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New Research

Cardiovascular medicines and primary health care: a regional analysis

18 March 2010People living in Australia’s regional areas access cardiovascular disease (CVD) medicines at higher rates than people in major cities or remote areas
The future of outstations/homelands

The future of outstations/homelands

15 March 2010This report records the broad commentary from a workshop about Aboriginal homelands or outstations held at the ANU in October 2009.

Knowledge foundations for the development of sustainable wildlife enterprises in remote Indigenous communities of Australia

15 March 2010This paper addresses issues of complementarity and conflict across Indigenous ecological knowledge and western science.

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.

Food prices and emissions trading

05 March 2010This paper argues that food price rises under an ETS would be modest, while extreme weather events from climate change will pose a much larger risk on food price stability.
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Climate change

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.

State of the climate

16 March 2010Australia will experience more extremely hot days and fewer cold ones and conditions will be wetter in the north and drier in the south, according to this snapshot of the national climate.

Urban planning

Dwelling, land and neighbourhood use by older home owners

Dwelling, land and neighbourhood use by older home owners

15 March 2010This study considers the social and economic implications for the housing needs of older people, the efficiency of housing stock use and the suitability of housing land and neighbourhood design for the needs of an ageing society.

State of Australian cities 2010

08 March 2010This report draws together existing data and information across a range of economic, social and environmental parameters to provide a national snapshot of the 17 Australian cities with populations over 100,000 at the 2006 Census.

Commentary

Peter and the environment laws

20 January 2010Will the federal government miss a once in a decade chance to protect the environment in a very concrete way, asks Tom Arup in the National Times

Time to start worrying about fish

29 October 2009The global fishing industry is unsustainable, writes Sarah Burnside in Eureka Street

Extinction threat needs answers

07 October 2009Peter Garrett has signalled an important rethink of how we manage our fragile environment, writes David Bowman in The Australian
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Audio

The challenges of food security

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05 March 2010While expanding populations and the changing diets that accompany growing wealth have put greater strain on lagging gains in food production, climate change and environmental degradation are slowly contaminating food supplies and eroding agricultural productivity.

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.

Sustainability

Video

Looking out for the Burrup rock art

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08 October 2009In this vodcast, we follow a team of CSIRO scientists as they journey through the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia examining ancient Aboriginal rock art for any changes in colour, contrast or chemical composition possibly brought on from emissions from local industry.

Examining the gap between science and policy

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05 October 2009This presentation to the Western Australian Government Department of Food and Agriculture explores the way science informs policy for adapting to climate change.

Housing

The Brotherhood's social barometer: living the second fifty years

09 March 2010The fourth Social Barometer examines the extent of disadvantage among older Australians through indicators of people’s capabilities covering eight key dimensions of life, including employment, income, health, housing, safety and social participation.

Websites

Arts on the Map

02 November 2009Arts on the Map is a new way to see and connect with the people, places and projects suported by the Australia Council across the country and around the world.

Community Indicators Victoria

29 October 2009This site uses local community wellbeing indicators to improve citizen engagement, community planning and policy making.

CSIRO Northern Australia Sustainable Yields Project

05 October 2009This site provides critical information on historical, recent and likely future water availability in a part of Australia that is renowned for its high rainfall, pristine tropical environments and relatively low development.

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Farming the future: the role of government in assisting Australian farmers to adapt to the impacts of climate change

Jobs

Policy Adviser
NSW Business Chamber
North Sydney

Events

Conference
ACOSS National Conference 2010: A vote for equity
25 Mar 2010 - 9:00am - 26 Mar 2010 - 5:00pm
Canberra
Conference
Workforce Policy in 2010 and Into the Future
31 Mar 2010
Sydney
Conference
Show Me The Change A National Conference on ‘Evaluation of Behaviour Change’ for Sustainability
4 May 2010 - 6 May 2010
Melbourne

Books

Racial Folly: A twentieth-century Aboriginal family

Racial Folly: A twentieth-century Aboriginal family

  • Gordon Briscoe
  • ANU E Press
A memoir and history of an Aboriginal family living under the race laws, practices and policies of Australia in the twentieth century.
Darwin's Armada: How four voyagers to Australasia won the battle for evolution and changed the world

Darwin's Armada: How four voyagers to Australasia won the battle for evolution and changed the world

  • Iain McCalman
  • Penguin Australia
Darwin's Armanda is both a gripping adventure story and a brilliantly enlightening work of history, for the first time portraying the Darwinian revolution as a collective enterprise forged in Australasia.

Noticeboard

Policy Guides

Count down to Copenhagen summary sheets

The Climate Action Network Australia has prepared seven summary sheets to provide a clear track through the climate negotiations of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

10-08-09

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