As a consequence of United Nations Security Council resolutions passed after the 1990-91 Gulf war, Iraq is required by international law to renounce weapons of mass destruction and submit to verification inspections by United Nations agencies. It is yet to be determined whether Iraq still retains these weapons, although many western governments maintain that it...

This paper examines the objectives and plan of the US in post-Saddam Iraq and the Middle East. These include the humanitarian and security problems and the regional and wider impact of a war on Iraq.

The use of fuel ethanol-ethanol blended with petrol-has received considerable negative publicity. This paper examines the background to the controversy and the arguments for and against its use, including as a means of assisting the sugar industry, the environmental benefits and costs, the effects on car engines, and the consequences of mandating blending ethanol and...

In last year's Victorian electiont the ALP gained its largest-ever Legislative Assembly majority, the Liberal Party suffered its most severe defeat in fifty years, the National Party almost lost its parliamentary party status, the Greens performed well enough to suggest that they may be able to win a Senate seat at the next Commonwealth election...

This Research Note uses data from the 2001 Census to rank each electoral division on the number of persons employed in defence.