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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Geographical Processes relevant to Coastal Management

Some processes associated with coastal management include hydaraulich action, corrosion, corrasion, longshore drift and dune stabilisation. Hydraulich action is the erosion caused by the constant friction of water moving over a surface. Corrosion is the breaking down of a material which can happen to rocks on the coast due to erosion etc. Corrasion is the erosion of rocks due to objects like sand being dragged over it by water. Longsore drift is the movement of sand deposits along a beach due to water currents on the beach. Dune stabilisation stabilises a dune from erosion in a process of increasing plant life on the dune.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

US military access agreements

1. The US and Australia are currently agreeing on the giving of the US military more access to our military bases. This will result in a lot more US Austrlian military cooperation.
2. They are meeting at the AUSMIN summit.
3. The US are positioning their forces around the world and specifically in Australia and South East Asia in response to China's militirisation.
4. The US is hoping to set up forces in Northern Australia so as to have more troops based near South East Asia.
5. Other areas of discussion are the Joint Strike Fighter project and the posibility of stationing nuclear subs in North Australia.
6. The agrement further increases Australia and America's position in the region and strengthens their ability to react to a military conflict with China. it also allows for Australia and America to have a more adaptive role in the Asia Pacific region.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Go back to where you came from

  • The show go back to where you came from showed me an in depth view of the refugee issue and the situation they're in when they choose to get on the boat

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  • Because they haven't arrived with the proper paperwork and if are let in may encourage others to arrive thinking Australia is an easy country to migrate to and to get a better life in. this could cause a surge of people arriving from third world countries and many Australians would be against that. This is why it is such a delicate matter and one argued in parliment a lot.

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  • As Australia is a first world nation with a small population, lots of space and lots of resources we should be helping to take on more refugees so they can have better lives.

  • Refugees and Australian citizens resieve the same amount of benefits
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  • Because Malaysia has not signed the refugee convention the Malaysian government has full control of the refugees in Malaysia. if the government said refugees in Malaysia had no rights or were illegal then that would be the case.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Trade in ASEAN

1. To create regular reforms in the region to boost economic growth and increase trade for the countries involved
2. Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia is an institute desdicated to look at economic reform and integration in the region
3. ASEAN Economic Community is a comunity within ASEAN of countries that have economic ties with eachother
4. Transport, services, investment facilitation are the three key areas looked at at the conference
5. The group plans to meet once a year to discuss the plans
6. They wish to put all the regulatory reforms made by the members into a knowledge bank
7. I think the chairman is Adrian S. Cristobal who is the Trade Undersecretery from the Phillipines. The Phillipines GDP is now $161.2 billion US which is small compared to Australias $924.84 billion US
8. I think economic integration is where different countries regulate their laws so that trade can pass between them easier
9. This should be good for Australia as it means Australian buisnesses would find it easier to set up overseas as well as other countries setting up here. This should help stabilise all our economies and make more money in the region.

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Australia/US alliance

1. Stephen Smith is the defence minister in the Australian government and is in charge with matters relating to Australias defence and armed forces
2. The Brookings institute is an American organisation made to find ways to strengthen American democracy, foster economic and social welfare and secure a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative international system
3. Austrlia's security arrangements rely heavily on the US for the nations defence against any invasion or large war. Strategicaly the US needs Australia to back it in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places in the Middle East as well as giving it a base of operations in South East Asia.
4. Australia is in the perfect spot for America to set up navy stop off points bridging the gap between the Pacific and the Indian oceans. It is also a good spot to keep an eye on developing powers like China, India and Indonesia in a stable environment
5. In the past 50 years Australia has supported this alliance by fighting in the Korean war, the Vietnam war, the first and second Gulf wars as well as giving them access to various test ranges and bases.
6. There are 9000 companies who work within the US and have an average wage of $63490
7. He uses this to highlight the point that Australia helps the US as much as the US helps Australia economically
8. America is the superpower supporting Australias interests in the region and is a large deterant to anti-Australian regimes in the region
9. Australia is trying to foster closer ties with the US which will help with Australias global goals
10. As Australia is an important Western democracy in the region its ties with the worlds most powerful democracy and largest economy will help us foster relationships with other countries and protect us from attack

1. The US wants to build military bases in Northern Auustralia and have more access to Australias military ranges. This will help build the relationship between Australia and the US as well as working as a deterant to other nations
2. The agreement will help with training exercises between our forces and will help battlefield coordination in places like Afganistahn and Iraq

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Immigration

1. Australia and Malaysia have signed a deal in which 800 asylum seekers in Australia will be sent to Malaysia in return for 4000 UN approved refugees
2. They will have access to education, work and will not be caned
3. Illegal immigrants in Malaysia are normally not allowed to work and can be jailed
4. They may not be sent but it is still possible and the government aren't giving any promises
5. The Asylum seekers who have arrived after 7th May 2011 are to be processed in Australia
6. Refugees advocates are afraid the asylum seekers may not be given full human rights in Malaysia as they have not signed the UN resolutions and may be caned
7. It is designed to slow down the amount of boats arriving in Australia as they may be sent to Malaysia instead
8. The deal may not work if people decide that they may as well go for it and see what they get or they might see the 500+ asylum seekers who are staying and think they can make it