Physical Changes
- In my local community, Galston, a new shopping centre was added next to the already existing Galston Village, which had already contained a plethora of stores and restaurants. This new shopping centre was built over an old car park used for the village. It contains a franklin supermarket and a pharmacy, and was probably not necessary for the village. It looks nice and is useful for its pharmacy, but most store spaces there are still empty and available for lease , years after it was opened!
- In my local chopping centre, Castle Towers Shopping Centre, the old movie theatre, Greater Union, was bought and replaced by Event Cinemas. They completely refurbished the older theatre, added the Vmax (A larger, less comfy version of Gold Class) and put in a Gold Class option. This has been a good change as it has brought the movie theatre into the modern world and made viewing moves more enjoyable.
Socio-Economic Changes
- The price of Petrol has definitely gone up in the past couple of years based on the recent GFC (Global Financial Crisis). Following the crash of the stock market and many major banks in America, the Australian Dollar careened lower compared to other currency's and the petrol prices soared, causing many problems for struggling families and teenagers learning to drive.
- In recent times people from foreign countries such as Pakistan and Indonesia have been trying to sneak their way into Australia by means of boat. Some have succeeded, but most have just been let into the country and been given food, water, shelter and VISA's, all for free! Many people have gotten up in arms about this, as they see this as the government feeling bad for these people and giving them free housing, and this has caused a lot of problems for Julia Gillards labour government.
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