Year 10: Immigration

1. What is an asylum seeker?

An asylum seeker is a person who has crossed an international frontier into a country in which he or she hopes to be granted refugee status

2. For what reasons would they leave their country and come to Australia?

Asylum seekers often flee their country from fear of persecution for reasons of race,religion, social group, or political opinion.

3. What reasons will allow them to be approved for asylum?

The department of immigration is responsible for deeming whether an persons reasons for seeking asylum are genuine. If the persons reasons are deemed acceptable, then a person is granted asylum

4. From what countries are most asylum seekers coming?

According to statistics from the refugee council of Australia, China has the most on-shore asylum seeker applications.

Year 10: Monday 25/7 Period 4

1. Kevin Rudd has the title of "Foreign Minister". This role involves the conduction and supervision of foreign and diplomatic relations with other states.


2. Kevin Rudd's main concern is that Australia, and Northern Territory in particular, may be under threat of nuclear attack form North Korea


3. He was at the ASEAN regional forum


4. North Korea recently torpedoed a South Korean naval frigate, shelled civilians’ homes across the border  and defied two UN Security Council resolutions by pursuing an enriched uranium weapons program.


5. The direct threat to Australia is with the long range missile that North Korea have been working on for over a decade


6. I think that Rudd is trying to warn and gain the companionship of other countries also possibly under threat. Australia is in a very strong position in the region and is acting almost as a leader.


7. This relates to Australia's major allies because they are also strongly against the use of nuclear weapons by North Korea

Year 10: Australian Aid

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- In the past 5 years, Australia's overseas aid budget has doubled
- By 2015, we will be spending $8 billion a year on helping people overseas
-There is an uneasy sense that we might all be deluding ourselves.
- late last year, Kevin Rudd announced a review of Australia's overseas aid program by an impressive panel of experts.
- spending money in ways that makes no difference doesn't help anyone, and there is no virtue in aid that makes donors feel good but doesn't help the needy.
- Most obviously, emergency relief after disasters such as Indonesia's tsunami can save thousands. But this accounts for only 7 per cent of today's program.
- poverty is being overcome. In 1981, 54 per cent of the world's people lived in extreme poverty. By 2005 this had fallen to 25 per cent. In 2015 it will be less than 15 per cent, according to the World Bank.
- Any act of charity is, among other things, an assertion of power. Perhaps as power slips away, we feel more need to assert it.

I feel that the writer of this article has some extremely interesting points which should be considered seriously. Although it is a fairly controversial viewpoint, as he is basically stating that Australia's aid program is a waste of money, he has some undeniable facts and statistics to reinforce his thesis. I agree with the writer of this article and I feel that Australia's foreign aid program needs to be seriously reconsidered in order to work out whether our money is being spent efficiently.

3.  I think Australia is giving more and more aid because they feel that they are in a positive economic position in comparison to many other countries, or possibly as a simple statement and declaration of power. The benefits of this is that it puts Australia in a good position to have a healthy relationship with many countries however it also means Australia will simply have less money to spend on things the country needs for itself

Year 10 Thursday 5/5: Mapping

1. What is it about the pressure system stalled over Australia that relates to the weather over the next 4 days?



A high pressure system is currently stalled over Australia and will be for the next few days. The result of this is reasonably fine and stable conditions with little cloud cover.

2. What is the air pressure in each of the next 4 days for each of the capital cities? How does this correspond with the predicted weather for these cities?


 
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Sydney
DAY	AIR PRESSURE	WEATHER CONDITIONS
Thursday	1018	Fine, partly cloudy
Friday	1024	Fine, partly cloudy
Saturday	1017	Fine
Sunday	1016	Fine, partly cloudy

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Melbourne
DAY	AIR PRESSURE	WEATHER CONDITIONS
Thursday	1026	Mostly cloudy
Friday	1027	Fine, partly cloudy
Saturday	1019	Mostly cloudy
Sunday	1024	Mostly cloudy

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Perth
DAY	AIR PRESSURE	WEATHER CONDITIONS
Thursday	1020	Sunny
Friday	1016	Partly cloudy
Saturday	1016	Sunny
Sunday	1017	Stormy

Adelaide
DAY	AIR PRESSURE	WEATHER CONDITIONS
Thursday	1030	Fine, partly cloudy
Friday	1027	Fine, partly cloudy
Saturday	1020	Fine, partly cloudy
Sunday	1021	Fine, partly cloudy

Brisbane
DAY	AIR PRESSURE	WEATHER CONDITIONS
Thursday	1016	Sunny
Friday	1020	Fine, partly cloudy
Saturday	1021	Fine, partly cloudy
Sunday	1017	Fine, partly cloudy