This is the Australian Government's response to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Inquiry into the Indigenous visual arts and craft sector, Indigenous Arts - Securing the Future, as tabled on 20 June 2007.

Since the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol to that Convention, came into force in 2005, emissions trading has been the preferred approach for any international efforts to control, and eventually reduce, greenhouse gas emissions. There are several emission trading schemes already in operation and others at the planning stage...

This paper provides data on the four separate summary indexes derived from the 2006 Census of Population and Housing.

General aviation commonly refers to that part of the aviation industry that engages in activity other than scheduled commercial airline activity. This may include charter operators, aeromedical operators, agricultural aviation businesses, aviation-based fire-fighting services, training and aerial work such as aerial photography and surveying. It also includes private, business, recreational and sports aviation activity and...

English language requirement and occupational health and safety are the themes of this second paper from the review of the temporary skilled migration visa. Submissions are sought from interested parties on the issues raised in each of the papers. The three issues papers on the Subclass 457 visa arrangements will cover: 1 – Minimum Salary...