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Select one of the following tax-funded programs, services or initiatives to investigate. Use the questions to guide your explanation and critical analysis of your chosen program, service or initiative. Domestic violence prevention and support List the ways the Australian Government supports victims of domestic violence, for example through funding housing refuges for women and children. How is tax being spent to reduce domestic violence?…

Explore 3 different existing health-related research projects or reports. Find the following information: What was the focus of the research? What was the sample group and size? What type of data was collected? How? What sources of data were used? Consider a range of research methods – questionnaires, interviews, case studies, observations, literature reviews. Describe each one and discuss the advantages and limitations of each.…

Go to aihw.gov.au and locate data on Australia’s current health such as incidence of cancer, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, sedentary lifestyle, osteoporosis, depression, stroke. In small groups, prepare to debate the following: Taxpayers should pay for treatment of lifestyle diseases such as obesity-related diabetes, smoking-related lung cancer and heart disease. Find one piece of research that supports the statement: ‘…

You can set up a spreadsheet to perform repeated calculations. This is useful for financial calculations you do to help you make financial decisions, for example those involved with banking, budgeting, tax, and superannuation.  Step Instruction Example 1. Open a new spreadsheet in Excel and save it. a. Open a new spreadsheet. b. From the file menu, select Save as and give your new…

Explore what it takes to become an Olympic athlete, including the role of the government. Australian athletes, especially emerging athletes of the future, will benefit from a major new funding commitment of more than $54 million over the next two years to the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), announced in the 2019 federal Budget. ‘In Olympic sport, it can take 8 to 12 years to identify a talented young athlete with potential and develop them…

An example of skill development and costs from novice to Olympic athlete through the AIS. Olympic sport: Rowing Athlete born: July 1986 Age Skill development Physical activity Expenses Approximate cost 6–9 Fundamental movement skills Play     10–15 Hand-eye coordination Strength Agility…

Part 1: Sporting infrastructure Governments have an obligation to seek tangible returns from investing in both attracting and staging major international sporting events across Australia’s states and territories. These returns are measured across a broad range of economic, community and social benefits to Australians, including: employment — event organisers, commercial partners, service providers infrastructure — legacy benefits of new and…

Assessment task idea 1 Select a health inequity. Prepare a critique of the major factors contributing to this inequity. Analyse the appropriateness of a current Australian Government funded health promotion strategy for this inequity. Formulate and justify a set of recommendations for future directions. Assessment task idea 2 Conduct a case study of a non-mainstream sport (for example, tai chi, skating, snowboarding, cultural dance,…