Rhonda Jolly provides an overview of the development of media ownership regulations and the changes wrought by the recently implemented media ownship legislation. The Bill permits cross-media mergers in radio licence areas where sufficient diversity of media groups remains following the mergers. At least five separate media groups will be required to remain in mainland...

Executive Summary Explanatory Memoranda now accompany every government Bill introduced into the Parliament, but this has not always been the case. From 1901 to 1982, there was no easy way of knowing if an Explanatory Memorandum had been produced for a particular Bill. An online Index to Explanatory Memoranda ( the Index ), produced by...

This brief, by Luke Buckmaster, considers the historical development of Medibank Private, some legal issues relating to ownership of the fund and some policy arguments for and against the sale.

This research note by Jeffrey Robertson looks at North Korea’s aims, its methods of achieving these aims and the ongoing efforts at further diplomacy with North Korea.

Continuing high population growth in Queensland and slower than average population growth in New South Wales means that this redistribution will increase the number of electoral divisions in Queensland to 29 and decrease the number in NSW to 49. Stephen Barber describes the proposed redistributions and discusses their possible electoral impact.