The advent of the East Asia Summit has been a notable development. However it has also been the focus for some differing opinions in the region on how regional cooperation should best be pursued and on which countries should be principally involved in these efforts. The evolution of the Summit will be significant for the...

This Senate report looks at the relationship between the landed price of crude oil, refining costs, the wholesale price and the retail price of petrol; regional differences in the retail price of petrol; variations in the retail price of petrol at particular times; the industry's integrated structure; and any other related matters.

In 2005 and 2006 the Australian government referred to the Commonwealth Ombudsman the cases of 247 persons who had been detained by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) and later released on the basis that they could not be detained any longer as an unlawful non-citizen. This office agreed to investigate and report...

This House Standing Committee report investigates the lack of harmonisation within Australia’s legal system, and between the legal systems of Australia and New Zealand, with particular reference to differences that have an impact on trade and commerce.

Evidence suggestions that even now many arts and entertainment organisations are still not recognising the value of data on their customers? behaviours, and are as likely to be 'product focussed' and not necessarily 'customer-focussed'. In the 21st century, many are still only slowly realising the value of building close and valuable relationships with attenders. Many...