Skip to main content

Home/ APHumanGeography/ Group items tagged sydney

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
kskurcenski

Two hostages, gunman dead in Sydney siege - CNN.com - 2 views

www.cnn.com/...ralia-sydney-hostage-situation

dead sydney siege cnn

shared by kskurcenski on 17 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • a self-styled Muslim cleric had been holding hostages early Tuesday, killing the gunman.
  • According to his social media posts, the hostage-taker appears to have embraced a radical Sunni theology.
  • They were holding up a black flag with Arabic writing on it reading, "There is no God but God and Mohammed is the prophet of God."
  • kskurcenski on 17 Dec 14
     
    this relates to religious conflicts and what we have been learning in class because this event is about a sunni Muslim man who is carrying out attacks to spread the beliefs of his religion. Why did he feel the need to carry this out in a cafe in Sydney when there didn't seem to be anything threatening him or his religion? 
cmerris

Western Sydney ready and willing to work hard and clever | thetelegraph.com.au - 3 views

www.dailytelegraph.com.au/...story-fngr8i5s-1226878364970

shared by cmerris on 09 Apr 14 - No Cached
    • cmerris
      cmerris on 09 Apr 14
       
      Australia is ranked second in HDI, yet it is still in industries that most stage three countries would have.  Australia still has not opened themselves up to services like the United States and Western European nations.
  • Experts say an influx of “knowledge jobs’’ — that usually require a tertiary degree — are growing strongly despite a high Australian dollar and competition from cheap imports.
  • industries such as healthcare, finance and insurance are growing strongly, while manufacturing companies are adapting to changing conditions.
  • ...12 more annotations...
  • There is a recognition and a willingness to adapt to new and emerging industries such as those providing the ‘knowledge’ jobs so crucial to future growth,” he said.
  • education facilities
  • colleges are developing and offering courses tailored to new industries.”
  • “Importantly, this contraction has been more than offset by strong growth in a number of industries, primarily the construction and service (finance, healthcare and transport) sectors.
  • Manufacturing makes up 14.5 per cent of the Greater Western Sydney economy.
  • manufacturing remains the most important employer in Western Sydney, making up 15.6 per cent of total employment.
  • Healthcare and social assistance accounted for 60,174 jobs (12.1 per cent of employment in the region), followed by retail trade with 52,523 (10.5 per cent) and wholesale trade 34,879 (7.0 per cent)
  • Healthcare and social assistance accounted for 60,174 jobs (12.1 per cent of employment in the region), followed by retail trade with 52,523 (10.5 per cent) and wholesale trade 34,879 (7.0 per cent)
    • cmerris
      cmerris on 09 Apr 14
       
      This relates to the theme of globalization because it shows how more countries are using service related jobs instead of primary and secondary jobs because technology is making those jobs easier for fewer people to complete.
    • cmerris
      cmerris on 09 Apr 14
    • cmerris
      cmerris on 09 Apr 14
       
      An article about the United States that relates to growing industries after the recession can be seen by clicking the link below.  Although this article is more about the rebounding secondary sector jobs, it parallels the growth in new jobs.
    • cmerris
      cmerris on 09 Apr 14
       
      Why is Australia so behind in making this change if they are higher in the HDI which normally relates to how high a country is developed?
    • cmerris
      cmerris on 09 Apr 14
       
      This article relates to chapter eleven and twelve because it explains the change a developed country, Australia is going through the process of becoming reliant on tertiary sector jobs instead of jobs in the secondary sector.  This article explains how quickly healthcare is growing while other companies in manufacturing have to adjust to not having as much of the population to hire.
  • cmerris on 09 Apr 14
     
    This article explains the changing jobs in the developed country, Australia.
  • jared snell on 10 Apr 14
     
    First thought...interesting article Cameron. It encouraging to see a country like Australia developing and implementing services in its economy. I wonder how this will effect the prices of the minerals Australia exports to the majority of the world? With more people moving to the service sector there will be less in the mines, so my gut tells me that the world wide prices will go down due to the fact that companies will be able to make a bigger profit selling the same amount of material due to lower labor costs.
  • Jessica Wray on 11 Apr 14
     
    I feel like Australia has a lot going for it! Like you mentioned, it has a high HDI- this is no coincidence. As we know, it has access to important natural resources. It is fairly isolated, which can hurt its economy, but there is less competition for jobs. It is also a highly popular area for tourism. It doesn't get involved in a lot of matters occurring in the northern hemispheres, which keeps it out of costly wars.
sophiefreeman7

BBC News - Who are Australia's radicalised Muslims? - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...world-asia-29249462

religion

shared by sophiefreeman7 on 18 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • On 15 December, self-styled Muslim cleric Man Haron Monis held several people hostage in the Lindt Chocolat Cafe at Sydney's Martin Place. The 16-hour stand-off ended with police commandos storming the cafe. Two hostages and Monis died
  • But the incident follows months of concern over the effect on Australia's domestic security of those who fight for, or sympathise with, militant Islamist groups in Iraq and Syria.
  • Authorities are concerned about a minority of Australia's small Muslim community
  • ...2 more annotations...
  • Terrorism expert Clive Williams of the Australian National University says Australian jihadists are Sunni Muslims, the branch of Islam which the Islamic State (IS) follows
  • Man Haron Monis, the gunman responsible for the 15 December Sydney cafe siege, was born in Iran and sought asylum in Australia in 1996, later styling himself as a Muslim cleric and "spiritual healer".
  • sophiefreeman7 on 18 Dec 14
     
