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NOTE: Applicants that adhere to the word limit will be highly regarded. You can skip your response and come back to it later. Please give an example of an experience that developed your leadership skills, this may be from school, an extracurricular activity or a community group. What did you learn from this experience? (300 word limit) An experience that has developed my leadership skills was when I was the President of Interact from October 2014 until September 2015. I have been an active…

North Stradbroke Island or Minjerribah (indigenous name) is an island that lies within Moreton Bay in Queensland. Stradbroke is the second largest sand island in the world. On the island there are a number of lakes and beaches along most of the coastline with rocky ridges at Point Lookout. The island has been the site for sand mining for more than sixty years. Tourism and currently mining are the island's main industries. On the island there is an Aboriginal community. The Quandamooka people…

Hypertension Cerebral aneurysm for monitoring Migraines - on topiramate Thank you very much for referring Sandra along for her 18-month history or cough. As you are aware, she first noticed this on holidays in Queensland in July last year. She developed a dry cough at the time without any associated infective symptoms. That dry cough has persisted since that time. It is mainly throughout the day and is mild cough which is mainly throat clearing. She does not notice issues at night. She…

including thousands of gold rings, and a range of other objects made of precious materials apparently came to light close to the outer side of the city wall near the building which Schliemann designated as the royal palace,” writes University of Queensland researcher Trevor Bryce in his book "The Trojans and their Neighbors" (Routledge, 2006). History.com Staff, J. W. (2009, June 13). Trojan War. Retrieved January 28, 2017, from http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/trojan-war…

The Double jeopardy law originated in The ancient civilizations relied on the blood dispute to provide justice when one person killed another, the relatives of a dead person had a duty to avenge death. While the blood feud manifested harsh "retributive" justice, it could, in theory, lead to an endless series of murders as each death was avenged. The Greek dramatist Aeschylus dramatized a cycle of revenge of the blood faith in the Oresteian trilogy, which ended with Greek gods deciding that an…

from this play and more. But in reality, the play is more than that, the play isn’t just about witchcraft or devil worshipping and John Proctor’s affair is not the point of the play. There are various reasons why “The Crucible” should be banned in Queensland schools, but there are also various reasons why this play is a valid play for students to study in Senior English.…

to talk. “M-m-my name i-is H-harry”, I stutter between shallow, staggered breaths. She seems ecstatic that I am beginning to calm down and immediately begins chattering away to me. She talks about how she is going to visit her brother tomorrow in Queensland and she talks about her dog, who thinks she is a cat. Despite her chatter, I still feel anxious, like a mouse in a room full of hungry cats. *** The unforgiving waves crash and splash fiercely below just a couple of meters away from me now.…

The principal Chris Sarra of Cherbourg State School in South East Queensland discusses best teaching practices for Indigenous students. The turnaround and rise of the school are based on certain principles: discipline, direction, learning, purpose, pride and unity. In the QUT Creative Industries video (2002), Chris Sarra…

biological makeup, but rather your mindset and the external influences around you. Studies may suggest that a person’s genes can be a large amount of a person’s happiness. According to research by psychologists at the University of Edinburgh and the Queensland Institute for Medical Research in Australia, genes may determine up to 50% of a person’s happiness. While these genes won't guarantee happiness, the personality mix they result in could act as a trigger when bad things happen,…

Hypothesis: although indefinite sentencing appears to ignore the rights of the individual in favour of the protection of the community; as one item of choice in a raft of sentencing options, it has improved the capacity of the criminal justice system to protect individual rights and keep peace and order in society. The Criminal Justice system is a system of laws and rulings aiming to protect community members and their property. It determines which events causing injury or offence to…