Honoured to prepare this landmark speech for Minister Hawke. An outstanding opportunity to tell the story of Australia — and the way our values mean we must combat modern slavery in the Asia-Pacific region.
Newport, Rhode Island is a popular New England tourist destination located in Rhode Island. It is known for its colonial history and well-preserved mansions from the Gilded Age, such as The Breakers and Marble House. Newport offers many attractions including beaches, sailing, golf courses, museums, and historic sites. It also has numerous dining and shopping options, making it a top New England resort town.
Australia is an island continent located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It has diverse landscapes ranging from coastlines and beaches to an arid interior called the Outback. The document provides an overview of Australia's geography, history, government, culture and wildlife. It notes that Australia has experienced mass extinction of native mammals since European settlement and faces threats from climate change such as damage to the Great Barrier Reef.
Indigenous Australians had lived in Australia for over 60,000 years before the arrival of the First Fleet of British settlers in 1788. Britain claimed possession of eastern Australia and established a penal colony despite the presence of over 500 Indigenous nations comprising around 750,000 people who had a close relationship with the land. As the British settlers spread across Australia in the late 18th and 19th centuries, they declared the land "terra nullius" and took Indigenous lands for farming despite resistance, leading to many Indigenous deaths from violence, disease, and loss of lands and culture. Between 1910-1970 the Australian government forcibly removed Indigenous children from their families in an attempt to breed out the Indigenous population, deeply traumatizing the stolen generation.
This document provides an overview of Australian culture, including aspects of Aboriginal culture. It discusses how Aboriginal culture has the oldest continuous tradition in the world, dating back over 50,000 years. Aboriginal culture was deeply connected to the land and traditional lands. Forced separation from traditional lands due to European colonization devastated Aboriginal culture by disrupting cultural practices, traditions, and identity that were tied to specific locations. The document also briefly discusses aspects of Aboriginal culture like the Dreamtime, relationship with the land, art, music, and storytelling traditions.
The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth, weighing up to 200 tons and having a heart the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. It communicates using extremely loud calls that can be heard for hundreds of miles. While commercial whaling has ceased, blue whales remain threatened by environmental changes, ship strikes, and fishing gear entanglements. The annual drive hunts in Taiji, Japan result in the brutal killing of hundreds of thousands of dolphins and small whales over the fall and winter months using methods that can take many minutes for animals to die. Despite introducing a dolphin swim program, the people of Taiji intend to continue their traditional slaughter.
Australia celebrates Boxing Day on December 26 instead of Proclamation Day like South Australia. Boxing Day originated as a day when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts from their employers. It is now a public holiday observed in several countries including the UK, Hong Kong, and Australia. One tradition in Sydney is crab racing, where crabs are placed in the center of a table and the first to reach the edge wins for its better. While English is the most common language, over 100 languages are spoken in Australia due to its diverse immigrant population. Most Australians live in the southeastern areas that were first settled over 40,000 years ago by arrivals from Southeast Asia and later colonized by Britain starting in 1770.
This document discusses how geography has shaped Australia. It describes three key influences: 1) the colonial legacy of British settlement, which established cities around the edges of the rugged Outback; 2) the sparsely populated Outback interior, shaped by its physically challenging environment; and 3) the Great Barrier Reef, which is both ecologically important and a major driver of Australia's coastal economy through tourism. Physical factors like the Outback interior and biological factors like the Great Barrier Reef have combined with human activities like colonization, urbanization, and tourism to define modern Australia.
Newport, Rhode Island is a popular New England tourist destination located in Rhode Island. It is known for its colonial history and well-preserved mansions from the Gilded Age, such as The Breakers and Marble House. Newport offers many attractions including beaches, sailing, golf courses, museums, and historic sites. It also has numerous dining and shopping options, making it a top New England resort town.
Australia is an island continent located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It has diverse landscapes ranging from coastlines and beaches to an arid interior called the Outback. The document provides an overview of Australia's geography, history, government, culture and wildlife. It notes that Australia has experienced mass extinction of native mammals since European settlement and faces threats from climate change such as damage to the Great Barrier Reef.
Indigenous Australians had lived in Australia for over 60,000 years before the arrival of the First Fleet of British settlers in 1788. Britain claimed possession of eastern Australia and established a penal colony despite the presence of over 500 Indigenous nations comprising around 750,000 people who had a close relationship with the land. As the British settlers spread across Australia in the late 18th and 19th centuries, they declared the land "terra nullius" and took Indigenous lands for farming despite resistance, leading to many Indigenous deaths from violence, disease, and loss of lands and culture. Between 1910-1970 the Australian government forcibly removed Indigenous children from their families in an attempt to breed out the Indigenous population, deeply traumatizing the stolen generation.
