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Students consider the reasons for superannuation and why employers are required to make compulsory payments to each worker’s superannuation account. They explore issues of fairness for women and men in the outcomes of Australia’s superannuation system and, as a way of appreciating how Australia’s democratic processes are designed to allow many voices to be heard, they experience the role and operation of the Australian House of Representatives…

In this digital activity, students sort goods and services into 3 categories; those produced/provided by the private sector, the government or both. The sorting activity supports students to develop an understanding of the difference between private and public goods and why the government intervenes to produce goods and services that are underproduced by the free market.

Students consider different indicators of human wellbeing and identify the social, economic, and/or environmental factors they would use to assess wellbeing in their own community. They identify actions governments could take to improve their community’s wellbeing. This activity focuses on the geographical concepts of place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability and change.

In this activity, students learn to use the PACED grid decision-making strategy to make a personal purchasing decision. They then work in groups to apply this strategy to decide what the government should do when faced with a dilemma. Students learn that if the government wants to keep its Budget in balance, additional spending on one public good will require compensatory action, such as reduced spending on other public goods and/or an increase…

Students develop an understanding of the functions of ecosystem services and their impact on human wellbeing. They come to appreciate the role of government policies in initiating or preventing changes to the natural environment and identify policies that have been implemented in their local area. Students assess the impact of some of these policies on environmental change and on human wellbeing. This activity focuses on the geographical…

Students investigate the concept of human wellbeing and the different ways it can be measured. They also explore statistics on how governments in different countries contribute to human wellbeing through their tax systems (tax revenue and spending). They compare these statistics and human wellbeing indicators for Australia with Papua New Guinea, Sweden and Cuba to draw conclusions about the extent to which a high level of tax is necessary for…

Students explore how groups and outside bodies sometimes seek to influence government policies for their own purposes. They learn about media ownership and influence and explore the role of bias, misinformation, disinformation and fake news in influencing and shaping public opinion, particularly in relation to shaping identity and attitudes to diversity.

These activities develop student understanding of the social, economic, environmental value of both the Great Barrier Reef and forest ecosystems. Students explore the strategies used by the Australian Government to both raise funds to pay towards the protection of the Great Barrier Reef and the impact of different management approaches for the sustainable development of forest ecosystems. As a suite, these activities can be used to form a unit…