1. Who is the author and what is his job title?
Graeme Innes and his job title is disability and race discrimination commissioner.
2. Who does he work for and what is supposed to do in this job?
Australian Human Rights Commission in his job he has to do work with: same-sex: Same Entitlements Inquiry, achieving removal of discrimination across federal law; drafting of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and ratification by Australia; three inspections of Australia's Immigration Detention facilities; and development of a National Disability Strategy.
3. What does the author say is often the beginning of a racist comment? Have you every heard anyone use this line to say something racist? If so, what did they say?
yes. I'm not racist but... asians are crap drivers.
4. What percent of Australians are born overseas or have an overseas parent?
50 per cent
5. What is a 'monoculture'?
6. What are some welcome benefits of online technology?
Online technology has helped hundreds of thousands of people in the world with countless things like work.
7. What are some unwelcome results of online social media?
cyber bullying, inappropriate sites such as hacking sites and sites that give the wrong information.
8. What makes racism online so dangerous?
it can be unknown who ever wrote the racist comment and then it goes viral and then others go with it
9. What will help stop racism online?
more laws and regulations on racism and rude comments towards other people.
10. What does the author suggest we need to do to stop racism?
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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.
- 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.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Peer Evaluation
1. Complete work on time -- 4.5
2. Communication -- 5
3. Quality of Work -- 5
Comment: Morgan has been a good partner but he didn't complete all of his work on time... he states that he did but it didn't save. That is why I gave him a 4.5 instead of something smaller.
2. Communication -- 5
3. Quality of Work -- 5
Comment: Morgan has been a good partner but he didn't complete all of his work on time... he states that he did but it didn't save. That is why I gave him a 4.5 instead of something smaller.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Parts of Project
I have nearly finished my first World map for El Nino and Morgan has finished the El Nino Natural Disaster Info Sheet. We still have the World map for La Nina, the Info Sheet for La Nina Natural Disaster and Australia Map for El Nino and La Nina.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Exam Prep
1. 1032 hPa
2. Western Australia
3. North West Victoria.
4. The wind in New Zealand is a lot faster than to Australia.
5. May
6. Northern Hemisphere.
7. July and August.
8. 27.5 degrees Celsius and 100mm
9. 14 N
2. Western Australia
3. North West Victoria.
4. The wind in New Zealand is a lot faster than to Australia.
5. May
6. Northern Hemisphere.
7. July and August.
8. 27.5 degrees Celsius and 100mm
9. 14 N
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
2.4 Questions
1. A flood is water that inundates land which is normally dry.
2. Flash flooding is when rivers and streams are unable to cope with the sudden volume of water caused by heavy downpour. Urban areas are especially vulnerable due to the drainage systems which can become overloaded, resulting in flooding.
3. The inland rivers generally cover thousands of square kilometres in water lasting weeks, whereas the Coastal River systems tend to be short and fast flowing, generally lasting from a few hours to a few days.
4. Flooding affects farms, when it comes to stock and crops, but it also destroys infrastructures like roads and railway lines.
5. The town of Katherine received 374 millimetres of rain while the surrounding catchment area received between 400 and 500 millimetres over a short period of time (48 hours). The catchment was already saturated from previous weeks rainfall so most of the new rainfall ran off into the river which quickly caused a flood. The reason it was considered worse than the 2006 flood was because the 1998 flood peaked at 20.3 Metres above its usual flow level, where in 2006 it only peaked at 19 Metres.
6.
Economic: The flood would of impacted the Economy in Katherine due to the damage caused by the flooding, which cost a lot of money in repair costs.
Social: The social impact was bad because it caused 500 businesses and 1170 homes to be evacuated and Four people were killed as well as flooding the Whole town.
Environmental: The flooding can drown plants and crops and livestock.
7.
b) The Coastal gradient was a lot smaller than compared to the Inland River Catchment Gradient.
c) The gradient in a Coast area is a lot smaller so the water hasn't got that much land to pass through before it is cleared, compared to the inland river systems which have thousands of kilometres to pass through.
10. I had just moved to the town called Katherine, I decided to buy the local Motel because it seemed to be just about the only place tourists would be able to stay meaning it would be money well spent, if not profitable. Little did I know that it was in one of the worse areas if a flood were to occur. It was almost February of 1998, and one of the worst floods I've ever seen hit. 2 Metres of water came rushing through taking cars with it. As soon as I saw the water I knew the damage would be devastation. We moved to the highest floor in the motel avoiding the water, but we could hear it as it seeped through the doors and open windows flooding the motel below us. We came outside to see people crying at the loss of their possessions and one person actually asking why the floods had taken his son. It was truly one of the worse days that Katherine had seen.
2. Flash flooding is when rivers and streams are unable to cope with the sudden volume of water caused by heavy downpour. Urban areas are especially vulnerable due to the drainage systems which can become overloaded, resulting in flooding.
3. The inland rivers generally cover thousands of square kilometres in water lasting weeks, whereas the Coastal River systems tend to be short and fast flowing, generally lasting from a few hours to a few days.
4. Flooding affects farms, when it comes to stock and crops, but it also destroys infrastructures like roads and railway lines.
5. The town of Katherine received 374 millimetres of rain while the surrounding catchment area received between 400 and 500 millimetres over a short period of time (48 hours). The catchment was already saturated from previous weeks rainfall so most of the new rainfall ran off into the river which quickly caused a flood. The reason it was considered worse than the 2006 flood was because the 1998 flood peaked at 20.3 Metres above its usual flow level, where in 2006 it only peaked at 19 Metres.
6.
Economic: The flood would of impacted the Economy in Katherine due to the damage caused by the flooding, which cost a lot of money in repair costs.
Social: The social impact was bad because it caused 500 businesses and 1170 homes to be evacuated and Four people were killed as well as flooding the Whole town.
Environmental: The flooding can drown plants and crops and livestock.
7.
b) The Coastal gradient was a lot smaller than compared to the Inland River Catchment Gradient.
c) The gradient in a Coast area is a lot smaller so the water hasn't got that much land to pass through before it is cleared, compared to the inland river systems which have thousands of kilometres to pass through.
10. I had just moved to the town called Katherine, I decided to buy the local Motel because it seemed to be just about the only place tourists would be able to stay meaning it would be money well spent, if not profitable. Little did I know that it was in one of the worse areas if a flood were to occur. It was almost February of 1998, and one of the worst floods I've ever seen hit. 2 Metres of water came rushing through taking cars with it. As soon as I saw the water I knew the damage would be devastation. We moved to the highest floor in the motel avoiding the water, but we could hear it as it seeped through the doors and open windows flooding the motel below us. We came outside to see people crying at the loss of their possessions and one person actually asking why the floods had taken his son. It was truly one of the worse days that Katherine had seen.
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