This document provides an overview of Australian culture, including aspects of Aboriginal culture. It discusses how Aboriginal culture has the oldest continuous tradition in the world, dating back over 50,000 years. Aboriginal culture was deeply connected to the land and traditional lands. Forced separation from traditional lands due to European colonization devastated Aboriginal culture by disrupting cultural practices, traditions, and identity that were tied to specific locations. The document also briefly discusses aspects of Aboriginal culture like the Dreamtime, relationship with the land, art, music, and storytelling traditions.
The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth, weighing up to 200 tons and having a heart the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. It communicates using extremely loud calls that can be heard for hundreds of miles. While commercial whaling has ceased, blue whales remain threatened by environmental changes, ship strikes, and fishing gear entanglements. The annual drive hunts in Taiji, Japan result in the brutal killing of hundreds of thousands of dolphins and small whales over the fall and winter months using methods that can take many minutes for animals to die. Despite introducing a dolphin swim program, the people of Taiji intend to continue their traditional slaughter.
Australia celebrates Boxing Day on December 26 instead of Proclamation Day like South Australia. Boxing Day originated as a day when servants and tradesmen would receive gifts from their employers. It is now a public holiday observed in several countries including the UK, Hong Kong, and Australia. One tradition in Sydney is crab racing, where crabs are placed in the center of a table and the first to reach the edge wins for its better. While English is the most common language, over 100 languages are spoken in Australia due to its diverse immigrant population. Most Australians live in the southeastern areas that were first settled over 40,000 years ago by arrivals from Southeast Asia and later colonized by Britain starting in 1770.
This document discusses how geography has shaped Australia. It describes three key influences: 1) the colonial legacy of British settlement, which established cities around the edges of the rugged Outback; 2) the sparsely populated Outback interior, shaped by its physically challenging environment; and 3) the Great Barrier Reef, which is both ecologically important and a major driver of Australia's coastal economy through tourism. Physical factors like the Outback interior and biological factors like the Great Barrier Reef have combined with human activities like colonization, urbanization, and tourism to define modern Australia.
The document provides information about Australia, including:
- It is the sixth largest country by area, located in the Southern Hemisphere between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
- The population is over 20 million, mostly descendants of immigrants from Britain and Ireland in the 19th-20th centuries.
- The largest cities are Sydney and Melbourne, while Canberra was specially constructed to be the capital.
- English is the official language, though there are some regional dialects as well.
Captain Cook claimed Australia for Britain in 1770. The colonization of Australia was risky for Britain since they had little knowledge of the climate and landscape. However, it provided benefits as a naval base in the Pacific and a place to send convicts after the American Revolution. Between 1788 and 1850, around 160,000 convicts were transported to Australia to address Britain's overcrowded prisons.
Aboriginal Australia Colonization and History Hafsa Usmani
This document provides information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. It discusses their history prior to British colonization, the impact of colonization, including the appropriation of their lands and culture. It provides details on terminology, flags, and key historical periods. It also examines the portrayal of Aboriginal life through European eyes and the disease and devastation that resulted from colonization.
The document provides an overview of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a remote Australian territory in the Indian Ocean. It describes the islands' untouched beaches, abundant marine life ideal for snorkeling, and small population of around 600 people. It focuses on the author's experiences visiting several of the islands, including Prison Island, Direction Island, and Home Island. On Home Island, the author observes celebrations marking the end of Ramadan and learns about the unique culture of the Cocos Malay people, who make up most of the population.
Australia is a large island country located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. While it is an island like Britain, Australia is much larger at around 8 million square kilometers. Most of the country is semi-desert and the population of around 18 million people lives primarily in the richer southeast. The original inhabitants were Aboriginal people who now make up around 1% of the population. Europeans first arrived in 1788 and the country has grown to be an independent federation consisting of 6 states and 2 territories that is a member of the Commonwealth. The national language is English and the capital is Canberra, with the largest cities being Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
After losing its colonies in America, Great Britain sought to establish a new penal colony in Australia. In 1788, the First Fleet arrived in Sydney Harbour carrying convicts and settlers to found a British colony. Over the next 80 years, more than 160,000 convicts were transported to Australia to provide labor to build up the fledgling colony. The effects of colonization were devastating to the indigenous Aboriginal people, reducing their population by 90% due to new diseases, loss of land, and conflict with settlers. Today, Australia remains part of the British Commonwealth but the colonization continues to impact Aboriginal communities.
