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On the international stage
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…
InvestigationHealth & Physical EducationSenior secondarySenior secondary HPE assessment task ideas
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,…
Assessment taskHealth & Physical EducationSenior secondaryIncome and employment types
You can earn an income:
by working for someone else
by working for yourself or your business
from your assets
through Government benefits and allowances.
Earning money by working for someone else
Types of income
Explanation
Wages
If you earn a wage, you are being paid an hourly rate. Put simply, your wage is calculated based on the number of hours you worked in a given period…
ExplainerMathematicsSenior secondaryIncome calculations
For each of the questions below, identify which type of income they are earning (wages, salary, piece rates or commission) and calculate the answers to the questions.
Use the table to answer questions 1, 2 and 3.
Permanent Employee Hourly Rates
Casual Employee Hourly Rates
Classification
Base hourly Rate
Mon-Fri after 6pm & all day Saturday
Sunday
Public…
InvestigationMathematicsSenior secondaryTiered pricing and commission
Tiered pricing and percentage systems
Businesses which involve sales (selling of products) may wish to add incentives/rewards for those sales agents and/or customers who sell or purchase more products. For example:
A product supplier (i.e. seller) may decrease the price per unit/item for those customers who purchase more units.
Companies with sales agents, such as Real Estate, Cars and Advertising, may want to treat their sales agents who…
How toGeneral resourcesIncome calculations
Alex is a permanent retail employee, level 7.
What is his:
base hourly rate
Sunday rate?
When does the base hourly rate apply?
Solution:
$17.11
$30.80
Mon-Fri before 6pm
If Alex works a 35-hour week - from 9.00am-5.00pm with an hour for lunch (unpaid), Sunday to Thursday every week.
How many hours does he work each day?
How many hours does he work at the:
base hourly…
InvestigationMathematicsSenior secondaryThe division of powers
What is the division of powers and how do law making powers matter when it comes to the services our governments provide?
Levels of law making
Australia has 3 levels of law making (also known as 3 levels of government):
the Australian Government (or federal or national)
state/territory governments
local councils (also called shires or municipalities).
All Australians have someone to represent them at each level of government. These…
ExplainerNSW CommerceStage 5Changes to tax spending
Explore changes to Australian Government spending over a two-year period.Part A: Simple challengeAbout two-thirds of Australian Government tax revenue is spent on 4 main government functions:defenceeducationhealthsocial security and welfare.Your challenge is to use data to answer the question:Of the 4 main government functions, which had the greatest percentage increase in expenditure between 2021 and 2024?Predict an answer to this question.…
InvestigationEconomics & BusinessYear 10