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Develop questions and answers to test your team members in a game of chance. Example Question: What is this? Health care Answer: Service provided by government and services with social benefits produced by free-market Question: What is this? JobSeeker payment Answer: Cash benefit provided by the Australian Government to individuals or families.     Question 1 Question: What is this?   Answer :   Question 2…

Think of as many examples as you can for each of the categories listed below. Good or service provided by governments: Good or service with social benefits that are provided by private enterprise: Good or service with social costs: Cash benefit provided by the Australian Government to individuals and families:   Linked activity…

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…