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  Five key things you need to know when leaving school This interactive video explains five key things young people need to know when leaving school – including tax and super, health, career support, and more.  

Part 1: Identifying allowable deductions Read the list of items below. Indicate whether you think each item of expenditure is deductible or not. Refer to My responsibilities in relation to tax - Explainer.   Item of expenditure Is it deductible? Yes or No The bus fares to and from work. Yes No A $100 donation to the Red Cross. Yes No…

Tripe J Unearthed Jukebox   Linked activities: How tax contributes to community and civic life (AC v9.0) How tax contributes to community and civic life (AC v8.4)  

  Linked activity: Making laws with a case study of tax

Part A: My media and media ownership Develop a chart showing the types of media you use to obtain information and how often you use them (see table 1 as an example). Use the internet to identify and list the owners of the media you use. Table 1: My Media Type of media Name (program, newspaper, website) Frequency (every day, twice a week, etc) Owner (corporation or individuals…

Australia's Media Concentration   Linked activities: Influences on government policy and the media (Civics & Citizenship) Influences on government policy and the media (NSW Commerce)  

Watch: This video explains the law-making process of the Australian Parliament and it includes all the law-making steps in the Senate and House of Representatives. Making a law A Bill is introduced by a minister. What can members do at this stage? The Bill is agreed to in one house. What happens to it next? Changes and amendments. These are also debated. Why would a Bill have amendments made? Parliamentary…

Refer to Income distribution – Data sheet. Part 1 – How data affects mean and median Use the data from Table 1: The annual salaries of 25 people in one street in a new suburb of Canberra. Open a new spreadsheet and put the salary data in a table with the following headings.   Annual salary   $71,562   $31,595…