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Background Queensland regularly experiences significant natural disasters with high social and economic costs resulting from such events. In Queensland, the average annual economic cost of natural disasters 2007–2016 was A$11 billion with A$7.26 billion resulting from floods. In 2014, the Queensland Government introduced the Queensland Strategy for Disaster Resilience as a long-term strategy to reduce the costs of these natural events. A key…

Follow these instructions to play the game. Each group is the government of a nation and must decide on how to spend taxpayers’ money. For each budget category, there are 4 options to choose from. Each option indicates how satisfied citizens will be and the economic or financial cost of this option. You must weigh up the costs and benefits of each decision. You can only choose one option for each budget category. Before you make your…

The GBR The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) in North East Queensland covers an area of approximately 348,000 square kilometres. This marine ecosystem is one of the most complex ecosystems on earth with a great diversity of species and is valued for its social, economic and environmental importance. It is World Heritage listed for its cultural and natural significance for present and future generations of all humanity. Use of the GBR Over 2 million…

Part 1: Locating information in videos Use the videos you have selected to complete the following table. Social value Economic value Environmental value Threats to the Great Barrier Reef Management strategies to protect the reef    Part 2: Evaluating…

The goods and services tax (GST) is a broad-based tax of 10% on most goods and services sold or consumed in Australia. When you buy goods or services, the GST is included in the price. Most receipts will tell you how much GST you paid. Image: Receipt for the purchase on a product for $149.00  which includes a GST amount of $12.90. The GST amount appears twice on the receipt and is circled in red.   But if you don’t have a…

Research Role play Parliament to debate a bill to introduce a sugar tax. In order to debate the proposed Bill, you will need to do your own research. The Government Proposing legislation.  Government arguments might include the health of the population, the types of lifestyle diseases that result excess sugar use or the tax burden on health services.  The Opposition  Opposing the proposed legislation. Arguments might include making…

The Australian, state and territory governments have established 58 marine parks around the country covering 3.3 million square kilometres to provide the marine ecosystem with some protection from human activities. These 58 marine parks are divided into 5 marine park networks and the Coral Sea (See image below). Each marine park network has a management plan. Adapted from Australian Marine Parks The management plans for each marine park…

Print one copy and cut into individual cards and distribute one card to each group.   TOURISTS         CONSERVATIONISTS         COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN         SHIPPING COMPANIES     Linked activities: Perspectives on marine parks (AC v9.0) Perspectives on marine parks (AC v8.4)