A historic video about the true story of the ancestors of the Labrador and how it was exterminated in New Foundland.
The books are introduced on Kickstarter and are the core of a Book-, game- and learning concept for children. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1054624740/malusen-the-labrador
Contributi dei parlamentari del PD - Contributi L. 3/2019Partito democratico
DI SEGUITO SONO PUBBLICATI, AI SENSI DELL'ART. 11 DELLA LEGGE N. 3/2019, GLI IMPORTI RICEVUTI DALL'ENTRATA IN VIGORE DELLA SUDDETTA NORMA (31/01/2019) E FINO AL MESE SOLARE ANTECEDENTE QUELLO DELLA PUBBLICAZIONE SUL PRESENTE SITO
UN WOD 2024 will take us on a journey of discovery through the ocean's vastness, tapping into the wisdom and expertise of global policy-makers, scientists, managers, thought leaders, and artists to awaken new depths of understanding, compassion, collaboration and commitment for the ocean and all it sustains. The program will expand our perspectives and appreciation for our blue planet, build new foundations for our relationship to the ocean, and ignite a wave of action toward necessary change.
This report explores the significance of border towns and spaces for strengthening responses to young people on the move. In particular it explores the linkages of young people to local service centres with the aim of further developing service, protection, and support strategies for migrant children in border areas across the region. The report is based on a small-scale fieldwork study in the border towns of Chipata and Katete in Zambia conducted in July 2023. Border towns and spaces provide a rich source of information about issues related to the informal or irregular movement of young people across borders, including smuggling and trafficking. They can help build a picture of the nature and scope of the type of movement young migrants undertake and also the forms of protection available to them. Border towns and spaces also provide a lens through which we can better understand the vulnerabilities of young people on the move and, critically, the strategies they use to navigate challenges and access support.
The findings in this report highlight some of the key factors shaping the experiences and vulnerabilities of young people on the move – particularly their proximity to border spaces and how this affects the risks that they face. The report describes strategies that young people on the move employ to remain below the radar of visibility to state and non-state actors due to fear of arrest, detention, and deportation while also trying to keep themselves safe and access support in border towns. These strategies of (in)visibility provide a way to protect themselves yet at the same time also heighten some of the risks young people face as their vulnerabilities are not always recognised by those who could offer support.
In this report we show that the realities and challenges of life and migration in this region and in Zambia need to be better understood for support to be strengthened and tuned to meet the specific needs of young people on the move. This includes understanding the role of state and non-state stakeholders, the impact of laws and policies and, critically, the experiences of the young people themselves. We provide recommendations for immediate action, recommendations for programming to support young people on the move in the two towns that would reduce risk for young people in this area, and recommendations for longer term policy advocacy.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
The document provides information about Australia, including:
- It is the sixth largest country by area, located in the Southern Hemisphere between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
- The population is over 20 million, mostly descendants of immigrants from Britain and Ireland in the 19th-20th centuries.
- The largest cities are Sydney and Melbourne, while Canberra was specially constructed to be the capital.
- English is the official language, though there are some regional dialects as well.
Captain Cook claimed Australia for Britain in 1770. The colonization of Australia was risky for Britain since they had little knowledge of the climate and landscape. However, it provided benefits as a naval base in the Pacific and a place to send convicts after the American Revolution. Between 1788 and 1850, around 160,000 convicts were transported to Australia to address Britain's overcrowded prisons.
Aboriginal Australia Colonization and History Hafsa Usmani
This document provides information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. It discusses their history prior to British colonization, the impact of colonization, including the appropriation of their lands and culture. It provides details on terminology, flags, and key historical periods. It also examines the portrayal of Aboriginal life through European eyes and the disease and devastation that resulted from colonization.
The document provides an overview of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a remote Australian territory in the Indian Ocean. It describes the islands' untouched beaches, abundant marine life ideal for snorkeling, and small population of around 600 people. It focuses on the author's experiences visiting several of the islands, including Prison Island, Direction Island, and Home Island. On Home Island, the author observes celebrations marking the end of Ramadan and learns about the unique culture of the Cocos Malay people, who make up most of the population.
