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Activities
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- Definitions: political parties and public policy
- Definition and comparison: party policy, public policy, political values and power
- Description: the political values of the Labor and Liberal parties
- Comparison of Labor and Liberal: States' rights and central power
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- Making public policy: parliament, interest groups, the public service, and the media
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- Research: objectives and methods of interest groups
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- Arrange access to a collection of newspapers
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- Economic development and the environment
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- Comprehension: hydro-electricity and unemployment
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- Timeline: development of the Franklin dam issue
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- Summary via table completion: pressure, actions, outcomes
- Simulation: the Lowe Government Cabinet
- Analysis: congruence of party beliefs and government action
- Discussion: factors involved and evolving government responses
- Discussion and summary: Tasmanian reactions and responses
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- National versus Tasmanian opinion
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- Analysis: opinion poll data, newspaper comment and party conference decisions
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- Simulation: party debates, speech preparation and delivery
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- Use the Parliament at Work CD ROM section on the working of parliamentary committees.
- Arrange access to the CD ROM material for small groups or the whole class
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