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Internet censorship and control

Steven J. Murdoch, Hal Roberts, eds | Berkman Center for Internet & Society
20 June 2013 | This collection of five peer reviewed papers on the topic of Internet censorship and control are available online as an open access collection.

Assessing the wider benefits arising from university-based research

Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIICCSRTE)
20 June 2013 | In order to assess the broader economic, social and environmental benefits arising from all elements of government research investment, in this case those benefits arising from university-based research, this paper has been prepared for stakeholder consultation.

The case for a national portable long service leave scheme in Australia

Raymond Markey, and others | McKell Institute
20 June 2013 | If Long Service Leave were to follow a worker as they change jobs and careers (as our superannuation does), the majority of Australian workers would be able to take a well earned break after a long period of time in the workforce.

An evolving trade? Male sex work and the internet

Andrew McLean | School of Global, Urban and Social Studies
20 June 2013 | Examining the ways in which clients and workers engage with the Internet, this investigation into the online male sex trade in Melbourne explores the Internet's rise in popularity as a marketplace for male sex workers, as well as the effect(s) of this new domain upon workers and their professional encounters.

Assisting inhabitants of residential homes with management of their energy consumption

Michael Kugler and others | Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
19 June 2013 | This paper describes a system designed to allow users to make intelligent decisions about their energy usage strategies in residential homes

Uncertain opportunities: Chinese investors establishing investments in New Zealand

Paul Comrie-Thomson | New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre
19 June 2013 | Despite the signing of a comprehensive free trade agreement between New Zealand and China and significantly deepening trade relations, there exists a discernable lag in the investment relationship between the two countries.

Red-teaming terrorist attacks: a simulation approach

David Romyn, Mark Kebbell | Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS)
19 June 2013 | This study sought to generate data on two areas of terrorist attack prevention: the detection of terrorists before they are able to carry out an attack; and predicting likely targets of a terrorist attack.

Digital activism: Passive participation and divergence of ideas in online social movements

Nathan Robert Bromberg | Department of Business Information Systems
19 June 2013 | Focusing on the Occupy Auckland and its ancillaries as the unit of analysis, this thesis explores the ways in which information technology is being used to engage people in social movements.

Looking beyond offenders to the needs of victims and communities

Mick Gooda, Emilie Priday, Louise McDermott | Indigenous Law Bulletin
19 June 2013 | This article examines the applications for justice reinvestment in Australia, primarily in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, although some consideration has also been given to vulnerable groups including juvenile offenders, people with cognitive impairment and people with disabilities.

Understanding the patterns, characteristics and trends in the housing sector labour force in Australia - final report

Tony Dalton, Ralph Horne, Prem Chhetri, Jonathan Corcoran | Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
19 June 2013 | This study finds that the availability of labour for housing construction is not a contributor to poor housing affordability in Victoria or Queensland.

Macassan history and heritage: journeys, encounters and influences

Marshall Clark, Sally K. May | ANU E Press
19 June 2013 | This volume addresses the history and heritage of the ‘Macassan’ fishers who made the long and sometimes dangerous maritime journey from the port town of Makassar in southern Sulawesi to the coastline of Arnhem Land and the Kimberley, northern Australia, from before European settlement in Australia until the early twentieth century.

Film, television and digital games

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
18 June 2013 | This publication presents results from a survey of businesses mainly engaged in film and video production and post-production services and a census of businesses mainly engaged in television broadcasting, television channel provision and digital game development.

Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce: results of the 2012 online consumer fraud survey

Penny Jorna, Alice Hutchings | Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC)
18 June 2013 | The Australasian Consumer Fraud Task Force has conducted a range of fraud prevention and awareness raising activities since 2006. This report presents the results of the 2012 online consumer fraud survey.

AUSTRAC's administration of its financial intelligence function

Australian National Audit Office (ANAO)
18 June 2013 | This audit assessed the effectiveness of the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre's (AUSTRAC) arrangements for processing financial intelligence, to assist domestic partner agencies and international counterparts in their operations and investigations.

The critical decade 2013: climate change science, risks and responses

Climate Commission
17 June 2013 | This report argues that global society must virtually decarbonise in the next 30-35 years, and therefore most of the fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground.

Towards better Indigenous health data

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
17 June 2013 | This report describes Phase 1 of the support and evaluation project of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's National best practice guidelines for collecting Indigenous status in health data sets.

Summary of Australian Indigenous health, 2012

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
17 June 2013 | This paper provides a plain language summary of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, with brief information about the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population, health problems and common risk factors.

Congestion costing critique

Todd Litman | Victoria Transport Policy Institute (CAN)
17 June 2013 | The Urban Mobility Report (UMR) is a widely-cited study that quantifies and monetizes traffic congestion costs in U.S. metropolitan regions. This report critically examines the UMR’s assumptions and methods.

Summary report to the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee

World Wildlife Fund Australia (WWF-Australia)
16 June 2013 | This report is an update on implementation of recommendations of World Heritage Committee decision: 36 COM 7B.8, Great Barrier Reef (Australia) (N 154).

Getting gas right: Australia’s energy challenge

Tony Wood, Lucy Carter | Grattan Institute
16 June 2013 | The report examines the creation of an east coast gas export market – which will join with Western Australian exports to produce an estimated $50 billion-a-year industry by 2017 — and Australia’s role in a gas revolution created by surging demand in Asia and new discoveries of shale gas in the United States.

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