2011-2012

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Title	Date
The gods must be crazy: chronology of and issues in the Qantas industrial dispute 2011	22.06.2012
Income management: an overview	21.06.2012
The Olympics: background and London update	18.06.2012
Queensland election 2012	7.06.2012
Is income management working?	5.06.2012
Australian elections timetable	30.05.2012
Income management and the Racial Discrimination Act	28.05.2012
Australia's future submarines	24.05.2012
Burma: domestic reforms and international responses	22.05.2012
The capital city conundrum: an exploration of Canberra as Australia’s national capital	17.05.2012
Chronology of Fair Work: background, events and related legislation	15.05.2012
Alcohol warning labels—do they work?	9.05.2012
Developments in Australian refugee law and policy 2010–2011	12.04.2012
Electoral and political financing: the Commonwealth regime and its reforms	30.03.2012
United States presidential nomination process	23.03.2012
Political financing: regimes and reforms in Australian states and territories	14.03.2012
Representation of women in Australian parliaments	7.03.2012
'A ray of hope': London Somalia Conference, 23 February 2012	22.02.2012
Dental reform: an overview of universal dental schemes	22.02,2012
Private health insurance premium increases—an overview and update	13.02.2012
Same-sex marriage	10.02.2012
Australia's implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention	7.02.2012
The national broadband network and the federal government budget statements	13.01.2012
The administration of Commonwealth Government advertising	11.01.2012
Fossil fuel taxes	10.01.2012
The use of exchange rates in international income comparisons	12.12.2011
The origins of Australia’s uranium export policy	2.12.2011
The Minerals Resource Rent Tax—selected concepts and issues	24.11.2011
Domestic violence in Australia—an overview of the issues	23.11.2011
Electronic gaming machines: what lessons from Norway?	21.11.2011
Toward national workplace safety and workers’ compensation systems: a chronology	12.11.2011
The hung Commonwealth Parliament: the first year	7.10.2011
The annual allowance for senators and members	6.10.2011
Parliamentary allowances, salaries of office and entitlements	5.10.2011
Should Parliament ultimately decide whether asylum seekers may be sent to a foreign country?	19.08.2011
Population change in electoral divisions, 2008 to 2009	19.08.2011
Suicide in Australia	29.07.2011
The development of Australia’s coal seam gas resources	28.07.2011
Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel management in Australia	21.07.2011
The Democratic Labor Party: an overview	18.07.2011
Australian aid to Afghanistan	18.07.2011