As with Japanese suburban railways or Germany's and Switzerland's S-Bahns, these Australian networks have far more frequent services and far higher ridership per capita than US ' commuter rail ' in the usual sense of the term.

In his 1995 book Darwinian Fairytales, Australian philosopher David Stove used the term " Darwinism " in a different sense than the above examples.

Their children, the first Irish Australians in the sense we understand the term, played a definitive role in shaping Australian history, society and culture.

The Australian academic and practicing Pagan Caroline Jane Tully argued that many Pagans can react negatively to new scholarship regarding historical pre-Christian societies, believing that it is a threat to the structure of their beliefs and " sense of identity.

No other member of the Australian IWW actually entered Parliament but Grants career is emblematic in the sense that the ex-IWW militants by and large remained in the broader labour movement, bringing some greater or lesser part of their heritage with them.

Domestic and pariah dogs in southern Asia share so many characteristics with Australian dingoes that experts now consider them to be, if not " dingoes " in the Australian sense of the word ( which implies an independent, wild animal, integrated into the ecosystem ), members of the taxon Canis lupus dingo, a particular subspecies of Canis lupus.

The Australian tradition is, in this sense, related to the traditions of other countries with similar ethnic, historical and political origins, such as New Zealand, Canada, and the United States.

The term was used in British politics ( where it is used in a quite different sense: see One Nation Conservatism ), but was last used in Australian political life to describe a tax reform package by the Labor government of Paul Keating, whose urban-based, Asia-centric, free-market, and pro-affirmative action policies were representative of what One Nation voters were opposing.

The uniform also gives the Salvos a very visible presence, often creating a sense that they are ‘ everywhere ’, although uniformed Salvationists are actually a very small percentage of the Australian population.

Heavily influenced by Anglo-Celtic origins the culture of Australia has also been shaped by multi-ethnic migration which has influenced all aspects of Australian life, including business, the arts, cooking, sense of humour and sporting tastes.

Following the arrival of permanent European settlement in Australia in 1788, the story of early Australian painting has been described as requiring of artists a shift from a " European sense of light " to an " Australian sense of light ".

Artists such as Arthur Streeton, Frederick McCubbin and Tom Roberts applied themselves to recreating in their art a truer sense of light and colour as seen in Australian landscape.

While Australian soap operas have found huge success in Britain, British comedies have been consistently popular in Australia, with programs such as Fawlty Towers, The Goodies, Blackadder and The Office appealing to the Australian sense of humour.

In November 2006, Blanchett stated that this was due to a desire to decide on a permanent home for her children, and to be closer to her family as well as a sense of belonging to the Australian ( theatrical ) community.

The Australian tradition is, in this sense, related to the traditions of other countries with similar ethnic, historical and political origins, such as New Zealand, Canada, and the USA.

* In Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is legally required to ' encourage and promote the musical, dramatic and other performing arts in Australia ' and ' broadcasting programs that contribute to a sense of national identity ' with specific emphasis on regional and rural Australia '.

As well as the Special Broadcasting Service ( SBS ) is still encourage and provides through the spirit and sense of multicultural richness and the unique international cultural values within the Australian society.

* The Hon John Howard MP, Prime Minister of Australia, Speech: A sense of balance: The Australian Achievement in 2006, Address to the National Press Club, 25 January 2006

In the 19th century, Australian bush poetry grew in popularity alongside an emerging sense of Australian nationalism.

Influential in the establishment of stoic, dry wit as a characteristic of Australian humour were the bush balladeers of the 19th century, including Henry Lawson, author of " The Loaded Dog ".

CJ Dennis wrote humour in the Australian vernacular-notably in The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke.

Post-war immigration has seen migrant humour flourish: from They're a Weird Mob ( 1957 ) about an Italian immigrant adapting to Sydney life, to the works of Vietnamese refugee Anh Do, Egyptian stand-up comic Akmal Saleh and Nick Giannopoulos ' Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos ( 2010 ) about second generation Australian Greeks returning to their ancestral home.

Australian humour features prominently in Australian film, with a strong tradition of self-mockery, from the Ozploitation style of the Barry McKenzie expat-in-Europe movies of the 1970s, to the quirky outback characters of the Crocodile Dundee films and the Working Dog Productions ' 1997 homage to suburbia The Castle.

Packer faced a 1991 Australian government inquiry into the print media industry with some reluctance, but great humour.

While the humour was undoubtedly parochially British, in his autobiography Frank Muir expressed gratification and wonder that the show was so well received in Australia — where TIFHs subtlety, and the show's implied confidence in the listeners ' level of intelligence, were commented on in the Australian press as characteristics one would have expected to lead to the show's failure there!

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" The Australian version of the album features five live songs — illustrating the band's sense of humour and ability to play live — and a hidden track, the acoustic " Protest ".

The group uses topical humour in its music ; their act includes songs about Osama bin Laden, the transportation of live animal stock and what they describe as contemporary Australian " folk heroes " such as Chopper Read, Rene Rivkin and convicted serial killer Ivan Milat.

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* Australian humour

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John Safran ( born 13 August 1972 ) is an Australian documentary maker and radio broadcaster, known for combining humour with explorations into religion and other issues.

Whilst outside Australia this may have been seen as a negative response, from an Australian audience and in the context of the Australian sense of humour this was recognised as high praise.

These ideals include notions of endurance, courage, ingenuity, humour, larrikinism, egalitarianism and mateship ; traits which, according to popular thought, defined the behaviour of Australian soldiers fighting at Gallipoli during the First World War.

Many works giving an overview of Australian English have been published ; many of these are humour books designed for tourists or as novelties.

While some condemned its racist and sexist humour, this was simply the plot device, and indeed the premise of the entire show, to show and mock the bigotry of the main character, Edward Melba " Ted " Bullpitt ( Ross Higgins ), a white Australian, conservative, bigoted, Holden Kingswood-loving putty factory worker and WWII veteran who recalls his difficult childhood in ever more exaggerated ways.

He mentioned Australian radio star Jack Davey, Bob Dyer, the Mickey Mouse Club and The Steve Allen Show as early interests, but cited the surreal black humour of Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22 as a major comedic influence.

The drama of the developing relationships is supported by very dry comedy ( archetypical Australian humour ) and detailed but understated design.

Others are confined to vast reservations, and not only does the Australian government justifiably not wish them to be viewed as exhibits in a zoo, but on their reservations they are extremely fugitive, shunning camps, coming together only for corroborees at which their strange culture comes to its highest pitch -- which is very low indeed.

The Australian aborigine is the conventional exemplar of degraded humanity ; ;

And Secretary Rusk, en route to Bangkok, doubtless is trying to make emergency arrangements for the possible entry of Australian or Thai SEATO forces.

A fourth match was played, against a " United Australian XI ", which was arguably stronger than the Australian sides that had competed in the previous three matches ; this game, however, is not generally considered part of the 1882 – 83 series.

One is playing cricket ; the other is making no attempt to do so " after the latter had come into the Australian rooms to express sympathy for a Larwood bouncer had struck the Australian skipper in the heart and felled him.

The Australian Labor Party ( also ALP and Labor, was Labour before 1912 ) is a social-democratic political party in Australia.

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