Written by: Jeremy Pitt (GC2018 Games Family Intern)
Entry 1: My first taste of GOLDOC
My name is Jeremy. I am studying a Bachelor of International Business and was lucky enough to secure a position as a Games Family intern.
Today was the welcome presentation for all the GOLDOC interns. It’s great to have so much information about the role so early on. As someone who can’t help but stress the small stuff I feel at ease knowing I won’t be thrown into the deep end.
At the end of the presentation our supervisors took us around the office and introduced us to the people we will be working with. They were all really nice and the office has a very positive and happy vibe.
I am incredibly excited to meet the rest of the people I will be working with and contributing where ever I can.
Entry 2: First Week Excitement
On the nights leading up
Author: admin
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Dahlia Bar, Shannon Labuschagne and Jake Koerts tied for the award, all receiving the highest final marks in the course.
Shannon Labuschagne said she is proud to have received the award and be recognised for her efforts.
“I believe that politics is a defining feature of humankind and there is nothing else I would rather be studying,” Ms Labuschagne said.
The Pat Weller Prize was established in 2013 in honour of the Centre for Governance and Public Policy’s founding Director Emeritus Professor Patrick Weller.
Since then, Griffith University’s Centre for Governance and Public Policy has given the award to six students for receiving the highest marks in Introduction to Politics.
Students were awarded $500 and a copy of ‘The Craft of Governing’; a renowned textbook on Professor Patrick Weller’s contribution to Australian political science.
Professor Weller has written thirty-nine books on Australian
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A United Nations World Tourism Organisation and Griffith University report has found a substantial increase in Asia-Pacific tourism growth will impact Australian markets.
The report, released at the UNWTO General Assembly in Chengdu, estimates that international arrivals to Asia and the Pacific will increase to 353 million, a mammoth 90 per cent jump from 2015.
Deputy Director of the Griffith Institute for Tourism (GIFT) Professor Noel Scott said tourism development in neighbouring Asian countries will lead to increasing tourist numbers in Australia.
“Tourism in Asia and the Pacific is growing at a far greater rate than any other in the world,” Professor Scott said.
“This means that future development will occur in our existing popular destinations such as Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast, creating hotspots and perhaps sparking adverse reaction from local residents.”
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