Patrick

WAR: Australia was connected in wars all the time. Like World War 1, World War 2, the Korean war, the Vietnam war, the golf war, Iraq war and the Afghanistan war which we are still fighting there. Australia has been in a lot of war zones, some wars we have been there for a long time like Vietnam, some for a short time like Korea. Australia’s worst war was World War 2 and Vietnam. We lost a lot of good men in those wars. Australia’s war with the fewer death tolls is the Afghanistan war which we have only lost 20 to 40 men and women. Global trade: Australia has a lot to do with Global trading; basically all our stuff is from other counties. Our toys are made in China, our cars are made in ether Germany or Italy, our books are made in New Zealand and our food comes from everywhere but not Australia. Our food comes from all the 2nd and 3rd world counties. Like Korea, China and India are three of these many counties. And we give them food in return, but the problem with this is we get the bad food and they get the good food from us. We do this because it is cheaper to buy from 2nd and 3rd world counties. Politics: Politics is the reason we are globally connected because of the UN United Nations. All of the Counties leaders or ambassadors from all around the world come together to discuss the rights of their counties and for other reasons, they have their meetings in all the primary 1st world counties like the USA, UK, Canada, New Zealand, France, Germany, Italy and Australia. Travel and Business: People come to Australia all the time and we go overseas to other counties as well. People come to Australia to have a Vacation or what some people call a holiday to have fun; also it can be for business reasons like selling machinery, inventions and two companies working together to create a idea. We do the same thing at other counties Business, travel and a lot more. Sport: Australia plays many global sports including Rugby World Cup, FIFA World Cup, Cricket Tests, as well as other international Competitions. As well as these popular sports Australia has national teams in Netball, hockey, Tennis and many other team and individual sporting events. Of course every four years we compete with the world in the Olympic Games.
 * __ HOW AUSTRALIA IS GLOBALLY CONNECTED. __**

** Afghanistan War: **

The Afghanistan war has been going for ten years now, from 2001 and still going. The war has put sadness into our hearts. 26 Australian men and women have lost their lives in that war to find the religious mad man Osama Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden has plotted many attacks on America including 9/11, the day of the fall of the twin towers.

But US Navy Seals have taken out Osama Bin Laden; he was hiding in Pakistan a county next to Afghanistan. So those deaths of not just our soldiers but America and Canada have aided us though those ten years. But we still have to get rid of Al-Qaeda, a net work of terrorist that aided Osama Bin Laden.

** International Trade: **

International trade also includes financial transactions between Governments and private businesses. Proof of our connection to the rest of the world can be seen within the current Euro Crisis.

Europe’s current financial problems threaten the recent interest rate cut by our own financial institutions. Because of Europe’s debt burden, borrowing money will be increasingly more expensive for our banks.

This means that our banks will charge us more for our loans from them by increasing interest rates even though the Government reduced official interest rates recently.

** Conclusion: **

In conclusion I think that Australia is globally connected though many ways, and not just though wars and trade, but also aiding other countries in supporting them in times of need due to natural disasters. There are many more still but these examples are the reasons I think we as Australians are globally connected.

//Thank you for your wonderful responses Pat!!! They were very interesting to read. Can you please make sure you update your wiki page with responses about sport, social communication and tourism (i.e. the ones we have discussed and researched in class). Thanks, from Miss Seymour//