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| Public Sector Net Worth: Is it Worth Measuring? [PDF] | 36
1995/96 |
26.06.1996
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| Can the Internet be Regulated? | 35
1995/96 |
25.06.1996
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| Cambodia's Troubled Path to Recover [PDF] | 34
1995/96 |
25.06.1996
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| One Step Forward: Two Steps Back? Women and Affirmative Action: A case study of the Victorian Teaching Service | 33
1995/96 |
28.05.1996
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| Inward Direct Foreign Investment in Australia: Policy Controls and Economic Outcomes [PDF] | 32
1995/96 |
21.05.1996
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| The Traditions of Australian Republicanism | 31
1995/96 |
21.05.1996
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| Acceptable Transport Safety | 30
1995/96 |
28.05.1996
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| The Papaya Fruit Fly - A Failure of Quarantine | 29
1995/96 |
20.05.1996
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| The Executive Power of the commonwealth: its scope and limits | 28
1995/96 |
20.05.1996
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| Domestic Violence: In Search of Well-Informed Policy | 27
1995/96 |
20.05.1996
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| Redistributing Work: Methods and Possibilities [PDF] | 26
1995/96 |
8.05.1996
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| The Australian-Indonesian Security Agreement: Issues and Implications [PDF] | 25
1995/96 |
8.05.1996
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| Girls, Schools . . . . . and Boys - Promoting Gender Equity Through Schools: Twenty Years of Gender Equity Policy Development | 24
1995/96 |
7.05.1996
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| The Super League Case | 23
1995/96 |
30.04.1996
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| Testosterone Poisoning or Terminal Neglect? The Men's Health Issue | 22
1995/96 |
30.04.1996
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| Judicial Review of Political Parties | 21
1995/96 |
20.04.1996
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| Towards sustainable cities: urban transport and land
use planning. Matthew James. (48p). Australia's cities have grown largely unchecked and without sufficient investment in road and public transport systems, to the extent that national economic efficiency suffers. There is a need for much stronger Commonwealth involvement in urban planning issues, and for integrated transport, communications and land use planning involving all relevant agencies and directed towards ecologically sustainable development goals. |
20
1995/96 |
30.11.95 |
| Reform of China's foreign trade policy. Weiguo
Lu. (23p). [PDF] The emergence of China as a larger economy and trader underscores the need for China to take further bold steps in reforming its foreign trade system in order to gain its legitimacy in the international trade arena. While giving support to China for an early accession to the World Trade Organization, Australia needs to make sure that China makes a firm commitment to reduce trade barriers, especially those which directly affect Australia's exports. |
19
1995/96 |
30.11.95 |
| The United States and East Asia. Frank Frost.
(42p). [PDF] Outlines some of the features of the post Cold War environment. Looks in detail at recent policies towards China, Japan, the Koreas, ASEAN, and Southeast Asia, and emerging regional dialogue and cooperation. Considers the implications of developments in US-East Asia relations for Australia. |
18
1995/96 |
21.12.95 |
| Implications of skills development in APEC for Australia's
migration and training policies. Robyn Iredale. (34p). Shows how skills development in APEC member countries is resulting in increasing scrutiny of Australia's migration and training programs within APEC countries and forums, and explores problems and issues associated with the freer flow of labour between APEC countries, including skills recognition, wages differentials, and conditions of migrant workers. |
17
1995/96 |
23.11.95 |
| Multicultural citizenship. Stephen Castles. (32p). Examines current debates in political science, and argues that prevailing liberal-democratic models of citizenship are based on outmoded notions of cultural homogeneity. Argues that Australian multiculturalism has not yet succeeded in bringing about full participation of indigenous Australians and people of non-English speaking background into key areas of economic and political life. Concludes that it is time to consider whether our ethnocultural diversity requires a fundamental re-examination of our political institutions in order to permit more democracy in more places, for groups as well as individuals. |
16
1995/96 |
23.11.95 |
| The UN's role in the former Yugoslavia: the failure
of the middle way. David Anderson. (15p). [PDF] The UN's role during the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia has been harshly criticised in the media, but this paper traces peacekeeping failures to inappropriate decisions made in the Security Council. The major powers, determined not to become involved in the war but under pressure to act in some way, compromised by sending UN peacekeeping troops into a situation where there was no peace. |
15
1995/96 |
22.11.95 |
| The collapse of Yugoslavia: background and summary.
