Edited by the Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology

New Research

Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia

16 March 2010This report provides an economy-wide blueprint for how Australia can achieve an ambitious reduction in greenhouse gas emissions while building a growing low-carbon economy.

Income, resources, and electricity mix

15 March 2010This paper presents evidence on a national-level electricity ladder which sees countries transition toward coal and natural gas, and finally nuclear power and modern renewables such as wind power, for their electricity needs as they develop.

Australia's forests at a glance 2010

08 March 2010 This report contains up-to-date facts and figures about Australian forests and their management.

First opportunities

08 March 2010This report presents the first detailed profile of the energy use and potential energy savings opportunities identified by corporations participating in the Australian government’s Energy Efficiency Opportunities program.

Issues consultation paper: Food Labelling Law and Policy Review

08 March 2010Various reviews of the food regulation system suggest that food labelling has been an ongoing issue of concern for the food industry, consumers and government. This paper summarises issues raised in the current review of labelling.

The keiretsu-cooperative: a model for post-Gutenberg publishing

04 March 2010The paper outlines a suggestion for a profitable, post-Gutenberg publishing model, one that puts bloggers at its centre. It avoids the chief risk of implementing pay-for-content plans, which is reducing site traffic, thereby reducing publishers' attractiveness to advertisers.

Business & finance

Economic, civic and social contributions of refugees and humanitarian entrants: a literature review

17 March 2010This report highlights the entrepreneurial spirit and a strong commitment to education and volunteerism brought to Australia by the 740,000 refugee and humanitarian migrants settled since Federation.

Evidence and perceptions of inequality in Australia

15 March 2010This paper considers the ways in which globalising economic forces have affected the level of income and wealth inequality within Australian society.

Income & wealth

The political economy of intergenerational income mobility

17 March 2010International comparisons of intergenerational mobility must take into account differences in politico-economic institutions, according to this study.

The impact of a sustained gender wage gap on the Australian economy

16 March 2010Pay inequity costs the Australian economy $93 billion per year, or 8.5% of GDP, according to this report.

Commentary

After Copenhagen

05 March 2010In the Monthly, Robert Manne weighs up the current predictions for the survival of the planet, contrasting the outlooks of Al Gore and Clive Hamilton.

From queue to pool: skilled migration gets a makeover

11 February 2010Peter Mares analyses the latest changes to Australia’s migration program for Inside Story

Doing the thinking

03 December 2009Stephen Keim reviews Tony Kevin's Crunch Time for APO

Audio

New approaches to structuring government to close the implementation gap

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19 February 2010This lecture argues that without reform of the structures of government, finance, policy and administration, remote Australia will remain a place of recurring crises.

Wild Rivers Act debate

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14 January 2010 Two sides of the debate over the Queensland Government's Wild Rivers Act were aired on Radio National's Breakfast program on 13 and 14 January 2009.

Employment

The added worker effect and the discouraged worker effect for married women in Australia

17 March 2010This paper investigates both the added worker effect (the labour supply responses of women to their partners’ job losses) and the discouraged worker effect (workers withdrawing from the labour market because of failed searches) for married women in Australia, with the emphasis on the former.

Rates of return to university education: the regression discontinuity design

15 March 2010This paper develops a model to estimate the value of returning to a university degree and the causal effect of a university education on earnings in China.

Video

Growth fetishism and the climate crisis

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19 February 2010Professor Clive Hamilton explores the balances being struck between environmental protection and economic growth in the context of the current advice from climate scientists.

Australian and international film and television industries

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10 February 2010Screen Australia's Enterprise program external assessors Ian Jones and Jonathan Olsberg speak to Sandy George about the changing Australian and international film and television industries.

Websites

Peer-to-Patent Australia

16 December 2009Peer-to-Patent Australia is designed to improve the patent examination process and the quality of issued patents.

Business Today

28 May 2009Hosted by Whitney Fitzsimmons, Business Today provides video coverage of the critical issues and stories concerning the major financial markets around the Asia Pacific region.

Events

Conference
24 Mar 2010 - 9:00am - 25 Mar 2010 - 5:30am
Darwin
Conference
25 Mar 2010 - 9:00am - 26 Mar 2010 - 5:00pm
Canberra
Conference
31 Mar 2010
Sydney

Books

Introducing China: the world's oldest great power charts its next comeback

Introducing China: the world's oldest great power charts its next comeback

  • Ron Huisken
  • ANU E Press
China's transformation has been patiently, methodically and very deliberately constructed by a leadership group that has equally carefully protected its monopoly on power.
Best Australian political cartoons 2009

Best Australian political cartoons 2009

  • Edited by Russ Radcliffe
  • Scribe Publications
The year in politics as seen by Australia’s funniest and most perceptive political cartoonists.