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The Australian Football League (AFL) is the premier sporting competition in Australia in terms of capital outlay, breadth of industry associations, public consumption, and arguably cultural significance. The AFL competition is now a domain of specialisations and interests, which provides vast opportunity for both sporting and non-sporting institutions seeking to utilise the game to capitalise on a society of consumption, entertainment and risk. AFL officials expect high standards of their players both on and off the field. These standards are expressed in various forms of Codes and Policies. Off field player misconduct is an ongoing concern not escaping media attention, …

When examining the human being as a conscious being, we are still to

arrive at an understanding of, firstly, the conditions required whereby

physical processes give rise to consciousness and secondly, how

consciousness is something fundamental to life as an intrinsic part of

nature. Humans are complex organisms with myriad interacting systems

whereby the convergence of the activities toward the support and

development of the whole organism requires a high level of organisation.

Though what accounts for the dynamic unity of the human being? From

an empirical perspective the question remains unanswered. The aim of

this paper is conceptually establish …