2013

Climate change poses a potential range of threats and opportunities for mining regions around Australia. Recent studies have suggested that mine operations as well as the related infrastructure, businesses and communities associated with mining, may be affected by flooding, drought, bushfires, storms and sea level rise. Report LocationClick her ....

Climate change poses a potential range of threats and opportunities for mining regions around Australia. Recent studies have suggested that mine operations as well as the related infrastructure, businesses and communities associated with mining, may be affected by flooding, drought, bushfires, storms, and sea level rise.  This case study so ....

Conflict over water allocations and the need to adapt to climate change in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin has resulted in decision makers choosing engineering interventions to use water more 'efficiently' for wetlands conservation. We review a range of policy and infrastructure adaptation measures implemented in the Basin by governments. The wa ....

In the past few years there has been renewed emphasis on the challenge of achieving food security for all. Policy initiatives that build on the theme of flexibility in coping with market instability, first introduced in Food Policy Analysis (Timmer CP, Falcon W and Pearson S, The World Bank, 1983), are an important element in meeting that challen ....

Tensions between the agriculture and mining sectors in Australia have increased in recent years, with the coal and CSG industries coming to loggerheads with agricultural communities in many areas across the country. Various attempts have been made to address the conflict, often initiated through government regulation where a 'balance' is sought b ....

This study investigates rural women's needs in maternity care in Tasmania; the current rural maternity services in Tasmania; and the gap between women's needs and the services provided. Report Locationhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ajr.12043/abstract ....

Last year when teaching VCE Unit 3, Area of Study 1, I gathered information for a new case study of conflict over the use of water in the Murray-Darling Basin region. I usually set students a research task to examine a case study of conflict. This information is then presented by students to the class and forms part of the material to be assessed ....

This study provides an insight into the role and functions of a remote Indigenous radio station that broadcasts to five communities in the Northern Peninsula Area (NPA) of Cape York, Queensland. It evaluates the activities of NPA Radio in the context of previous research that investigates how community-based media forms empower and inform specifi ....

Seasonal, structural and market conditions during the last decade led to unprecedented changes being made by Australian dairy farmers. To remain relevant to dairy farmers, industry and government must ensure future policies and programs are informed by an understanding of farmers' needs. Semi-structured, face-to-face, qualitative interviews were ....

The recognition that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is important for business sustainability has focused the bulk of research on explicit normative arguments for its adoption by large corporations. This ignores the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the investigation of how such firms actually perform CSR activities. Thi ....

Surfboard-making is concentrated in regions with vibrant surfing subcultures, suitable waves and sufficient expertise in crafting boards, by hand, to suit prevailing coastal conditions. This article charts the rise of the Gold Coast as Australia's most concentrated cluster of surfboard-making, from its origins as do-it-yourself craft in backyards ....

The motivation for this study stems from a longstanding concern among some SEATS councils. The concern was that physical road infrastructure deficiencies and inconsistencies in heavy vehicle regulatory operating arrangements have and continue to represent constraints to more efficient and effective cross border heavy vehicle travel. This imposes ....

This report analyses the farm performance data contributed through the OECD Network for Farm-level Analysis. It first compares the distribution of four economic performance indicators across nine participating countries or regions for selected farm types (output and input ratio, and net operating income per unit of labour, land and net worth). Th ....

A couple of years ago I was visiting a small isolated and remote Indigenous community in the role of a mental health nurse educator. Implicit in the role was not having any client contact or clinical responsibilities. Report Locationhttp://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=728346769060994;res=IELHEA ....