usual to find that an Australian will lean towards supporting one of these
two parties and remain faithful to that party for life.
¡¡¡¡The Labor Party was formed early in the twentieth century to safeguard
the interests of the common working man and to give the trade unions political
representation in Parliament. The Party has always had strong connections with
the unions, and supports the concept of a welfare society in which people who
are less fortunate than others are financially, and otherwise, assisted in
their quest for a more equitable slice of the economic pie. The problem is
that such socialist political agendas are extremely expensive to implement
and maintain, especially in a country that, although comparatively wealthy,
is vast and with a small working and hence taxpaying population base. Welfare
societies tend towards bankruptcy unless government spending is kept in check.
The Liberal Party, on the other hand, argues that the best way to ensure a
fair division of wealth in the country is to allow more freedom to create it.
This, in turn, means more opportunities, jobs created etc., and therefore more
wealth available to all. Just how the poor are to share in the distribution
of this wealth (beyond being given, at least in theory, the opportunity to
create it) is, however, less well understood. Practice, of course, may make
nonsense of even the best theoretical intentions, and often the less
politically powerful are badly catered for under governments implementing free-for-all policies.
¡¡¡¡It is no wonder that given the two major choices offered them, Australian
voters are increasingly turning their attention to the smaller political
parties, which claim to offer a more balanced swag of policies, often based
around one major current issue. Thus, for instance, at the last election there
was the No Aircraft Noise Parry, popular in city areas, and the Green Party,
which is almost solely concerned with environmental issues.

TRUE£¯FALSE£¯NOT GIVEN
1.Policies is support of the concept of a welfare society are costly.
2.Australians usually vote for the party they supported early in life.
3.The Labor Party was formed by the trade unions.
4.Radical groups are only found within the Labor Party.
5.The Liberal Party was formed after the Labor Party.
6.Welfare-based societies invariably become bankrupt.
7.According to the author, theories do not always work in practice.
8.Some Australian voters are confused about who to vote for.
9.The No-Aircraft-Noise Party is only popular in the city.
10.The smaller parties are only concerned about the environment.


Practice 5ª¤
Para 1.ª«The need for a satisfactory education is more important than ever
before. Nowadays, without a qualification from a reputable school or
university, the odds of landing that plum job advertised in the paper are
considerably shortened. Moreover, one s present level of education could fall
well short of future career requirements.ª¤ª¤
para 2.ª«It is no secret that competition is the driving force behind the
need to obtain increasingly higher qualifications. In the majority of cases,
the urge to upgrade is no longer the result of an insatiable thirst for
knowledge. The pressure is coming from within the workplace to compete with
ever more qualified job applicants, and in many occupations one must now battle
with colleagues in the reshuffle for the position one already holds.ª¤ª¤
para 3.ª«Striving to become better educated is hardly a new concept. Wealthy
parents have always been willing to spend the vast amounts of extra money

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