Research

Evaluation of funded family care

Ministry of Health (New Zealand)
27 August 2015
Ministry of Health (New Zealand)

Assesses the impact and effectiveness of Funded Family Care and the reasons influencing its uptake in its first year of operation.

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Switching off gas: an examination of declining gas demand in eastern Australia

Melbourne Energy Institute
26 August 2015
Tim Forcey

Examines the future of domestic gas across the interconnected eastern-Australian gas market.

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A critical review of the capability approach in Australian Indigenous policy

Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
26 August 2015
Elise Klein

This paper reviews the contestation between capability scholars and commentators on Indigenous policy, paying particular attention to four areas: human capability vs human capital, deficit discourse, individual responsibility, and the ends and means of policy.

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Moving to my home: housing aspirations, transitions and outcomes of people with disability

Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
26 August 2015
Ilan Wiesel, Carmel Laragy, Sandra Gendera, Karen Fisher, Samantha Jenkinson, Trish Hill, Kate Finch, Wendy Shaw, Catherine Bridge

This project sought to understand the barriers and success factors facing people with disability to transition into housing which better suits their needs and preferences, and the outcomes associated with these moves.

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Indigenous constitutional recognition: the concept of consultation

Indigenous Law Bulletin 8(19) 2015
26 August 2015
Cheryl Saunders

Discussing a proposal for Indigenous constitutional recognition put forward by the Cape York Institute, Cheryl Saunders, focusses on the concept of ‘consultation’ in particular.

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The problem of authority and the proposal for an Indigenous advisory body

Indigenous Law Bulletin 8(19) 2015
26 August 2015
Fergal Davis

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have long sought better political representation. While designing an Indigenous advisory body within the Australian Constitution is a challenge, proposals for its establishment are genuinely innovative and exciting.

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Trends in hospitalised injury, Australia: 1999–00 to 2012–13

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Flinders University
26 August 2015
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

This report describes trends in the occurrence of injuries requiring hospitalisation in Australia from 1 July 1999 to 30 June 2013. The annual number of cases rose from about 327,000 to 447,000 during this period.

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Indigenous constitutional recognition from the point of view of self-determination and its exercise through democratic participation

Indigenous Law Bulletin 8(19) 2015
26 August 2015
Megan Davis

Within the framework of liberal democratic governance, the right to self-determination is the gold standard for virtually all countries with Indigenous populations—except for Australia.

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Climate change 2015: growing risks, critical choices

Climate Council
25 August 2015
Climate Council

Provides an update of climate change science, impacts, and risks.

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G20 monitor: from Turkey to China - what lies ahead for the G20 in 2016?

Lowy Institute for International Policy
25 August 2015
Tristram Sainsbury, Feride Inan, Ussal Sahbaz, Ye Yu, Hannah Wurf, Heribert Dieter, Barry Carin

This issue of the G20 Monitor examines the progress made by the 2015 Turkish G20 Presidency and explores potential priority areas for the 2016 Chinese Presidency.

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Taking us seriously: children and young people talk about safety and institutional responses to their safety concerns

Institute of Child Protection Studies
25 August 2015
Tim Moore, Morag McArthur, Debbie Noble-Carr, Deborah Harcourt

Using the data from 10 focus groups of pre-schoolers, children and young people in the ACT, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland this report provides an understanding of how children perceive safety and consider it within institutional contexts.

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World Alzheimer report 2015: the global impact of dementia

Alzheimer's Disease International
25 August 2015
Martin Prince

Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and other causes, is one of the biggest global public health and social care challenges facing people today and in the future.

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River basin water management between European union member states: What can Australia learn from another multi-level governance system?

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2014
Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law and Policy

Comparing Europe's approach to river basin management to Australia's approach, in the same context, may seem an unlikely idea. After all, there are probably more differences than similarities of climate, population, landscape and system of governance between the two areas. Yet, it...

Collaborative management: Community engagement as the decision-making process

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2014
Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law and Policy

Planner-led technical decision processes identify a step-wise process for making decisions which typically includes the following steps: defining the problem, developing alternatives, evaluating alternatives, and making the decision. There are also process-led legal decision processes that have...

The operation and interplay of polycentricity, procedural fairness and expert opinion evidence in the context of environmental dispute resolution

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2014
Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law and Policy

The Bulga (or Warkworth Mine) Case recently heard at first instance by the NSW Land and Environment Court, and on appeal by the NSW Court of Appeal, reveals some interesting insights into the operation and interplay of polycentricity, procedural fairness and expert opinion evidence in the...

A new water policy option for Australia?: Collaborative water governance, compliance and enforcement and audited self-management

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2014
Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law and Policy

One of Australia's greatest challenges is managing its scarce water resources. However, flaws in the design and implementation of collaborative water governance risk undermining Australia's water reforms. What then are the best ways to collaboratively govern water use; and how and in...

Property rights are human rights

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2015
Institute of Public Affairs Review: A Quarterly Review of Politics and Public Affairs, The

The notion of human rights grew out of the idea that individuals had the right to own property, beginning no less with the right to 'own' themselves, writes Tim Wilson...

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