Australia and Neighbors

Australia and Neighbors

Introduction

Australia, a continent and the world's largest island, supports a population of 19 million living in an area just under 3 million square miles. Two thirds of the entire country's population lives in a few urban areas of the southeast, making Australia one of the most urbanized countries on the planet. Why Australia has so few people and how those people got there are questions that have fueled long-standing debates about the Australian national character, which in turn have given rise to pervasive national myths, all of which are of interest to the student of propaganda. More recently there is an increasing recognition that there is more to Australian national identity than gauging the degree of English or American cultural domination. Australia had an Aboriginal population long before the first English settlers arrived. In sum, questions of national identity have affected official and unofficial propaganda in the twentieth century.

Discussion

Australia has been active in international affairs since World War II. Its first major independent foreign policy action was to conclude an agreement in 1944 with New Zealand dealing with the security, welfare and advancement of the people of the independent territories of the Pacific (the ANZAC Pact). After the war, Australia played a role in the Far Eastern Commission in Japan and supported Indonesian independence during that country's revolt against the Dutch (1945-49).

Australian economy is a multi speed economy because it is doing good economically in one area and is very weak in the other areas. Its performance is good as far as mining is concerned but other area like manufacturing industry, tourism industry; construction and retail business are very weak due to economic downfall of Europe and US. Australian economy was very strong and stable even in the toughest of time when other countries were facing issue of recession. Companies in other countries like US and Europe were laying off people and increasing taxes and interest rate to control the economic downturn. Inflation gave rise to less spending on part of the people. On the other hand in Australia business community was doing good and growing at a stable rate. It is after 2009 that the behavior and trend in business community of Australia started to change. Business community people became more concerned and vigilant in their activities. Many companies laid off people to cut down their costs (Newport Consulting).

Australian economy is doing well in one department that is of mining while the other areas of businesses are suffering. There is too much pressure on the mining industry to eliminate the negative effects of other industries and also maintain the value of Australian dollar high as compared to the US dollar. There are different types of industries operating in Australia that can be divided into two sections, gainer and losers. Industry that is growing and improving with time is that of mining, a booming sector of the country which is to cover up on behalf of other industries. The industries with sluggish growth come under ...