Globalisation - scenarios

In your local town, one of the main sources of employment for three generations has been the fruit cannery. The company has recently decided to close the factory and outsource the canning of fruit to another country where labour and fruit are cheaper.

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Your friend's garage band has really taken off on YouTube and BandCamp and people from places as distant as Finland and Ghana are listening to it.

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You meet someone really nice while you're on holiday in Bali and can now keep in touch via Skype.

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The shoes that you really like are much cheaper via an online shop in America.

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The Australian Government is being pressured to decrease the current annual minimum quota of 55% Australian television programming (between 6 am and midnight) to 40%.

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The company that your father works for has recently been taken over by a trans-national corporation with job opportunities in many parts of the world if he is prepared to move/relocate.

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A representative from World Wildlife Fund invites students to become involved in and advocate to help secure the future of orangutans.

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Your mother's superannuation fund has been affected by the Global Financial Crisis and she is worried that she won't have enough money when she retires.

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The first Walmart shop in Australia is going to be opened in your town.

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Your favourite beach, which you normally have all to yourself, is shared by an instagram influencer with 200,000 followers.

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