    This article discusses an event that took place this Sunday in Sydney, Australia in a coffee house where Man Haron Monis held people hostage of which two had been killed.  This relates to our unit of religion as this conflict most likely relates to religion as there have been many concerns the Muslim community in Australia as they are a minority. Because of this, Muslims are trying to gain more territory as that is the goal for most universalizing religions in hopes to get more followers and spread the religion.  In relation to AP Human Geography, what might have caused Muslims to migrate to Australia even though it is not located near the hearth of where the religion was born?
nwalseman

Hostages in the Sydney cafe siege: 'We're not getting out of here' | Australia news | T... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...e-were-not-getting-out-of-here

Religion Conflict ISIS Australia

shared by nwalseman on 18 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • he saw that his dictated phone calls to media outlets weren’t being played live to air as he insisted, the videos he had forced his hostages to shoot weren’t being broadcast, and his inchoate demands weren’t being heard.
  • He screamed at them that he was a representative of Islamic State and that this was a terrorist attack
  • He told them there were bombs in the building, and that they must do as he instructed.
  • ...15 more annotations...
  • The woman alerted police, who quickly surrounded the building. Martin Place, busy for a year-end Monday morning, was hastily evacuated.
  • In exchange for a public declaration from the government that his was an act of terror committed on behalf of Islamic State, he was prepared to release two more. And for a black
    • nwalseman
      nwalseman on 18 Dec 14
       
      ISIS is an extremist Islamic group which directly relates to religion and religious conflict.
  • final prisoner.
  • a black flag that carries the Islamic Shahada – the creed that states “there is no God but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God” – written in white calligraphic Arabic
  • lamic State flag he was prepared to release a
  • our Isis brother has been very fair to us”.
  • he wants an Islamic State flag delivered to us here.
  • The second is that he wants the politicians to announce the truth which is that this is an attack by Islamic State on Australia. And if that’s done then two of us will be allowed to go.
  • Monis grew weary, one or more of his hostages attempted to wrestle the gun from his control.
  • It was 3:37pm, and the siege had run nearly six hours. The men decided to take their chances.
  • Officers threw volley after volley of flash-bangs into the building, filling the cafe with disorienting light and smoke.
  • Paramedic crews who had followed the police inside then brought out patients on stretchers, at least one receiving CPR.
  • Monis lay dead.
  • id two of his victims, 38-year-old barrister Katrina Dawson, a mother of three, and 34-year-old Tori Johnson, the manager on duty who had been speaking with Monis just over 16 hours earlier on that unremarkable Monday morning.
  • nwalseman on 18 Dec 14
     
    Was this man sent from ISIS or was he only claiming to be associated with ISIS? It does not make sense that ISIS would stretch itself so thin after rising up and beginning its conquest.
bbaker2

Sectarian tensions high, say Australian Muslim leaders - CNN.com - 0 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html

australian muslim leaders Ethnicity

shared by bbaker2 on 18 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • Muslim community leaders in Australia say sectarian tensions are soaring, as radicalized Sunni youth, inspired by ISIS, seek to import the religious conflicts wracking the Middle East.
  • a 47-year old Shia leader was shot in the shoulder early Monday morning, as worshipers observed the Shia ritual of Ashura.
  • Shia community focused around the Islamic center in Greenacre, south-west Sydney
  • ...4 more annotations...
  • "Anyone who speaks against the fighting in Syria and advocating the government to take action against people in Iraq and Syria -- they are threatened and attacked."
  • brutal Syrian conflict, and the appeal of ISIS to radicalized Sunni youth in Australia.
  • Sunni extremist group, which controls large swathes of Syria and Iraq.
  • Sectarian tensions were a new phenomenon for Australia's Muslim community
  • bbaker2 on 18 Dec 14
     
    Sunni extremists, who are supporting ISIS, have launched attacks against Shia Muslims in Australia to bring religious conflict from the Middle East. Why are they launching attacks on groups within the same religion as them? Why do Sunni extremists feel the need to get Australia involved in the religious conflicts from the Middle East after they've managed to avoid conflict for a long time?
  • dkessler701 on 18 Dec 14
     
    The Shiites and Sunnis have been fighting ever since the death of Mohommad over who would be Mohommad's sucessor.
  • jbasom on 18 Dec 14
     
    I think that Sunni extremists and Shia Muslims, even though they are both Islamic, have different beliefs, and they each believe that they are correct. The Sunni extremists, are exactly what they say they are...extremists; AKA people who will go to extreme measures to fight for what they believe. If something the Shia Muslims are saying or doing is counteracting what the Sunni extremists believe, they will quickly result to violent action to try to put an end to it. Also, if they can "take over" Australia and make it Islamic, more specifically Sunni, then they will have more money and power...which is the reason this is such a large territorial conflict.
1 - 5 of 5
Showing 20▼ items per page