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Background Notes - Archive

including E-Briefs and Chronologies


Background Notes published 2008-09:

Title
Date
   

Economics

 
Climate change policy: Brazil, China, India and Russia 24.02.2009
What makes a carbon leak? 23.12.2008
Australia's Free Trade Agreements 2.12.2008
Emissions—who is trading what? 15.08.2008
Chronology of superannuation and retirement income in Australia
3.07.2008
Foreign investment rules and sovereign wealth funds 24.06.2008
Unfair dismissal and the small business exemption
11.03.2008
Workplace relations reforms: a chronology of business, community and government responses 06.12.2007
   

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security

 
Pakistan after Musharraf 10.11.2008
Remembrance Day 2008—the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I 7.11.2008
Behind the scenes of the Russia–Georgia conflict 17.09.2008
The Union for the Mediterranean 12.09.2008
   

Law and Bills Digest

 
Current legal issues in franchising in Australia 17.11.2008
Firearms in Australia: a guide to electronic resources 06.08.2007
   

Politics and Ppublic Administration

 
Australian elections timetable [PDF 96KB] 25.06.2009
Women parliamentarians in Australia 1921–2009 [PDF 1634KB] 4.05.2009
The annual allowance for senators and members 1.09.2008
Superannuation Benefits for Senators and Members
05.12.2007
The Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948: Debates, Committee Reports, Remuneration Tribunal Reviews and a Chronology of Legislative Amendments 05.12.2007
Retirement Travel 05.12.2007
A survey of codes of conduct in Australian and selected overseas parliaments 01.07.2007
   

Science, Technology, Environment and Resources

 
The US Waxman–Markey climate change bill [PDF 182KB] 15.06.2009
The Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism [PDF 518KB] 23.04.2009
Liquid fuel from coal 19.12.2008
Aviation safety regulation timeline 1982–2008 2.12.2008

Chronology of genetic engineering regulation in Australia: 1953–2008
Part A. 1953–1999

17.10.2008
Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel management in Australia 29 .01.2008
   

Social Policy

 
Commonwealth arts policy and administration [PDF 495KB] 7.05.2009

Obesity prevention in young children: what does the evidence say? [PDF 406KB]

1.05.2009
Child abuse and protection in Australia 18.03.2009
Options for reforming Australia's health system 16.02.2009
Social Security Payments for People Caring for Children, 1912 to 2008: a chronology 29.01.2009
Dental benefits for chronic conditions—an update 30.10.2008
Foreign investment rules and sovereign wealth funds 24.06.2008
New Zealand's seasonal guest-worker scheme 13.05.2008
Preschool education in Australia 9.05.2008
Indigenous socioeconomic indicators 11.02.2008
‘Sorry’: the unfinished business of the Bringing Them Home report 04.02.2008
Commonwealth Indigenous-specific expenditure 1968–2006 08.08.2007
Firearms in Australia: a guide to electronic resources 06.08.2007
   

Statistics and Mapping

 
Tasmania redistribution, 2009 [PDF 241KB] 31.03.2009
Western Australian redistribution, 2008 19.02.2009
Population change in Commonwealth electoral divisions, 2006 to 2007 27.11.2008
How do federal and state electorates overlap? 29.05.2008
Population change in Commonwealth Electoral Divisions, 2001 to 2006 24.01.2008
Home loan interest rates and repayments 15.11.2007
Firearms in Australia: a guide to electronic resources 06.08.2007
   

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