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India poll 2013

Rory Medcalf | Lowy Institute for International Policy
20 May 2013 | This paper presents the results of a comprehensive survey on the attitudes of Indian citizens towards their future in the world.

Pathways to the co-management of protected areas and native title in Australia

Toni Bauman, Chris Haynes, Gabrielle Lauder | Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATIS)
20 May 2013 | This paper examines the regulatory and non-regulatory institutions that frame the entrance to co-management arrangements of national parks and other protected areas by governments and Indigenous people

From recovery to renewal: case studies report

Regional Australia Institute (RAI)
20 May 2013 | Resurrection of the local economy is crucial to getting communities back on track after a natural disaster, but this is often overlooked in favour of rebuilding physical infrastructure and getting a town back to ‘normal’ although key economic drivers may have been permanently altered.

Tax cuts that broke the budget

Matt Grudnoff | The Australia Institute (TAI)
20 May 2013 | This report argues that the government would have had an additional $38 billion for last year's federal government budget had it not been for unsustainable income tax cuts that were made in the lead up to the global financial coverage.

Analysing regulatory systems in mixed public-private health systems: A new assessment tool and its application in India

Krishna Hort, Kabir Sheikh, Lakshmi E. Prasad | Health Policy and Health Finance Knowledge Hub, Nossal Institute for Global Health
20 May 2013 | Health systems in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the Asia-Pacific region can be characterised as mixed public-private systems, with common features such as blurred boundaries between public and private sectors, low government investment in public services and ineffectual policies and institutions for regulating health care.

Broadacre farmers adapting to a changing climate

Ross Kingwell, Lucy Anderton, Nazrul Islam, and others | National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF)
17 May 2013 | This research analysed the finances of farm businesses in southwestern Australia from 2002-2011 to assess successful management capabilities, choices, and education for adapting to a changing climate.

Network governance and climate change adaptation: collaborative responses to the Queensland floods

Susan Kinnear, Kym Patison, Julie Mann, and others | National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF)
17 May 2013 | This research examines ways to build adaptive capacity to climate change and compares social networks through a case study of organisations that responded to Queensland’s 2010–11 major floods.

Australian crime: facts & figures 2012

Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC)
17 May 2013 | This annual compendium of crime statistics shows a continuing decrease in crime levels around Australia with some concerning trends in certain crime types.

Heat-Ready: Heatwave awareness, preparedness and adaptive capacity in aged care facilities

Deborah Black, Craig Veitch, Leigh Wilson, and others | National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF)
17 May 2013 | The Heat-Ready study captured information on the current knowledge, policy status, preparedness and adaptive capacity to heatwaves in staff who work in Aged Care Facilities in three Australian states.

Protecting and restoring habitat to help Australia’s threatened species adapt to climate change

Ramona Maggini, Heini Kujala, Martin Taylor, and others | National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF)
17 May 2013 | This study measured the benefits of protecting and restoring habitat of 504 currently threatened species in Australia accounting for spatial and temporal habitat connectivity under climate change.

Assets, debt and the drawdown of housing equity by an ageing population

Rachel Ong, Gavin Wood | Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)
16 May 2013 | This positioning paper is the first output of a project that aims to uncover the uses, financial costs and risks of housing equity withdrawal (HEW) via alternative mechanisms by older Australians.

Big enough for all of us: geo-strategic competition in the Pacific Islands

Jenny Hayward-Jones | Lowy Institute for International Policy
16 May 2013 | This report argues that Australia and the United States should focus on cooperating with China in aid and investment activities that support Pacific Island development priorities rather than building new security arrangements designed to compete with or manage China.

Young people, social media, social network sites and sexual health communication in Australia

Clifton Westly Evers, Kath Albury, Paul Byron, Kate Crawford | International Journal of Communication 7 (2013)
16 May 2013 | This article presents and discusses the findings from six rural and urban focus groups with young people in Australia about the use of social media and SNS for sexual health communication.

Climate change adaptation strategies for Australian birds

Stephen Garnett, Donald Franklin, Glenn Ehmke, and others | National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF)
16 May 2013 | This research identifies Australian water birds likely to face strong challenges or extinction from climate change and recommends key actions to secure and manage vulnerable regions for the future.

Consumers Health Forum of Australia analysis of the 2013-14 federal budget

Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
15 May 2013 | This paper argues that the 2013-14 federal budget does not provide relief for consumers struggling with out-of-pocket health costs.

Inquiry into the gathering and use of criminal intelligence

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement
15 May 2013 | This report brings to light legislative, technological, resource and cultural impediments to the effective gathering and use of criminal intelligence in Australia.

Independent National Security Legislation Monitor – declassified annual report 20th December 2012

Brett Walker | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C)
14 May 2013 | This report reviews the appropriateness and effectiveness of Australia's national security legislation, focusing on the legal defintion of terrorism and on controversial powers such as control orders, preventative detention and coercive questioning.

Council of Australian Governments review of counter-terrorism legislation

Council of Australian Governments (COAG)
14 May 2013 | This report evaluates the operation, effectiveness and implications of key Commonwealth, state and territory counter-terrorism laws.

CityLink, Melbourne

Omega Centre
14 May 2013 | This Project analyses Melbourne's CityLink in terms of the amount that needs to be charged to consumers for investors to make a profit.

Trends in alcohol and drug related ambulance attendances in Victoria: 2011-12

Belinda Lloyd | Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre
14 May 2013 | This report examines non-fatal heroin overdoses in Victoria across 2011-12 in depth using Ambulance Victoria records.    

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