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=toc= =AUSTRALIA=

GENERAL FACTS
The oficial name of Australia is "Commonwealth of Australia". Australia is located at the south of the World, between the Indian and the South Pacific Ocean. The coin is the Australian dollar. This coin can be only used in Australia and the close islands near to Australia. The queen og Great Britain is also the queen of Australia. It´s the sixth biggest country in the World. Australia has different climates, that allows to this country to have more variev landscapes. The most abundant climate is the desertic climate, that predominates in all parts of the country, except in the coast. Australia has it´s own animals, like the kangaroo, the koala, the platypus or the equidna. It has very famous natural monuments, like the Great Barrier Reef, that can be seen in the space or the Uluru, better known as the Ayers Rock.

Uluru Great Barrier Reef

Australian dollar Equidna

=THE FLAG=



The flag has another flag inside, the Great Britain flag. This is because the queen of Great Britain is also the queen of Australia. Below the Great Britain flag, it is the "seven-pointed star". The seven points of this star make reference to the six original States, and the seventh point makes reference to the territories and future States of the country. This star is called the Commonwealth Star. Finally, there are five smaller stars in the right part of the flag. Four of them have seven points, and other has only five points. This stars refer to the "South Cross" Constelation.

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This video talks about the trip a Spanish woman made for six months. She talks about the work and the new experiences.

=GOVERNMENT=

Australia is a democratic country. The name of the leader of the country is Malcom Turnbull. The government of the country is a Federal Parliamentary Constitutinal Monarchy. The three main powers are separated: -The Queen chooses a Governor, who represents her in de Executive power. -The Legislative power is ruled by the Federal Parliament. -The Judicial power is ruled by the Supreme Court of Australia. The main political parties of Australia are: -The Australian Laboral Party: Is a center-left party.It was founded in 1980, and its main ideas are the labor and the democratic socialism. -The Liberal Party of Australia: Is a center-right party that was found in 1910. Its main ideas are liberalism, classical liberalism, social conservatism, liberal conservatism and economic conservatism. -The Nationals Party: Is a center-right party. It was founded in 2003, and its main idea is conservatism. Australia was a colony in the past. It was a Great Britain´s colony. Australia got the Independence in the year 1901.

=POPULATION=

Australia has 23.626.000 inhabitants. The density of Australia is about 3 inhabitants per km2. The birth rate in Australia is approximately 13,20 ‰. The death rate in Australia is about 6,30 ‰. The natural growth in Australia is 1,09 %. The migrations to Australia affected very well at the beginning, but later, bad. At the beginning of the Independence, the migrations brought new animals to Australia, like the camell or the sheep. Also, a lot of work was needed in Australia. So, a lot of people came to this country. But with the past of the years,less work was needed, and the migrants were still comming. So the Government of Australia reduced massively the entrance of migrants to the country.

=**VIDEO**=

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This video shows interesting facts about the principal cities in Australia, and all the landscapes, natural monuments, national parks and fauna of this country.

=INTERESTING NEWS= >
 * **Tony Abbot, Prime Minister of Australia has been deposed:**
 * Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, on Monday lost a confidence vote within his Liberal Party, which separates him from the leadership of the government, which will assume the former Minister of Communications, Malcolm Turnbull. In the vote, Turnbull won 54 votes against the 44 that collected Abbott. Abbott, who took office in September 2013, convened voting hours after Turnbull resigned from his post and daring him to submit to a vote of confidence in front of one hundred members of Parliament and the Senate. 14/9/2015.
 * **Australia will use drones to prevent shark attacks off its coast:**
 * Australia Sunday presented a plan to prevent shark attacks, including the deployment of drones on the beaches and equipped with sonar buoys technology. The machines will control the beaches at real time. So far this year, 13 attacks have been counted in more than 2,000 km of coastline in the state of New South Wales, compared to only three in 2014. The plan, in the amount of $ 11.5 million, expects for summer flights of drones to supervise in real time, and increase vigilance on air by helicopters. 26/10/2015.

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 * **An Afghan asylum seeker inmolates himself in Australia:** An Afghan asylum seeker in Australia died from fire hurts during a videoconference with two defenders of the rights of refugees. The Afghan sprayed petrol on his body and he fired to himself. 20/10/2015.