predatory pricing 573–4 price ýxing 573
European land occupation in 360 ‘food bowl’ 298 freedom institutions 464–9 hierarchy of courts in 487–9 key issues in 537 natural hazards and disasters 295 parliamentary system 446–50 past investigation 57 place liveability 351–5 popular tourist destinations 351
Bendigo Bank 575 Berick, Wendy 62 beyond reasonable doubt 479, 507 bicameral 446, 472 Big Game Hunt 166 bike-sharing programs 388 biodiversity 255, 298, 303, 386, 423 Black Lands 81 blasphemous (charge against Jesus) 163, 177 blizzard 321 dangerous nature 321–2 Blue Nile 81 blue water 260–1 Book of the Dead of Hunefer 93 Brabham-Henley Brook 373 Branson, Richard 606 Bromwich, Robert 498 Bronze Age 29 Buddhism 202–3 built environment 351, 423 Bunjil the eagle, story of 25–7 bureaucrats 193, 222 Bureau of Meteorology 319 business 532, 583 concepts 534–7 and consumers, relationship 551–2 deýned 541 opportunity cost 535–6 producers and government 572–80 skills 537–8 sustainability priorities of 561 types 554 work and 534–5 businesses ownership alternative forms of 556–7
resale price maintenance 574 anti-discrimination boards 467 anvil stones 49 aquaculture 60, 69 aqueducts 142, 177 aquifers 252, 336 Arcadis Sustainable Cities Index 410
archaeologist, role of 57 Arch of Constantine 165
arid 365, 423 armies 142–5
rainfall variability 264 schoolchildren 515
auxiliaries 142, 177 soldier’s harsh life 142–4 structure 143 weapons and tactics 142 artefact 13 artesian water 253–4 artiýcers 187, 222 artiýcial intelligence 537 artiýcial levee 306 artisans and merchants 88 Asiatic 108, 122 aspects 351, 423 astrology 161, 177 atmosphere 249, 336 atmospheric and hydrological hazards 294 Augustulus, Romulus 166, 169 Augustus 148 Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs 613 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 22–3 citizens participate in 460–4 climate 262–5 climate change and water security in 265–6 communities, inþuence of environment on 51–2 costliest natural disasters 294
trade and technology 45–51 water supply management 287 water usage 273 water variability 275–6 Australian Capital Territory 319 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) 572, 574, 609 roleof 575 Australian Constitution 454, 457 advantages 465 anti-discrimination boards 467 creation of 464–5 disadvantages 465 free press 467–8 ombudsman ofýces 467 speciýc powers 472 Australian Consumer Law 566–8, 570, 582 Australian government 416–17 Australian Human Rights Commission 466–7 Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) 396 Australian Liberal Party 520 Australian Research Council 299 Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) 556 Australian Values Statement 523 avalanches 321, 336
cooperatives 556 franchise 556–7
best form of 557 and entrepreneurs 606–7 forms of corporation 555–6 partnership 555 sole proprietorship 554–5 Byron Bay 354–5
courts work 487–93 Deep Time in 20–4
democracy 442–6, 466 diverse society 514–18 cultural diversity 516 multiculturalism 514–16 promoting cohesion 522–5 religion 518–22 Religious Discrimination Bill 525–6 traditions 523–4 values 523–4
B Badu Islands 399–401 bait advertising 567 balance of power 444, 472
C Cabinet 448, 457, 472 Caesar, Julius 147–8 calendar 116 Canduci, Alexander 174 canopic jars 95, 122
barbarians 165, 177 barometer 309, 336 Bartlett, Thomas 208
Bathurst and Melville Islands 42 Beaufort scale measures 314
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