David Anderson. (36p). [PDF] Looks at key developments in the long history of the region. Gives a summary description of the recent wars in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Examines the behaviour of the international community, especially during the early part of the crisis, and concludes that virtually all participants in negotiations on the dispute performed inadequately. |
14
1995/96 |
22.11.95 |
| Farm sector linkages to regional economies. Richard
Stayner. (24p). [PDF] The relationship between Australia's farm sector and regional economies has altered significantly over several decades. This paper notes that only a few rural regions are now highly dependent on agriculture and highlights the considerable diversity and different strengths of linkages to the farm sector which characterise Australia's rural regions today. |
13
1995/96 |
27.10.1995 |
| Australia's foreign debt. Tony Kryger. (61p). Provides explanation and detailed information on the levels of gross and net foreign debt, debt comparisons over time and between countries, the interest liability on foreign debt, the composition of foreign debt by institutional sector, currency, country and repayment period, and the relationship between foreign borrowings and capital inflow. |
12
1995/96 |
30.10.1995 |
| Australian information technology and telecommunications
in Asia. Matthew James. (25p). Provides an overview of Australia's competitive information technology and telecommunications industry's size and participants, together with estimates of market opportunities in the Asian region, suggesting appropriate matters for Federal Government policy consideration and industry action. |
11
1995/96 |
24.10.95 |
| The World Trade Organization. Pru Gordon. (52p). Examines the evolution of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) trading system, its relationship to the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, and the principal outcomes of the Uruguay Round. Outlines the main arguments for and against Uruguay Round outcomes and the inauguration of the WTO, and Australia's place in these developments. Concludes that an effective multilateral trading system is in the best interests of Australia and that the WTO is an essential part of this regime. |
10
1995/96 |
23.10.95 |
| Policy issues in farm adjustment. Richard Stayner.
(26p). [PDF] The issue of adjustment in Australia's farm sector is usually given prominence during times of "crisis" such as arise from commodity price downturns, interest rate increases or droughts. Public attention concentrates on the most dramatic form of adjustment - involuntary exit from farming. There are, however, non-economic factors which influence adjustment at the farm level and many other sources of adjustment pressure, many of which are internal to the individual farm. Adjustment policies pursued by governments have fallen within an economic framework which emphasises economic efficiency as essential to maximising national economic growth. This framework, however, is a necessary but not sufficient one for understanding the actual behaviour of farmers and therefore for developing adjustment policies. |
9
1995/96 |
16.10.95 |
| "A pebble in Indonesia's shoe": recent
developments in East Timor. Stephen Sherlock. (34p). [PDF] Examines why, after twenty years of effort, the Indonesian government has failed to convince the Timorese people to accept integration into Indonesia or to eliminate resistance to Indonesian rule. Discusses the effects of Indonesian development spending in East Timor and the influx of military and civilian Indonesians into the territory, the growth of a new urban-based Timorese resistance movement, and the nature of the East Timor problem from Indonesia's point of view. Examines the impact of the East Timor issue on Australia-Indonesia relations, and concludes with a discussion of the possibility of progress towards resolving the conflict. |
8
1995/96 |
26.09.95 |
| Doctors, patients and the courts - are we on a dangerous
slippery-slope? Natasha Cica. (42p). Examines recent Australian medical negligence cases and discusses the extent to which they represent a change in the approach of Australian courts to assessing negligence claims brought by patients against their doctors. Gives particular attention to the claim that these cases represent a further development of an "anti-doctor" trend in Australian law. Examines the argument that the law has begun to turn against doctors by holding them to unreasonably high standards that leave the legality of day-to-day medical practice uncertain, possibly causing a medical malpractice "litigation crisis". |
7
1995/96 |
21.09.95 |
| Dry paddocks, damp policies: drought assistance strategies
and their effectiveness. Alan Burdon. (72p).HTML PDF Reviews the formulation and implementation of present drought assistance arrangements and assesses their effectiveness.. Concludes that while the general thrust of the National Drought Policy has been preserved, there are indications that the self-reliant approach has been compromised. A number of matters requiring further attention before the onset of the next and inevitable drought are identified. It is argued that drought policy should be formulated in a political environment free of the immediate pressures of severe drought. |
6
1995/96 |
11.09.95 |
| No easy answers: Australia and the Pacific Islands
region. Stephen Henningham. (49p). [PDF] Provides a timely and detailed survey of the South Pacific island states and Australia's relations with them. Reviews the major characteristics of the island states and their current preoccupations, especially economic and environmental problems, internal security issues, opposition to French underground nuclear testing, and support for decolonisation. Examines Australia's political, economic and security interests in the region. |
5
1995/96 |
31.08.95 |
| Papua New Guinea: twenty years on. Derek Woolner.
(25p). [PDF] Examines the current situation in politics and government, the economy, and public safety in Papua New Guinea against the background of the colonial heritage, and discusses recent significant changes in each arena which might promise the beginning of a better future for Australia's nearest neighbour. |
4
1995/96 |
30.08.95 |
| Report of the Public Service Act Review group: summary
and contents. Stephen O'Neill.(27p). [PDF] Provides a commentary of the main recommendations of the McLeod Report. Compares some of its policy directions with recommendations of the Coombs Royal Commission (1976), and contrasts the McLeod recommendations with a report of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts (1992). Evaluates the key recommendations of the report, as well as Government and union responses to these recommendations. |
3
1995/96 |
30.08.95 |
| Who cares for the carers? The next major focus in
social policy. Mary Lindsay (52p). Describes carers in Australia and the recipients of their care. Examines factors influencing the demand for, and supply of, carers. Describes the impact of caring on carers and existing policies designed to assist them. Concludes with a brief analysis of major trends in other OECD countries, with particular reference to Norway, the UK and the US. |
2
1995/96 |
29.08.1995 |
| Revegetation for ecologically sustainable dryland
farming. Baden Williams. (41p). Proposes a means of farming to restock lost natural and protective vegetation cover and also create a sustainable means of production as well as environment protection. |
1
1995/96 |
23.08.1995 |
