This paper examines the current state of local policy and practice in active transport in Australia through describing a novel project in Sydney’s Inner West.

In this paper the authors investigate if there was a causal effect of changes in current and 'permanent' income on the health of East Germans in the years following reunification. Reunification was completely unanticipated and therefore can be seen as providing some exogenous variation, which resulted in a substantial increase in average household incomes for...

This paper uses data from the first wave of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to examine the role of marriage and family characteristics in explaining variations across individuals in self-reported life satisfaction. A feature of this analysis is the data source - a large nationally representative sample of Australian households...

The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme has served the Australian community well, according to Jan Donovan In this article she argues that increases in the present system of 'copayments' for medicines will not contribute to improving the equity, effectiveness or efficiency of the health system, particularly for those using the health system most.

The Value of Urban Design represents a ground-breaking attempt to pin down the economic, social and environmental value of good urban design.