Economics Down Under Book 1 6E
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Chapter 7 The economy, the environment and ecological sustainability
Chapter 9 Economic globalisation

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	Media links for up-to-date economic information			Business Review Weekly
				The Age
				The Australian
				The Australian Financial Review
				Herald Sun
	Economic trends			Australian Bureau of Statistics
				Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
				Access Economics
				Applied Economics
	Cartoons			John Ditchburn’s cartoons
				Nicholson’s cartoons
				The Age cartoons
				The Australian cartoons
	Puzzles			Puzzlemaker
				E. L. Eastern Exercises, Quizzes, Tests
	Economics Directories			Google Economics
				Yahoo! Economics
				Galaxy Economics
Chapter				Link
1	Introduction: Scarcity and features of Australia’s economy			Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
				Asian Development Bank
				CIA World Factbook
				International Monetary Fund
				OECD
				United Nations
				World Bank
				Encyclopaedia Britannica
				Treasury
				General weblinks
2	The role of markets in Australia’s economy			Australian Fair Pay Commission
				Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
				Australian Council of Trade Unions (school site)
				Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI)
				Centrelink
				biz/ed – the UK minimum wage issue
				biz/ed – UK trade unions
				Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE)
				ABARE – forecast commodity prices for producers
				ABARE – latest price and volume forecasts for Australian export markets
				ABARE – free publications
				ABARE – on domestic support for Australian agriculture
				ABARE – current issue, US Farm Bill
				Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
				ABC Rural
				e-wool for trends in wool prices
				Austrade – market opportunities
				US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
				biz/ed – game: running a virtual farm
				the Financials.com Reports – commodity market price trends and report of supply conditions
				Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
				OPEC
				World Gold Council
				ABARE – commodity prices and volume trends
				International Energy Agency – oil
				National Australia Bank (NAB)
				Australian Securities and Investment Commission
				Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
				National Australia Bank – exchange rates
				Westpac – exchange rates
				ANZ bank – exchange rates
				Trends in exchange rates
				The Age newspaper – property guide
				Real Estate Institute of Victoria
				Real Estate Institute of Australia
				Australian Football League
				biz/ed – UK football
				Australian Securities Exchange
				ASX Schools Sharemarket Game
				Australian Ethical Investments
				Brokers – share trading facilities and advice
				OPEC – the oil market
				Energy Information Administration – trends in crude oil prices per barrel
				International Energy Agency – oil
				WTRG Economics – oil price history and analysis
				Wikipedia – oil price increases of 2004-2007
				Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
				Fuel watch – RACV
				Real estate database for comparing property prices
				Google
				General weblinks
3	Growing the economy			Australian Economic Indicators – ABS 1350.0
				Treasury
				Bank websites
				General weblinks
4	Factors affecting Australia’s population size, composition and distribution			biz/ed – Virtual economy
				Australian political party websites
				ACTU
				Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF)
				Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI)
				Business Council of Australia
				Department of Immigration and Citizenship
				Australian Immigration statistics
				Minister for Immigration
				Population organisations
				General weblinks
5	Creation and distribution of income and wealth			Poetry site
				Quotes
				Images 1
				Images 2
				National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM)
				Smith Family
				Salvation Army
				Brotherhood of St Laurence
				Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS)
				Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
				WageNet
				ABS – average weekly earnings
				Australian Industrial Relations Commission
				Australian Fair Pay Commission
				Centrelink
				Treasury
				biz/ed – Virtual economy
				ACOSS – Federal Budget Briefing Kit
				The Budget
				WorkChoices
				Poverty
				General weblinks
6	Finance and investment			Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) – Company Research
				Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) – lesson plans for students
				General weblinks
7	The economy, the environment and ecological sustainability			Greenpeace
				Friends of the Earth
				An Inconvenient Truth
				Ecological footprint
				CSIRO – Atmosphere Research: the greenhouse effect
				Climate change
				Curbing climate change
				Bureau of Meteorology
				New Scientist – climate change
				Australian Greenhouse Office
				Stern review on the economics of climate change
				General weblinks
8	Australia’s external relationships			International Monetary Fund
				Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
				Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
				United Nations (UN)
				World Trade Organization (WTO)
				Wikipedia
				ASEAN
				Asian Development Bank
				China Online
				Harvard University
				CIA World Factbook
				World Bank
				National Council on Economic Education (NCEE)
				New Internationalist
				General weblinks
9	Economic globalisation			American Express
				BHP Billiton
				Deutsche Bank
				Exxon
				Ford
				General Electric
				Johnson & Johnson
				McDonald’s
				Microsoft
				Nike
				Shell
				Sony
				Union Carbide
				CIA World Factbook
				World Bank
				Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
				NationMaster
				ACTU
				General weblinks