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Later, in 1966, the UK Government decided to include in the Queen's Speech a plan to convert sterling into a decimal currency. [97] As a result of this, on 15 February 1971, the UK decimalised sterling, replacing the shilling and the penny with a single subdivision, the new penny , which was worth 2.4 d .
The 2022 Victorian state election was held on Saturday, 26 November 2022 to elect the 60th Parliament of Victoria.All 88 seats in the Legislative Assembly (lower house) and all 40 seats in the Legislative Council (upper house) were up for election at the time the writs were issued, however the election in the district of Narracan was deferred due to the death of a candidate.
The economy of Jamaica is heavily reliant on services, accounting for 71% of the country's GDP. [17] Jamaica has natural resources and a climate conducive to agriculture and tourism. The discovery of bauxite in the 1940s and the subsequent establishment of the bauxite-alumina industry shifted Jamaica's economy from sugar, and bananas.
Electric energy consumption is energy consumption in the form of electrical energy. [2] About a fifth of global energy is consumed as electricity: for residential, industrial, commercial, transportation and other purposes. [2] Quickly increasing this share by further electrification is extremely important to limit climate change, [3] because ...
In each race, if no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the votes, the top two candidates will move on to a runoff on Jan. 6. 1st. Scalise. 77.5%. Mendoza. 10.2%. 100% reporting. 2nd. Richmond.
In 2000, about 530,000 Hispanics and Latinos 16–19 years of age were high school dropouts, yielding a dropout rate of 21.1 percent for all Hispanics and Latinos. [33] 11 percent of Hispanics/Latinos have earned a bachelor's degree or higher, compared with 17 percent of non-Hispanic blacks, 30 percent of non-Hispanic whites, and 49 percent of ...