Essays Tagged: "Australian Capital Territory"
Australia
Most Australians are governed by three levels of government - local, state and federal. For instance,a fa ... Council (local) looking after such things asgarbage collection, park maintenance and dog controls. Australians pay their local government bypaying 'rates' - paid according to the area and position of ... which would look after such things as roads,and the police force. Finally, they are governed by the Australian (Federal) Government, which isinvolved with trade, foreign affairs and the national treas ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
All about Australian Law system aND the australian jury.
ry, that a criminal jury verdict must be unanimous is maintained and reinforced by statute in three Australian jurisdictions, New South Wales, Queensland, and the Australian Capital Territory. Strange ... will suffice, this will give grounds for repressing a conviction on appeal.In the other five major Australian jurisdictions, majority verdicts are authorised by statute, though subject to significant ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays
Euthanasia: is it just?
ria the Medical Treatment Act in 1988, the Northern Territory the Natural Death Act in 1988 and the Australian Capital Territory the Medical Treatment Act in 1994. NSW issued "interim guidelines" in 1 ... ut euthanasia - ie, active killing.The perceived need to legalise euthanasiaSuicide is legal in all Australian states and territories. If you want to kill yourself, you can do so. Noone has any right ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Australia
es, Queensland, SouthAustralia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Wester n Australia--and twoterritories--the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.Australia, including Tasmania but excluding ... cy rate age 15 and over canread and write (1980 est.).English is the official language, with modern Australian English aconglomerate of British, American, and their own phraseology and spelling.Becaus ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
Domestic Violence In the Family "A Feminist Perspective"
ample study in Canberra in 1997 estimated that 15% of married women- 6679 of 44 523 - living in the Australian Capital Territory at that time, had suffered physical abuse from their husbands" as cited ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Unanimous Verdict vs. Majority Rules Verdicts
ust be the unanimous verdict of the members of the jury also exists in Victoria, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory, but in other parts of Australia unanimity is not usually required.The ... m. The current requirement of unanimity within criminal cases is effective in achieving justice for Australian citizens, however, substantial costs and expenses are often incurred as an unwanted burde ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Ethics - Abortion
Studies of ReligionResearch Assignment: Values and EthicsTo what extent does contemporary Australian society reflect the positions of the major religious groups in ethical issues?The World B ... mature delivery in order to destroy off-spring."Despite religious views, a vast majority (54.4%) of Australians believe that a woman should be able to access to have an abortion readily when they want ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Australia - A Unique Continent
d 2 territories, which are New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory. The Northern Territory is approximately five ti ... in different climates and conditions than those in other parts of the world. This makes much of the Australian Flora and Fauna to be unique only to Australia. Also, due to the very different climates ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays