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As entrepreneurs you are going to open a hypothetical dog-walking business.
Entrepreneurs assume risks and then keep track of income and expenses to inform decision-making and fulfil legal requirements.
In your groups, decide on a name for your business and how much you will charge per dog per 10 minutes.
Scenarios
Day of the week
Number
Activity
Monday
1.
Bought 2 new leashes at $20.00…
WorksheetNSW CommerceStage 5Floods and the role of the armed forces
Background
Following the 2010–2011 and 2013 Queensland floods, the Australian Government organised a national emergency response involving multi-service activity by the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Following each flood, the ADF aided civilian emergency response efforts.
These initiatives were called:
Operation Queensland Flood Assist I (2011)
Operation Queensland Flood Assist II (2013)
Investigate
Research the following:
Causes of…
InvestigationGeographyYear 7Australian 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 5