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At what age can you leave school?

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Once you turn 17 you can leave and it is mandated by law.

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Once you have finished year 10, in what circumstances could you leave school even if you are under 17 years old?

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If you have finished year 10 and are going on to spend at least 25 hrs per week in a combo of education, training, and employment.

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List advantages for the relevant school leaving age/year level as it currently stands.

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  1. Staying in school until 17 allows students to acquire essential literacy, numeracy, and critical thinking skills
  2. Students who don’t thrive in an academic environment can pursue paths better suited their individual capabilities and interests earlier
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Under what circumstances can you be suspended from school?

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If you:
1. Create danger or make someone feel there is a danger to another person’s health, safety or wellbeing
2. Hurt another person’s health, safety or wellbeing
3. Seriously damage property
4. Steal, attempt to steal, or help others steal

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Under what circumstances can you be expelled from school?

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You can be expelled for the same reasons you can be suspended for. It happens if your behaviour is so serious that the principal thinks other people’s health and safety are at risk.

The principal can only expel you if it’s the only option left.

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Identify 2 jobs can you get if you are 11 or 12

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  1. Work in a family business
  2. Work in the entertainment industry
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Identify 2 jobs you can do if between 13 and 14 without a special permit.

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  1. Street Trading (such as at a fruit stall or mobile food van)
  2. Working as a sales assistant in a shop
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Identify the alcohol law that allows minor to drink underage

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If you’re under 18, you can’t drink, buy or possess
alcohol unless you’re in a private home and your
parent or guardian lets you.

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Can you give alcohol to your childs friend?

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It is against the law to give alcohol to people who are under 18 without consent from their parents or guardian. This includes parties held in private homes.

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How large can the fine be if a person supplies alcohol to a minor without a parent’s consent?

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a fine of up to $10,000.

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Exception for supplying your own child alcohol ?

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When an adult ( a person over 18 who is the parent, guardian etc) can only supply liquor to a minor in a residence if they demonstrate responsible supervision of the supply of liquor.

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List 4 Factors of Responsible supervision

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  1. Whether the person supplying the liquor is intoxicated
  2. Whether the minor consumes food with the liquor
  3. the quantity and type of liquor supplied
  4. the age of the minor
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So what are two things need to be in place for legal under-age drinking?

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  1. Parental consent - best in writing etc letter, message
  2. Responsible supervision from whichever adult is in charge of the minor

Anything outside this can carry a fine of up to $11,500.

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At what age can you be sold alcohol? Possess alcohol?

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18 or over.

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What is sexting?

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A sending offence that involves sending nude, sexual or indecent photos using a computer, mobile phone or other mobile device.

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What is threatening to sext?

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neither sending nor possessing. From 2nd November 2014, if you threaten to send an intimate image of a person to others if the person believes that you will carry out the threat.

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What is child pornography?

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can be either possessing or sending. you have a film, photograph, publication or computer game that shows a person under 18 (or appears to be under 18):
- involved in sexual activity; or
- posing in an indecent sexual manner; and
- the person in the image is more than 2 years younger/older than you

18
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3 laws with vapes containing nicotine:

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  • Can’t be imported into AUS if disposable single-use
  • cannot e sold - expect by pharmacist to person with prescription
    3. Cannot be possessed - except by a person with a prescription.
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3 laws with vapes containing no-nicotine:

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  • Cannot be imported into AUS if disposable single-use
  • Can be sold to, possessed and used by those 18 and above
  • Cannot be displayed in shops.
20
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Elements of the one punch law

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  • A person intentionally hits another person with a part of their body or an object.
  • The action was ‘unlawful’.
  • The strike is to the head or the neck.
  • The victim is killed as a result.
21
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List 5 worker rights

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  • how much you are paid
  • your breaks
  • making complaints
  • being treated without discrimination
  • a safe workplace free from unreasonable hazards
22
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Minimum Wage for 16

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$10.99 per hour

23
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Minimum wage for 17

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$13.43 per hour

24
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What conditions are found in one of two types of documents and explain

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  1. Enterprise agreement – this is an agreement between the specific company/employer you work for and all of its workers
  2. Award – if the company does not have a specific enterprise agreement, then its workers and their rights will be listed in another type of document called an award. This covers all of the workers in a specific industry
25
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List the process of Fair Work Ombudsman

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  1. Your boss is breaching your rights at work
  2. You complain at work but your boss wont fix things
  3. You complain to the FWO
  4. FWO investigates the issue - talks to both sides
  5. If you actually have been ripped off, FWO tells your boss how to fix things
  6. If your boss does not do what FWO suggested, FWO takes your boss to court.
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What does the Fair Work Ombudsman do?

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  1. Provide free assistance to workers who cannot solve their workplace issues
  2. Suggest solutions to fix the problems
  3. Takes bosses who breach your workplace rights to court - the courts will then enforce your rights.
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What does the Fair Work Ombudsman not do?

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  1. Resolve complaints where worker have not tried to talk to their boss to solve things
  2. Orders bosses or workers to do things - FWO can only suggest stuff, not make people do things
  3. Fine people or send them to jail - FWO cannot enforce the law.

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