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What are the best ways we can avoid creating excess waste and at the same time become more efficient with our power consumption? This book is a handy guide on how we can all live more sustainably by applying the most effective approaches to better manage our household waste and e...nergy use. Learn how to become a sustainable consumer and reduce your carbon footprint. Also includes: worksheets and activities, fast facts, glossary, web links, index.
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More than 790 million people live in extreme poverty. Why is there still so much poverty in the world; how is it measured; and what is being done to end poverty in all its forms everywhere? Global income and wealth inequality is on the rise. What are its causes and how can we red...uce inequality within and among countries? Also includes: worksheets and activities, fast facts, glossary, web links, index.
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A useful guide aimed at helping Australian teenagers and young people to identify and understand stress and its impacts on their mental and physical health. This book features a range of tips, strategies and tools for managing and reducing stress, including relaxation techniques ...and a chapter dedicated to handling exam and study stress. Learn how to stress less and be at your best under pressure. Also includes: worksheets and activities, fast facts, glossary, web links, index.
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What exactly are the harms of recreational marijuana use, and how are its use, cultivation, and possession currently dealt with under Australian laws? What are the potential medicinal benefits in relation to relieving suffering for people with chronic and terminal illness? This b...ook explores the facts about cannabis use, looking at the drug's known side effects and potential medical benefits. Can cannabis help as much as it can harm? Also includes: worksheets and activities, fast facts, glossary, web links, index.
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Inactivity increases overweight and obesity, raising the risk of chronic and life-threatening diseases. Which groups of inactive Australians are most at risk of lifestyle-related illness? What levels and types of activity are required for optimal health at each life stage, and ho...w can we incorporate regular activity into our daily lives? This book explains the risks and consequences of physical inactivity, and in turn promotes the benefits of being active. Also includes: worksheets and activities, fast facts, glossary, web links, index.
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In the past year, over four million Australians have run out of food and have been unable to buy more. Conversely, we also waste a lot of food right through the supply chain, costing the economy a staggering $20 billion annually. How can Australia address the needs of people who ...are food insecure, and by the same token minimise waste, to achieve an equitable and sustainable approach to food? Also includes: worksheets and activities, fast facts, glossary, web links, index.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders make up 2% of Australians, yet constitute over a quarter of the prison population. This book examines the latest research on indigenous imprisonment rates, and reviews progress on addressing Aboriginal deaths in custody and youth detention r...eform. How can governments reduce over-incarceration and work with communities to implement interventions? What will it take to unlock the problems of indigenous inequality in the criminal justice system? Also includes: worksheets and activities, fast facts, glossary, web links, index.
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Australia has experienced record economic growth over the last quarter century. Yet, there is growing debate about the distribution of benefits from this growth, and the extent to which inequality is increasing. How are poverty and inequality measured in Australia; what are the f...eatures of deprivation experienced by people living with entrenched economic disadvantage? How do we tackle economic disadvantage and poverty, and promote fairness and opportunity for all? Also includes: worksheets and activities, fast facts, glossary, web links, index.
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Illicit drug use in Australia is a significant justice, health, economic and social welfare issue. Relaxation of drug laws has been proposed by a number of reform groups, criminologists and commentators in response to concerns that existing government policies and criminal sancti...ons have been a failure. Opponents claim that such a relaxation of laws, including decriminalisation and legalisation, will remove the deterrent effect and increase drug use and unleash even greater drug-related problems into the community. This book examines the prevalence of illicit drug use, and presents a range of arguments in the drug policy reform debate. Should the law remain tough on drugs, or go softer on hard drugs? Also includes: worksheets and activities, fast facts, glossary, web links, index. Titles in the Issues in Society series are individual resource books which provide an overview on a specific subject comprised of facts and opinions. The information in this resource book is not from any single author, publication or organisation. The unique value of the Issues in Society series lies in its diversity of content and perspectives. The content comes from a wide variety of sources and includes: newspaper reports and opinion pieces, website fact sheets, magazine and journal articles, statistics and surveys, government reports, and literature from special interest groups.
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The rapid uptake of digital technologies has hugely impacted on the way we communicate, relate, learn, work, and spend our leisure time. Digital media literacy is the ability to access, understand and participate or create content using digital media. This ability is becoming int...egral to effective participation in the digital economy and Australian society. Those who do not adapt may fall victim to the 'digital divide' and be excluded. The 'digital revolution' has both positive and negative effects, which are explored in this timely book. On the positive side, people are increasingly being connected across distances with the greatest of ease and innovation via mobile phones, online social networking, blogging, gaming and e-learning. On the negative side are a range of social impacts that are also explored in this book, including internet addiction, cyberbullying, inappropriate exposure to pornography, privacy risks, and cyber crime. Also includes: worksheets and activities, fast facts, glossary, web links, index.
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