Telstra Sale: Background and Chronology (published and updated online only) [HTML][PDF 895KB]
Chronology No. 3 2003–04
Grahame O'Leary, Economics, Commerce and Industrial Relations Group
15 September 2003

This chronology outlines the history of the Telstra privatisation process. It documents some of the key dates and policy processes associated with the first and second tranche sales of Telstra. It also outlines some of the key inquiries and legislative conditions required for each stage of the sale. (40 pages)

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Second Sydney Airport—A Chronology (September 2003) [HTML][PDF 2,544KB]
Chronology No. 2 2003–04
Updated by Richard Webb and Rowena Billing, Economics, Commerce and Industrial Relations Group
8 September 2003

This document traces the long running debates and numerous proposals and government reviews going back over 50 years concerning the need for and possible locations of a second major airport to serve Sydney. (33 pages)

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Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel Management in Australia (published and updated online only) [HTML][PDF 833KB]
Chronology No. 1 2003–04
Dr Ian Holland, Politics and Public Administration Group
18 August 2003

This chronology outlines the history of radioactive waste management in Australia. It documents the drawn-out policy processes associated with the management of Australia's small amount of radioactive waste material. It also outlines some of the key stages in the process of replacing Australia's only nuclear reactor—the research reactor at Lucas Heights near Sydney. This chronology does not address the history of wastes associated with uranium mining. (39 pages)

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Australia and Refugees, 1901–2002 Annotated Chronology Based on Official Sources: Summary [HTML][PDF 1,117KB ]
Chronology No. 2 2002–03
Dr Barry York, Social Policy Group
16 June 2003

This publication is a summary of Australia and Refugees, 1901–2002: an Annotated Chronology Based on Official Sources. It is intended as a brief overview of the development of Australia's intake and policy responses from 1901 to 2002. It also includes some useful statistical tables. Over 600 000 refugees have been resettled in Australia over the past 50 years. The past has been a reference point in many of the debates, particularly in terms of whether Australia in the new century has maintained its traditional humanitarian response to refugee crises. The central rationale for this chronology is that the past lives on in the present, and policy-makers can only benefit from understanding how things have developed and changed over time. (26 pages)

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Changes in the Australian Public Service 1975–2003 [HTML][PDF 851KB]
Chronology No. 1 2002–03
Rose Verspaandonk, Politics and Public Administration Group
15 August 2000
Revised by Ian Holland, Politics and Public Administration Group
2 June 2003

This update of a Chronology first released in 2000 describes the major changes that have taken place in the Australian Public Service since the 1970s, focusing on changes in the areas of accountability, openness, equity, and efficiency. The Chronology is supplemented by tables of parliamentary publications related to the Public Service. (31 pages)

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Second Sydney Airport-A Chronology [PDF]
Chronology No. 2 2001–02
Nicholas O'Sullivan, Economics, Commerce and Industrial Relations Group
19 February 2002

This Chronology is an update of an earlier edition issued in 1998. (28 pages)

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Food Regulation in Australia—A Chronology [HTML] [PDF]
Chronology No. 1 2001–02
Rosemary Polya, Science, Technology, Environment and Resources Group
18 September 2001

Food regulation has been a perennial issue for Australia from the dietary practices of the first Australians, through navy regulations governing rations for the First Fleeters, as a world leader in food regulation with the Victorian Pure Food Act 1905, to recent changes to Australian food laws and regulatory measures. The purpose of this chronology is to provide a backdrop to the increasingly complex issue food regulation has become and to current and impending changes to Australia's federal food regulation system. (34 pages)

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Aviation Safety Regulation Chronology 1981–2001 [HTML] [PDF]
Chronology No. 2 2000–01
Matthew James, Science, Technology, Environment and Resources Group
26 June 2001

The Paper chronicles the many changes to the administrative and regulatory framework of aviation safety in Australia over the past two decades. It makes particular reference to airline incidents and accidents here and overseas, while also noting the major reports and legislative changes that have occurred.(32 pages)

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Changes to the Australian Public Service 1975-2000 [HTML] [PDF]
Chronology No. 1 2000–01
Rose Verspaandonk, Politics and Public Administration Group
15 August 2000

The Paper chronicles the many changes to the administrative and regulatory framework of aviation safety in Australia over the past two decades. It makes particular reference to airline incidents and accidents here and overseas, while also noting the major reports and legislative changes that have occurred.(32 pages)

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Aboriginal Tent Embassy: Icon or Eyesore? [HTML]
Chronology No. 3 1999–2000
Coral Dow, Social Policy Group
4 April 2000

This chronology documents events in the history of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy from 1972-2000. It provides an overview of Aboriginal political protest within the Parliamentary triangle and Government reaction to such protest. It also chronicles the change in embassy demands for land rights to the wider call for recognition of sovereignty and focuses on some of the issues associated with the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. These include its symbolic significance, its political agenda, government reaction to the embassy and public debate of the aesthetics and legitimacy of the embassy. (23 pages)

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Literacy: A Chronology of Selected Research and Commonwealth Policy Initiatives Since 1975 [HTML]
Chronology No. 2 1999–2000
Marilyn Harrington, Social Policy Group
7 December 1999

The concern about literacy levels has intensified in recent years as research continues to link literacy levels with socioeconomic disadvantage. There have also been numerous reports and policy initiatives addressing all aspects of literacy. This chronology is an attempt to plot the course of literacy research and Commonwealth policy development since 1975, with an emphasis on research commissioned by the Commonwealth Government and Commonwealth policy development since 1996. (26 pages)

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Australia's Constitutional Milestones [HTML]
Chronology No. 1 1999–2000
Scott Bennett, Politics and Public Administration Group
12 October 1999

This paper provides context for the forthcoming constitutional referendum on the republic on previous milestones in Australia's constitutional history. The paper also provides a listing of other related Information and Research papers on constitutional reform and the republic debate. (17 Pages)

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The GST Debate [HTML]
Chronology No. 1 1998–99
Marilyn Stretton, Economics, Commerce and Industrial Relations Group
9 March 1999

This revised edition updates the chronology on tax reform from the publication of the first edition published 22 Septembet 1997 to the end of February 1999. It thus traces the recent significant progress of the Coalition Government to effect a major overhaul of the existing tax system, including the introduction of a Goods and Services Tax.

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