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Policy Online Most Viewed 2015

The most popular publications from Policy Online during 2015, based on the number of page visits.

Also, for the first time this year, we list the Top 10 contributors. Thank you to all contributors for increasing the depth and scope of APO.
2015 Top Contributors

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2015 Most Viewed - Built & Natural Environments
2015 Most Viewed - Business & Economics
2015 Most Viewed - Culture & Communications
2015 Most Viewed - Education & Training
2015 Most Viewed - Health & Wellbeing
2015 Most Viewed - Indigenous
2015 Most Viewed - Politics & Social Issues
2015 Most Viewed - Science & Technology
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Research

Australia's cyber security strategy: enabling innovation, growth and prosperity

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)
21 April 2016
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)

The Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy (2016) addresses how Australia can continue to protect itself and be more resilient to malicious cyber activity.

Anglicare Australia rental affordability snapshot (April 2016): report

Anglicare Australia
21 April 2016
Anglicare Australia

Anglicare Australia's 2016 rental affordability snapshot finds low income earners are unable to afford to rent privately, and even more Australians are being pushed out of the housing market.

Alcohol and other drug treatment services (AODTS): web report

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
20 April 2016
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Key findings in 2014-15 from the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Services National Minimum Data Set (AODTS NMDS).

Victorian floodplain management strategy

Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria)
20 April 2016
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria)

The Victorian Government has developed the Victorian Floodplain Management Strategy to help communities be better prepared for future floods.

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Health insurance and service innovation in Australia - implications for the future of Medicare

Centre for Independent Studies
20 April 2016
Jeremy Sammut

For healthcare innovation to flourish there needs to be a real market for health services in Australia.

Quality early education for all

Mitchell Institute
20 April 2016
Megan O'Connell, Stacey Fox, Bronwyn Hinz, Hannah Cole

There is a mismatch between investment and opportunity in early childhood policy in Australia.

Did the ‘lockout law’ reforms increase assaults at The Star casino, Pyrmont?

NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
20 April 2016
Neil Donnelly, Don Weatherburn, Kylie Routledge, Stephanie Ramsey, Nicole Mahoney

Examines trends in non-domestic assault in Pyrmont and The Star casino since the February 2014 reforms contained in the Liquor Amendment Act 2014 (popularly known as the ‘lockout laws’) were implemented in central Sydney.

The NSW vocational education and training market and tafe NSW's competitive position within it

TAFE NSW
19 April 2016
TAFE NSW

TAFE NSW is operating in an increasingly competitive vocational education and training market and needs to change or get left further behind.

Bolstering national disaster resilience: what can be done?

Australian Strategic Policy Institute
18 April 2016
Paul Barnes

Outlines the goals of ASPI’s Risk and Resilience Program.

The role of international NGOs: the International Crisis Group as a case study

Whitlam Institute
18 April 2016
Gareth Evans

Examines how non-state actors are increasingly of more importance in the prevention and resolution of crisis and conflict.

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A prescription for pharmacy reform

Licensed
2012
Barnes, Terry
Policy: A Journal of Public Policy and Ideas

Pharmacists' stranglehold on PBS is anti-competitive, argues Terry Barnes....

Specifying community economic resilience - a framework for measurement

Licensed
2015
Dinh, Huong
Pearson, Leonie
Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, The

This paper argues for a specific and measurable definition and a comprehensive and actionable framework for community economic resilience (CER). The paper focuses on how to specify CER; what attributes form CER; and how to measure CER based on its definition and attributes. The paper argues that...

Knowledge partnering for community development [Book Review]

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2015
Collits, Paul
Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, The

Review(s) of: Knowledge partnering for community development, by Robyn Eversole, Routledge 2015.

Kelvin grove urban village, Brisbane post implementation: Lessons for new urbanisim

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2015
Wardner, Pamela
Hefferan, Mike
Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, The

The creation of an 'urban village' is increasingly seen as an option for physical regional developments through the renewal of inner mixed use communities normally in densely settled areas. A leading Australian example of this is the 16.6-hectare Kelvin Grove Urban Village, which was a...

Forces shaping the future of work in a changing regional economy

Licensed
2015
Smidt, Michelle
Becker, Karen
Bradley, Lisa
Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, The

This paper presents research which examined perceptions on the future of work in Queensland. It highlights the major drivers of change including: changing technology, demographics, increasing globalisation and economic shifts. Focus groups were conducted and findings show that Queensland...

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