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Literature review
Scientific knowledge and scientific uncertainty in bushfire and flood risk mitigation: literature review
This research report is the second literature review of the RMPP project and was written before any of the case studies had been completed. It synthesises approximately 250 academic sources on bushfire and flood risk science, including research on hazard modelling, prescribed burning, hydrological engineering, development planning, meteorology, climatology and evacuation planning.
Report
Children's rights in the digital age: a download from children around the world
Evidence from across the world is telling us that no matter where they are from, more and more children are relying on digital tools, platforms and services to learn, engage, participate, play, innovate, work or socialise. Foreward Some two-thirds of the world’s almost three billion internet users are from the developing world, with the numbers...
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Scientific diversity, scientific uncertainty and risk mitigation policy and planning: scenario exercise literature review
The Scientific Diversity, Scientific Uncertainty and Risk Mitigation Policy and Planning (RMPP) project aims to investigate the diversity and uncertainty of bushfire and flood science, and its contribution to risk mitigation policy and planning. Summary This research report outlines how scenario exercises may be used for understanding risk mitigation decision-making, as scenario exercises will inform...
Discussion paper
Addressing the cyber safety challenge: from risk to resilience
Addressing the cyber safety challenge: from risk to resilience describes the cyber safety issues emerging from a range of technology trends, how different populations are using technologies and the risks they face, and how we can effectively respond to each group’s unique cyber safety needs. Written by the University of Western Sydney for Telstra Corporation...
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Latin American migrants and the Larrikin principles: reflections on the convergence of cultural values
This paper explores how Latin American migrants see the values attached to their identities and cultures and the convergence or divergence with others' cultural values in the Australian context. Abstract What Latin American migrants regard as common sense and cultural logic are shaped by the processes by which language and cultural are learned, used and...