea Rainforest along with all other rainforest has life in it that should be protected, the destruction of the forest has dire consequences and effects on everyone, whether we realize it or not...
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...Australia seems to be stuck between its economic interests, which lie with China and Asia, and traditional ties with the America. General Peter Leahy warns of US-China collision FORMER Australian army chief Peter Leahy has urged Australia to tread warily in expanding its military ties with the US to ensure they do not "lead to increased tension and even conflict" with China. [pic] the Australian, 12 April, 2012 Warning against becoming "caught" between the US as its security guarantor and China as its economic underwriter, Professor Leahy has welcomed Australia's decision to play host to US marines, but noted that "too much of a good thing" could put unnecessary pressure on China. His comments, in an opinion piece in today's edition of The Australian, came as the China Daily state-owned newspaper hit out at Australia's expanding links with the US, warning they could spark a collapse of trust and endanger Sino-Australian economic ties. In a strongly worded editorial, the newspaper yesterday also warned that the Gillard government's decision last month to ban Chinese communications giant Huawei from bidding for work in the $36 billion National Broadband Network had created the perception in Beijing that Australia wanted to obstruct Chinese companies. But, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton insisted her nation wanted close and peaceful relations with Beijing, Julia Gillard rejected the Chinese newspaper's suggestion that Australian foreign policy was...
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...STUDY ABROAD INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS – MAN 4956 AUSTRALIA – SUMMER A 2012 CITY-AS-TEXT ASSIGNMENT PART A As I embarked on my 20 hour trip to Sydney, Australia I couldn’t help but to wonder what lied ahead. I have had certain interest since I was a child in visiting this country but as many people do, I had certain preconceptions. The only thing I knew of this country was what I had seen on TV on the Discovery Chanel about the animal population; which the country is home to more than 140 species of marsupials (animals with pouches to carry their young), including koalas, wombats and the Tasmanian devil, now found only in the Tasmanian wilderness. Australia is also home to many unique animal groups thus creating in my mind a fear for both the marine life and other animals known only to reside there; and no there are no kangaroos bounding around downtown. I was also concern about the culture shock, I had this idea that Australians where more tall, light skin, blue eyes, blonde hair, but that quickly change upon my arrival ; there’s a diversity in culture (mostly Asian) and both man and women were not to tall. My idea of an open fields and small dessert like rural areas and under developed city quickly changed upon my arrival, while much of the land is grassland or desert, Sydney is a highly developed city with an economically advanced mixed economy. The city is much developed with so many places to visit like: The Sydney Opera House, Darling Harbor, which overlooks the...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Anzac Pit Stop offers on-site maintenance and repairing for cars, providing the fast, sophisticated and reliable services by experienced mechanics to ensure the customers’ vehicles would always be in their best condition. It will also provide the necessary spare parts and supplies for cars. For the past ten years, the car wholesaling and car retailing have seen a significant growth in car sales across Australia. In South Australia itself, there were 62,922 new cars sold in 2011 which is increased 30.75% compared to 48,125 figure in 2001. Moreover, the car ownership in the state has increased from 555,834 to 609,910 units during a period of 1996 to 2006. These figures show a potential market for the business because these cars, wether new or old ones, will require professional handling. The location for the proposed business is on Anzac Highway. The particular target market will be people living in the nearest two suburbs, Kurralta Park and Plympton. The location was chosen for several reasons. First, it is easy to locate and very accessible. Second, there is no similar business the designated area. Third, 72 to 76 percent of employed residents in these suburbs are using cars to go to work and other activities. Beside regular services, Anzac Pit Stop also offers more to the clients. First, free installation fee for minor services. Second, a limited warranty would be given to cars that had been serviced at the shop. Third, an interactive website contains...
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...and export of uranium is harmful for Australia Issue 3: Environment It has been argue that for decrease the environmental damage caused by uranium mining, the rehabilitation method and strict regulation are should be carried out by every mine owners in Australia. One of the previous study also showed that the Ranger uranium mine has fulfilled the proper tailing control and has had great water management system for every Northern Territory’s mine companies to cover the tailings and waste rock produced by uranium grounds (Harries, et al, 1997). In addition, by this rehabilitation method it could modify the prior environment hazards, for instance it was found an uranium mines was reinstated under modern accurate environmental controls in Nabarlek, Northern Territory (Hancock, et al, 2006). Despite the fact that there is a rehabilitation method and strict regulation enforced by Australian Government with the aim to control the environmental damage, nevertheless nowadays the environmental problem from uranium grounds still exist, the improvement for reduce the damage was not completely success. It has been proofed that the water level to release the uranium wasted was 450 times higher than entire Australian drinking water level (Wu, et al, 2007). Furthermore, critics said the rehabilitation method was a successful story, where this statement could not be verified. For a case, the restoration of Radium Hill uranium mine in South of Australia still contaminated by soil which this...
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...Harrison are extrapolations of the Australian identity and the issues and concerns contained within the places, people and the wider Australian community. The societal issues of missing children and national and personal identity are artistically weaved into the stories of the plays. Audiences are not only entertained by these strong pieces of Australian Contemporary Theatre (ACT), they are encouraged to connect with and appreciate the message within. Cameron’s portrayal of an idyllic Australian neighbourhood provides the ideal setting for the message he conveys throughout RM. The sinister characteristics of suburbia are buried deep under the perfect veneer of Flaming Tree Grove, behind the closed curtains of each house. In contemporary Australia the picturesque understanding of a friendly neighbourhood is no longer relevant as nightmares of children going missing and being unable to trust your neighbour occur constantly and nobody can be trusted, this clearly elucidates Cameron’s vision in which he comments on “proximity does not equal intimacy”. The corruption of innocence does not only affect the immediate family of missing children but also extends to the community as each person is trapped within the internal world of Flaming Tree Grove. The fractured fairy-tale motif runs concurrent throughout the entire play. Fairy-tales, which teach morals and warn of wrong doings, are overturned as Ruby is taken upon a visit to Grandmother but the ‘wolf’ is unknown and the huntsman, Ray...
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