GetUp! began in 2005. It is an Australian grass-roots community advocacy organisation that aims to build an accountable and progressive Australian Parliament, and for this reason it does not support any particular political party ('About GetUp!, FAQ (GetUp!)', n.d.). GetUp.org.au claims it is 'an independent political movement to build a progressive Australia' bringing 'like-minded people'...

This paper will explore the links between strategic communication and issues management to theorise that the principles of strategic communication in business apply equally to politics and government. The paper argues that the change agendas of politics are analogous to structural change in corporations. The paper uses an exploratory analysis of issues raised by citizens...

Australia is currently embarking on a unique infrastructure project that may change the nature of the Last Mile access to Australian telecommunications forever. The National Broadband Network is designed to bring 'Internet' access to 98% of the Australian population by a mixture of fibre wireless and satellite technologies. The primary argument in favour of this...

This paper analyses the business and social policy underpinnings of safe harbours in law, the appropriateness of broad form protections, and the vexed distinctions between copyright and other areas of law.

Perhaps more than any other technology company, Apple has managed to master technology diffusion, with the release of the iPad offering a good illustration of the success of the company's strategies. Within 60 days of the product's release, Apple had sold over 2 million devices (Apple 2010a), and generated the kind of media hype usually...