Australia is a large island country located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. While it is an island like Britain, Australia is much larger at around 8 million square kilometers. Most of the country is semi-desert and the population of around 18 million people lives primarily in the richer southeast. The original inhabitants were Aboriginal people who now make up around 1% of the population. Europeans first arrived in 1788 and the country has grown to be an independent federation consisting of 6 states and 2 territories that is a member of the Commonwealth. The national language is English and the capital is Canberra, with the largest cities being Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
After losing its colonies in America, Great Britain sought to establish a new penal colony in Australia. In 1788, the First Fleet arrived in Sydney Harbour carrying convicts and settlers to found a British colony. Over the next 80 years, more than 160,000 convicts were transported to Australia to provide labor to build up the fledgling colony. The effects of colonization were devastating to the indigenous Aboriginal people, reducing their population by 90% due to new diseases, loss of land, and conflict with settlers. Today, Australia remains part of the British Commonwealth but the colonization continues to impact Aboriginal communities.
A historic video about the true story of the ancestors of the Labrador and how it was exterminated in New Foundland.
The books are introduced on Kickstarter and are the core of a Book-, game- and learning concept for children. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1054624740/malusen-the-labrador
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DI SEGUITO SONO PUBBLICATI, AI SENSI DELL'ART. 11 DELLA LEGGE N. 3/2019, GLI IMPORTI RICEVUTI DALL'ENTRATA IN VIGORE DELLA SUDDETTA NORMA (31/01/2019) E FINO AL MESE SOLARE ANTECEDENTE QUELLO DELLA PUBBLICAZIONE SUL PRESENTE SITO
UN WOD 2024 will take us on a journey of discovery through the ocean's vastness, tapping into the wisdom and expertise of global policy-makers, scientists, managers, thought leaders, and artists to awaken new depths of understanding, compassion, collaboration and commitment for the ocean and all it sustains. The program will expand our perspectives and appreciation for our blue planet, build new foundations for our relationship to the ocean, and ignite a wave of action toward necessary change.
This report explores the significance of border towns and spaces for strengthening responses to young people on the move. In particular it explores the linkages of young people to local service centres with the aim of further developing service, protection, and support strategies for migrant children in border areas across the region. The report is based on a small-scale fieldwork study in the border towns of Chipata and Katete in Zambia conducted in July 2023. Border towns and spaces provide a rich source of information about issues related to the informal or irregular movement of young people across borders, including smuggling and trafficking. They can help build a picture of the nature and scope of the type of movement young migrants undertake and also the forms of protection available to them. Border towns and spaces also provide a lens through which we can better understand the vulnerabilities of young people on the move and, critically, the strategies they use to navigate challenges and access support.
The findings in this report highlight some of the key factors shaping the experiences and vulnerabilities of young people on the move – particularly their proximity to border spaces and how this affects the risks that they face. The report describes strategies that young people on the move employ to remain below the radar of visibility to state and non-state actors due to fear of arrest, detention, and deportation while also trying to keep themselves safe and access support in border towns. These strategies of (in)visibility provide a way to protect themselves yet at the same time also heighten some of the risks young people face as their vulnerabilities are not always recognised by those who could offer support.
In this report we show that the realities and challenges of life and migration in this region and in Zambia need to be better understood for support to be strengthened and tuned to meet the specific needs of young people on the move. This includes understanding the role of state and non-state stakeholders, the impact of laws and policies and, critically, the experiences of the young people themselves. We provide recommendations for immediate action, recommendations for programming to support young people on the move in the two towns that would reduce risk for young people in this area, and recommendations for longer term policy advocacy.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
RFP for Reno's Community Assistance CenterThis Is Reno
Property appraisals completed in May for downtown Reno’s Community Assistance and Triage Centers (CAC) reveal that repairing the buildings to bring them back into service would cost an estimated $10.1 million—nearly four times the amount previously reported by city staff.
A Guide to AI for Smarter Nonprofits - Dr. Cori Faklaris, UNC CharlotteCori Faklaris
Working with data is a challenge for many organizations. Nonprofits in particular may need to collect and analyze sensitive, incomplete, and/or biased historical data about people. In this talk, Dr. Cori Faklaris of UNC Charlotte provides an overview of current AI capabilities and weaknesses to consider when integrating current AI technologies into the data workflow. The talk is organized around three takeaways: (1) For better or sometimes worse, AI provides you with “infinite interns.” (2) Give people permission & guardrails to learn what works with these “interns” and what doesn’t. (3) Create a roadmap for adding in more AI to assist nonprofit work, along with strategies for bias mitigation.