Australia (i/əˈstreɪljə/ ə-STRAYL-yə [10] or /ɒˈstreɪlɪə/[11] or /ɒˈstreɪljə/ o-STRAYL-yə), officially the Commonwealth of Australia,[12] is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[N 4] It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north; the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New
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WHY AUSTRALIA BENCHMARK REPORT 2016 WHY AUSTRALIA 25 YEARS OF CONSECUTIVE GROWTH. A SMART, SKILLED WORKFORCE. A CULTURE OF INNOVATION. INTEGRATED WITH ASIA, EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA. READY FOR BUSINESS. GROWTH INNOVATION TALENT LOCATION BUSINESS Australia offers a powerful combination of solid economic credentials, a highly educated labour force, legal and political stability, and proximity to the fast-growing markets of Asia. With a resilient economy, a AAA sovereign
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1.0 Introduction The global financial crisis of 2007 transmitted shock waves worldwide urging international governments to prepare defensive measures to combat this economic turmoil. Hence, on 12th October 2008, the Australian and New Zealand governments introduced analogous schemes to guarantee liabilities issued by a wide range of financial institutions whereby prior to this phenomenon, neither nation had deposit insurance arrangements in place, a distinctive characteristic common in other developed
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settlement in Australia. 2) What were the consequences? The consequences of European settlement in Australia during 1788 thousands of Aborigines died from diseases that the colonists have spread. At first contact there were over 250,000 Aboriginals in Australia. 3) What period of time did it effect? European settlement effected Australia from 1770 till today. 4) How global was the consequence? European settlement/colonisation has not only happened in Australia but all over the
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2014 ANNUAL REPORT Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ABN 11 005 357 522 This Annual Report (Report) has been prepared for Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (“the Company”) together with its subsidiaries which are variously described as: ”ANZ”, “Group”, “ANZ Group”, “the Bank”, “us”, “we” or “our”. ANZ ANNUAL REPORT 2014 ANZ IS EXECUTING A FOCUSED STRATEGY TO BUILD THE BEST CONNECTED, MOST RESPECTED BANK ACROSS THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION WHO WE ARE AND HOW
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undergoing genetic changes from many thousand years. Plants and animals which have desire characteristics were chosen for breeding new generation. Desired characteristics arose from naturally occurring variations in genes of plants and animals. Hence genetic modification occurs naturally and forms the base of evolution. Techniques used today to modify genes provide new ways to identify special characteristics and transfer them in plants and animals. For example, it is now easy to make copy gene of
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Hill established its roots in Whangarei, New Zealand in 1979. To date, Michael Hill Jeweller operates a retail jewellery chain of 270 stores in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States, with over 2,000 permanent employees. Michael Hill has been facing growth issues on expansion and strategic future planning; this is related to losses that occurred in difficult economic times resulting in a scale back of stores in the United States and New Zealand. This report will discuss Organisational
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Sponsorship for a child to migrate to Australia Form 40CH Important – Please read this information carefully before you complete this application. Once you have completed this application we strongly advise that you keep a copy for your records. Before you fill in this form you should read booklet 2, Child Migration, which is available from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (the department) website www.immi.gov.au/allforms/. If you are satisfied that you are eligible to sponsor
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Financial Impacts and Outcomes 10 11. Action Plans to Achieve Objectives 11 12. Summary of Major Risks 12 Appendices: 1. Strategic & Operational Health Assessment 2. Financial Calculations 3. Executive Team Changes and New Functions EXECUTIVE SUMMARY To come (1) STATEMENT OF VISION, MISSION & OBJECTIVES Mission Statement: To earn the loyalty of our guests by establishing internationally tailored inns run by a team of dedicated and talented people in an
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Why the decline in cinema exhibition and increase in video streaming A key creative industry in Australia is cinema exhibition and in most recent times is the video streaming industry. Film has come far in Australia from its origins of the first silent film produced in 1906 by the Tait brothers, The story of the Kelly Gang (Australia.gov.au 2015). Cinema in Australia followed the original format of viewing movies in drive ins. The movies of the time followed Ozploitation film genre or as writer/director
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