This project is about the effect of population growth on communities and the social factors which influence how suburbs grow from small townships to larger suburbs.

Provides Australia's first comprehensive view of how the most difficult year of recent times - in economic terms at least - has impacted on Australia-Asia engagement. The PwC Melbourne Institute Asialink Index is the first multi-indicator measure of engagement between Asia and Australia. The Index measures engagement between Australia and Asia over the period 1990-2009...

This paper looks at what incentives might help policymakers to address the unbalanced supply of doctors across specialties. A number of studies suggest there is an over-supply of specialists and an under-supply of GPs in many developed countries. Previous econometric studies of specialty choice from the US suggest that a number of factors play a...

This guide has been developed as a resource for teaching staff and course/subject coordinators who are considering integrating student peer review in their subjects. While the case studies and tools described in this booklet are specific to the University of Melbourne, the discussion has broad applicability and relevance to other higher education institutions in Australia...

A significant demographic trend in recent decades in Australia has been the growth in lone parent families as a proportion of all families, associated with which has been growth in welfare dependency. This has led to considerable policy focus on increasing lone parent participation in employment. A key issue that has arisen for the Government...