The introduction of an Australian emissions trading scheme signals the opportunity for profound, long-term structural change for Australia, according to this report. The paper argues for the need to design the scheme on the basis that it will ultimately be part of a global agreement on greenhouse gas mitigation. The Garnaut Climate Change Review’s approach...

In order to identify different cereal species, close observation of the seedlings at the junction of the leaf-sheath and leaf-blade is required. This Ag Note helps to distinguish the different cereal species.

The issue of public hospital waiting lists is never far from the headlines and with major reforms to public hospital funding being proposed, it will continue to generate considerable public interest. Recently the Australian government announced $150 million in funding to the states and territories to assist them to reduce the length of elective surgery...

The term unfair dismissal is taken to mean the dismissal of the employee due to stated unsatisfactory employment performance but which is later found to be ‘unfair’. Callus and Sutcliffe defined unfair dismissal as: “A situation in which an employee, who has been dismissed summarily from a job, is subsequently found by a court or...

This fifth paper issued by the Garnaut Climate Change Review is based on the discussion at a public forum on 19 February 2007, other discussions with stakeholders and internal research. Issues related to the adoption of low-emission technologies and practices in transport, land-use and buildings are interlinked, but for the purposes of clarity this paper...