Australia

As of 2015, 14.5 percent of adults in Australia smoke, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Salaries in Australia vary slightly from state to state but each states' Government fixes all doctors' salaries. After overtime and on-call work these salaries will be approximately 15-25% higher. Intern: $45,000 - $55,000 Resident/ SHO: $55,000 - $85,000 Registrar: $70,000 - $98,000 Consultant (Specialist): $115,000 - $240,000 These are all approximate figures and in actual fact, the more hours you choose to work, the more you will earn. Basic salary assumes a working week of 38 hours - anything after this will be paid at penalty rates (usually double-pay), so for those looking to increase their salary the option of working extra hours (which is commonly available at many hospitals) can substantially increase your income. Salary Packaging is a tax minimisation strategy available to all public hospital employees in Australia. It allows you to access up to 30% of your income as tax-free depending on the hospital you work in. This is a system used by almost all hospital employees to substantially increase their take home salary.

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No. He is African.

Al Australians and Australian residents under 16 are required to attend schools.

Some answers may vary. It also depends on how many bedrooms you are purchasing.

Australia's early settlers brought various grains from England to grow in New South Wales, but many of these did not succeed because they were unsuitable for Australia's conditions. Some grains and almost all the livestock had been purchased in South Africa and South America on the way over, so there was some fresh meat. The kangaroo was quickly seen as a source of food, though their erratic hopping motion made them a little difficult to hunt at first, and the flavour was strong and "gamey".

There were wild ducks and pigeons, and the oceans and rivers were full of fish and eels similar to what the settlers were used to in Europe.

Grains were vital in the early colony, and flour was a staple item which was used to make a simple bread known as damper. Until the colony produced its first successful barley crop, the colony was in real danger of starvation.

When people think of a boomerang they usually mean a returning boomerang. A boomerang is a thrown stick and hunting boomerangs do not return. They kill the prey when they hit it. A returning boomerang is a double wing shaped into a shallow V. It is held vertically and thrown overarm (maybe with a slight angle to the vertical to catch the wind) and when thrown the wing first flattens and then begins to turn - eventually, if thrown well, it will return to the thrower's hand. There are main two principles involved. Like any wing it flies because it develops lower pressure on top than underneath and the air pressure pushes it up. The reason it returns is because it is spinning and moving through the air at the same time and it operates like a gyroscope. A force is generated (by the fact that the two winglets are moving in different directions relative to the airflow) that tips the wing to the inside. This force is no more mysterious than watching a cyclist leans sideways on a bicycle to turn a corner. If the cyclist were stationary and leaned they would fall over.

Yabbies sleep in the same way that other mammals do. They go into a state of sleep that provides relaxation and rest for the yabbie.

Australia is rich because it has many natural resources. Australia has a particularly rich mining industry which includes metals such as gold, silver, lead, zinc and iron ore; precious gems such as opals and diamonds; and fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas.

Australia is a very expansive country, with greatly varying climate. It is completely surrounded by water - many, many 1000's miles of coastline!! (The official length, not including islands, is over 34,000km - close to the earth's circumference!)

So, the most popular water sports would not only vary from place to place, but also from season to season.

Overall, probably plain swimming, or 'play dunking' would be as popular as any other activity.

But there is much effort and opportunity for regular fishing; and surfing is very popular ... as are skiffle-boarding from time to time, body surfing, yachting [for those with more monetary access]. Many also like to wind surf.

On lakes and calmer seas, there is much motor boating and water skiing. These, too, might be more popular if equipment wasn't so expensive.

Rowing is very popular in the private colleges: it is usually a river activity.

Canoeing and kayaking also have their place.

All of these things are very popular in many and differing parts of Australia.

It would be very difficult to assess exactly which is the Most popular, especially while at least the sea and the lakes and rivers remain FREE of charge.

So, while they remain free, little research will be available to give us the exact story - which we hope will be for many generations to come!!!

during the 1900's Australians, because of their European heritage, ate snails, frogs legs and cows hearts. they were also great partners with Asia, so often ate fried rice, chow mein and beef black bean. although australians have always eaten their favourite, two minute noodles.

Western Australia has about half of Australia's working gold mines.

AussiedownThere are wool producing and meat producing breeds farmed in Australia - the main breeds are Merino, Poll Dorset, SAMMs, Suffolks and many others.

The northern New South Wales town of Byron Bay is the easternmost point of Australia, and therefore the location where the sun's early morning rays theoretically hit first.

All residential and commercial phone numbers in Australia can be found in the White Pages (whitepages.com.au). Residential phone numbers requested to be "private" are not listed.

Women can do all jobs in the Australian army that aren't combat roles. This excludes the royal infantry corps, the royal armoured corps and the royal engineering corps. This means jobs such as rifleman, combat engineer and battle tank crewman women cannot do. All other jobs and corps are available

2006 census - 150,000

Yes. The pearling industry in Australia is quite substantial. Pearls are harvested primarily off the northwest coast of the continent, with Broome being the unofficial pearling capital of the country. Pearls are also found off the North coast of Queensland.

Britain did not oppress Australia, and force it to remain a colony. There was not the same violence as seen in the American War of Independence, and perhaps Britain wanted to avoid replaying this event.

The fact is that Australia had enough wealth and significance on the world stage by the beginning of the 20th century to make a successful bid for self-government.