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CAUTION: The following links and
accompanying text have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation
in Australia in the early years of the 21st Century. Some of these
links may lead to websites that present allegations that are unsubstantiated,
misleading or even false. No attempt has been made to validate
their authenticity or to verify their content. HOW TO USE THIS WEBPAGE Students If you are looking
for material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on
this page and others to see which aspects of poverty are of particular
interest to you. You might be
interested in exploring the relationship between distribution of labor and
per-capita GDP, for example. Perhaps
your paper could focus on life expectancy or infant mortality. Other factors of interest might be
unemployment, literacy, access to basic services, etc. On the other hand, you might choose to
include some of the possible outgrowths of poverty such as Human Trafficking,
Street Children,
or even Prostitution. There is a lot to the subject of
Poverty. Scan other countries as well
as this one. Draw comparisons between
activity in adjacent countries and/or regions. Meanwhile, check out some of the Term-Paper resources
that are available on-line. Teachers Check out some of
the Resources
for Teachers attached to this website. *** Extreme Weather expected in 2024 *** According
to The Guardian, Australia is currently experiencing a severe heatwave and
extreme rainfall. The mercury reached 48.3°C on the western coast on Sunday,
while the Northern Territory was hit by rainfall far beyond the norm 12. The
Bureau of Meteorology has also warned of an increased risk of bushfires for
much of eastern and southern Australia due to hot and dry
conditions, combined with high fuel loads.
– Microsoft BING Copilot *** ARCHIVES *** The World Factbook - Australia U.S. Central Intelligence Agency CIA www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html [accessed 9 November
2020] World Factbook
website has moved to ---> www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/australia/ [accessed 5 January 2021] For
nearly two decades up till 2017, Australia had benefited from a dramatic
surge in its terms of trade. As export prices increased faster than import
prices, the economy experienced continuous growth, low unemployment,
contained inflation, very low public debt, and a strong and stable financial
system. Australia entered 2018 facing a range of growth constraints,
principally driven by the sharp fall in global prices of key export
commodities. Demand for resources and energy from Asia and especially China
is growing at a slower pace and sharp drops in export prices have impacted
growth. GDP -
per capita (PPP): $50,400 (2017
est.) Labor
force - by occupation: agriculture:
3.6% industry:
21.1% services: 75.3% (2009 est.) Unemployment
rate: 5.6% (2017
est.) Population
below poverty line: N/A Maternal
mortality rate: 6 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) Infant
mortality rate: total: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births Life
expectancy at birth: total population: 82.7 years Drinking
water source: improved: total: 100% of population Physicians
density: 3.68 physicians/1,000 population (2017) Sanitation
facility access: improved: total: 100% of population Electricity
access: electrification - total population: 100% (2016) The
Borgen Project - Australia borgenproject.org/category/australia/ [accessed 19 January 2021] The Borgen Project works with U.S. leaders to utilize the
United States’ platform behind efforts toward improving living conditions for
the world’s poor. It is an innovative,
national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign
policy. It believes that leaders of
the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global
poverty. From ending segregation to providing women with the right to vote,
nearly every wrong ever righted in history was achieved through advocacy. The
Borgen Project addresses the big picture, operating
at the political level advancing policies and programs that improve living
conditions for those living on less than $1 per day. ~
The Fight Against Child Poverty In Australia borgenproject.org/child-poverty-in-australia/ ~
Struggles Obtaining Convenient Access To Showers borgenproject.org/access-to-showers/ ~
The State Of Elderly Poverty In Australia borgenproject.org/elderly-poverty-in-australia/ ~
How Food Insecurity Harms Indigenous Australians borgenproject.org/indigenous-australians/ ~
A Solution For Affordable Housing In Australia borgenproject.org/affordable-housing-in-australia/ ~
5 Ways Australia Supports Aboriginal Businesses borgenproject.org/5-ways-australia-supports-aboriginal-businesses/ ~
Solving Food Insecurity And Hunger In Australia borgenproject.org/hunger-in-australia/ My friend Rita was starving to death. How is this even possible in Australia today? Amethyst DeWilde, The Guardian, 12 March 2021 [Long
URL] [accessed 13 March 2021] Rita is
a northern suburban mother, a whistleblower and an ardent activist. She was
enticed to her first Anti-Poverty Network meeting on the allure of free
pizza. She stayed because she felt the stirrings of community. At the
time she was receiving $560 a fortnight and her weekly rent was $251. Yes,
that’s right – do the maths. Her rent was $502 a
fortnight, leaving her with the magnanimous sum of $58 to last two weeks for
everything else (food, medicine, electricity, gas, petrol, etc, etc). She had
already burnt through her super and any savings just to attempt the mythical
meeting of the ends. Eventually she sold her car for food, then her fridge. 2020
drew back the curtain on unemployment and poverty Lyn Edge, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 December 2020 www.smh.com.au/national/2020-drew-back-the-curtain-on-unemployment-and-poverty-20201224-p56q18.html [accessed 27 December 2020] The
Commonwealth government needs to permanently increase the JobSeeker
Payment and the Youth Allowance. Looking at the budgets of people who come to
us for help, we believe that an increase of at least $125 a week is needed so
that people can afford just the very basics. This needs to also be part of a
larger work of welfare reform to ensure ongoing equity and care for all. All
governments need to work together to develop a plan to end homelessness.
Making sure every person has a place to call home will be hard, but Australia
has done hard things before and we can do this. Each
one of us can check the way we think and talk about people who are
experiencing hard times. A lot of people tell us that one of the hardest
things about becoming unemployed is the indignity and stigma. We can all help
end that. Looking
back a few years … Advameg, Inc., Encyclopedia of the Nations www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Australia-ECONOMY.html [accessed 13 December 2020] Australia's
last economic recession was in 1990, from which it began to recover in
mid-1991. Economic growth, supported by rising consumption and higher export demand,
reached 4% in the fourth quarter of 1993. However, the unemployment rate of
about 11% was near a postwar record. From this high point, however,
unemployment has been on a steady decline in Australia—to 8.5% unemployment
in 1995, 7.5% in 1999, and6.3% in 2000, albeit with an increase in 2001 to
6.7%. All
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