Problems from Chapter 3: Vector Spaces, Section 3: Vector Spaces
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Problems from Chapter 3: Vector Spaces, Section 3: Vector Spaces
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Problems from Chapter 2: Matrices, Section 2: Groups and Subgroups.
Problems from Chapter 1: Matrices, Miscellaneous Problems
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There is a facebook page dedicated to Haiku on the subject of Tony Abbott.
On Saturday March 15, Tasmania went to the polls, with a Liberal win contributing to the party’s strongest position nationally since the Whitlam Era. The southern isle is the best represented of the Australian states, and has a state electoral system that never fails to entertain.
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Australia Needs Higher Education Reform
University funding is in a crisis. The current model has put the tertiary sector in a downward spiral of increasing enrolments, decreasing services and cutting staff and other services. After six years in office and spending $300 billion dollars more than they had, federal Labor actually cut university funding by half a billion dollars. With the sole exception of deregulating the number of commonwealth supported places, two Labor governments have made no attempt to deal with the worsening problem of our underfunded universities.
The sixth annual closing the gap report was given by Prime Minister Tony Abbott last Wednesday week. He recalled the impact that Paul Keating’s “Redfern Park Speech” in 1992 had on him as a parliamentary staffer, and proclaimed that, “Our failures towards Australia’s first people are a stain on our soul”. This is demonstrative of a man impassioned by a cause and serious about fighting for its resolution, and could be a career defining address for Australia’s 28th Prime Minister.