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Australian Government responses to natural disasters overseas
Source A: Disaster assistance response teams
When natural disasters occur overseas, the Australian Government may send disaster assistance response teams (DART). These teams include people from:
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
Fire and Rescue NSW
Australian Defence Force.
The Australian Government has deployed DART following many disasters including:
Tropical Cyclone Gita, Tonga 2018
Tropical Cyclone Pam, Vanuatu 2015
Solomon…
InformationGeographyYear 7World map
Source: https://www.freeusandworldmaps.com/html/World_Projections/WorldPrint.html
TemplateGeographyYear 7Tropical Cyclone Winston and the Australian Government response
Refer to Australian Government responses to natural disasters – Fact file. You will also need a world map.
Part 1: Disaster assistance response teams
Refer to source A in the fact file.
Locate the places where the Australian Government has recently deployed DART teams to assist in natural disasters on a world map.
Write a description of the location of places to which the Australian Government has sent DART teams to assist in natural…
WorksheetGeographyYear 7Tax in your community
Go to the Tax in your community interactive.
Part 1: Responsibilities of the three levels of government
All 3 levels of government in Australia work together to provide Australians with the services they need. Each of the 3 levels of government has the responsibility for funding different services and in many cases more than one level of government has responsibility for funding the same service.
Complete part 1 of the interactive to…
WorksheetGeographyYear 7What is a successful business?
A successful business is a business that realises its goals, intentions, or objectives.
The indicators of a successful business may include:
profitability
customer satisfaction
staff morale
achievement of organisational, financial, social and/or environmental objectives.
The following table identifies the indicators of success for each business function.
Business function
Indicator of success
Planning
Total…
ExplainerNSW CommerceStage 5How successful is this business?
Read the following scenario then answer the questions that follow.
Scenario
Jo and Sam decided to quit their jobs and start a business selling imported jewellery. They knew where to go to buy cheap jewellery and there seemed to be a market for jewellery in their local suburb – there were 4 other stores that seemed to be always busy.
They travelled overseas and used most of their savings to buy jewellery to sell. They leased a small shop at…
WorksheetNSW CommerceStage 5Government investment in regional centre growth
Population concentration and out-migrationAustralia’s population of 25 million is mainly concentrated in the state capitals, particularly Melbourne and Sydney. This has consequences for the state capitals and the smaller regional towns. The populations of Melbourne and Sydney continue to grow as people attracted by greater access to jobs and services move to the urban areas. It is expected that by 2050 both cities will have a population of 8…
ExplainerGeographyYear 8What does it take to become an entrepreneur?
Part 1: Deciding on entrepreneurial capabilities
In groups, decide on the meaning of each quality listed in table 1. Underline the unfamiliar words and research their meaning.
Identify those qualities you think are important to entrepreneurialism – highlight them.
From these, select the top 10 entrepreneurial capabilities.
Share your short list with another group and discuss any differences between each group’s list.
Both groups agree on…
InvestigationNSW CommerceStage 5