It is administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which publishes SOX rules and requirements…
The Bombing of Darwin holds extraordinary significance in the Australian history due to its impact on the Australian war effort during the 1940’s and its shaping of the nation identity. There were issues that triggered the Japanese to bomb Darwin including key events throughout the war effort. There were also many short and long term effects after the bombings. Darwin was a key defensive position that was in the way of the aggressive Japanese forces in their push to claim as much land as possible.…
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was formed after the catastrophic collapse of the financial system during 2008 to 2009. The act re-established the financial system's credibility by improving its accountability and transparency ending the concept of bailouts. It serves as a safeguard put in place by the government to prevent a future collapse. As always in politics parties take opposite sides on issues and with this act the same can be said. Due to the opposition between parties the act was turned into an extremely complex piece of litigation.…
Professional Roles and Values Task 1 QUP1 A nursing practice is guided by both regulatory agencies and professional nursing organizations which differ in their focus. A regulatory agency oversees the integrity of the nursing practice. One example, the state boards of nursing, ensure the public’s health and welfare by assuring that competent nursing care is provided by knowledgeable and licensed professionals. These agencies collaborate through the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.…
The Dodd-Frank Act was a piece of legislature passed by the Obama administration in 2010. This act is formally known as the Dodd-Frank Act Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. This piece of legislature was a response to the financial crisis of 2008. The Dodd-Frank Act at the time of passing consisted of 2,307 pages, 16 titles and 540 sections of law. This piece of legislation was named after Senator Christopher J. Dodd and Representative Barney Frank who had endorsed this act.…
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) v The Cash Store Pty Ltd (2015) was a major landmark case for consumer credit, with a huge recorded penalty ordered by the Federal Court. On the 19th February 2015 the court awarded penalties of $18.975 million against pay day lender, the Cash Store and loan funder Assistive Finance Australia for failing to comply with their responsible lending obligations under consumer lending law. It held contraventions to the National Consumer Credit Protection Act (2009), the National Credit Code and the ASIC Act. During the case, they sampled 281 contracts, where only 24 contained any evidence of a preliminary assessment as to whether the credit contract met the customers’ requirements and whether…
In recent times, the holiday of ‘Australia Day’ has been a cause of tension between white Australians and the Indigenous population, as our nation’s first people are often disregarded in the celebrations of our country. Amy McGuire wrote an article centred around this debate on the 27th of January 2014, titled “Australia Day: Indigenous people are told to ‘get over it’. It’s impossible”. McGuire’s contention is that the Indigenous population deserves better recognition on Australia Day, and she wrote in a passionate tone, in which she openly attacks the Australian government. On the same day, DownstairsEddie posted a comment in response to McGuire’s article online, sharing the contention that the Indigenous people cannot simply be told to ‘get…
All activities of the company is done with the governance of a person called Director of the company. Director’s duties comes from common law and statue law under Corporation Act 2001.They designed so that director can provide good direction and ensure that they are working for the interest of the company. They do not use their position and information provided to them improperly. Sometime there is the situation of insolvent trading where the director of the company allow their company to incur debt when the company is already debt.…
Column 1 Describe the main reasons for Australia giving aid to developing countries: Australia’s Aid Program For Developing Countries Ever since 1974 Australia has provided humanitarian aid throughout the Asia-pacific helping developing nations and impoverished people to improve their quality of life, they do this by providing basic medicare and necessary resources such as housing and food. Australia’s aid program is based off the philosophy that "by helping to build stronger communities and more stable governments, we improve our own economic and security interests” (Civics, 2011) Australia’s aid program keeps most of its attention focused on providing basic human resources to countries in need in order to strengthen the government’s regional…
A flag is used so people can instantly recognise the country it represents. Yet, when the Australian flag is flown, foreigners do not easily associate it with Australia and are often confused. This is because our flag is too similar to New Zealand's flag, as it also features the Southern Cross and the Union Jack. The only difference between the Australian flag and the New Zealand flag is Australia's federation star. This is similar to the issue of Australia's national anthem.…
1) By targeting specific areas that impose high social and financial costs on the Australian society, collaborative action can achieve significant and cost-effective advances in improving the health status of Australians. 2) Cardiovascular disease (NHPA) initiative was chosen to focus attention on the rising condition, which significantly gains in the health of Australia’s population. 3) The Australian Health Ministers Conference endorsed the National Chronic Disease Strategy (NCDS) in November 2005, to provide an overarching framework of national direction for improving chronic disease prevention and care across Australia.…
Since the settlement of the white Europeans in Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (ATSI people) have been mistreated by the government and have struggled to retain their rights and freedoms. Changes in government policies in the 20th century, such as protection and assimilation have affected the rights and freedoms of ATSI people drastically. Protectionism was the first of the 5 policies to be implemented on the ATSI community from 1869-1937. The policy aimed to protect and educate the ATSI people so that they could conform to the ‘white ways’ but instead forced them onto missions and directed where and how they should live.…
Laddies, gentlemen and chairperson, hidden agendas may get us ahead in life, but the consequences that follow can have damaging effects. Hidden agendas have already and will continue to shape the lives we live, from sport to health and society. The impacts of the hidden agendas are not confined to just those involved, but spread like an awful virus and has impact each and every person in this room today. In our modern world hidden agendas exist to benefit a cause. Sports teams hide their use of illegal drugs to gain a better quality of player while the sugar industry deflects criticism of its product by focusing attention onto other rival food companies and with average people marrying not out of love but to obtain a visa.…
Australia has a very strong economy that has seen many highs and lows in the past few decades. The main characteristics for Australia is free market but it still categories as mixed economy system which that is a successful phenomenon, Western market economy where the GDP is high and the rate of poverty is low. Australia is phenomenal and this country is among the first five developed countries of the world. There are four main component of the Australian economic system which had finance, manufacturing, services and trade. (Australia on Net)…
The definition of corporate governance most widely used is "the system by which companies are directed and controlled" (Cadbury Committee, 1992). Specifically it is the framework by which the various stakeholder interests are balanced. The stakeholders are the owners, majority shareholders, management, employees, customers, external auditors and other interested parties. Corporate governance separates ownership and control.…