Tuesday, August 9, 2011

How has Australia changed in your life time?

Physical Changes
- the drought in central Australia has become one of the worst drought in history
- great barrier reef and pollution has the BGR has lost a lot of reefs and marine life because of pollution.
- pesticides have have a dramatic affect on wildlife in Australia.
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Socio-economic Changes
- petrol prices have risen from less than a dollar a litre to over 1 dollar 50 a litre.
- lots of jobs have been lost.
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Cultural Changes
- More immigration and asylum seekers have entered Australia looking for a better life and work
- Lots of controversy with the Aboriginals and the 'white' people of Australia
- All of the full-blood Aboriginals have all gone but thousands of half-cast are still alive.

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