This paper presents the preliminary results of a study of instances of crossing the floor in federal parliament.

With the coming into effect of the Kyoto protocol, the use of nuclear power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has taken greater prominence in debate. In this context, Australia's large resources of uranium will become more important. Greg Baker examines the issues of Australia's uranium in the context of world supply and demand, shows why...

Except for a short period in 2004, the value of the Australian dollar has been rising steadily against the United States dollar for several years. In this research brief - a revision of Research Note 9 of 2000-01 - Greg Baker and Stephen Barber show details of that rise and provide relevant statistical background.

This Research Note is one of a series examining the results of polls that test the importance of issues to voters and the parties that voters prefer to handle those issues. Sarah Miskin and Greg Baker show the latest results as compared to those of the previous poll and changes in the importance of selected...

This Research Note is one of a series comparing the opinion polls results from June 2001 onwards of the major polling organisations: Newspoll, Roy Morgan Research and ACNielsen. Sarah Miskin and Greg Baker show the results of the polls for the primary vote, a comparison of the Coalition and Labor results of the two major...