This edited volume describes the dynamic intercultural context of land and water management on Indigenous lands.

This report documents the processes, outcomes and recommendations of the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) Local Government Researchers Forum held at the University of Technology, Sydney on 14 and 15 December 2011.

The Noxious Weeds Act 1993 regulates noxious weeds in NSW. These weeds have significant economic, environmental and social impacts for the State. Noxious weed control activities are undertaken by the NSW Government, local governments, industry and the community. In February this year, the NSW Government introduced the Noxious Weeds Amendment Bill 2012 to amend the...

Primary Industry plays a vital role in Australian’s economy and society, but the gap between rural and urban communities is growing, contributing to a lack of understanding of where food and other basic necessities of life come from. The recent television advertisement in which the grandfather shows a row of plants to his granddaughter and...

The Business/Higher Education Roundtable commissioned the Allen Consulting Group to conduct a scoping study that reviews the effectiveness of current interventions designed to increase the number of people with higher education qualifications in the agricultural workforce. Although employment levels in on-farm agriculture have not been growing, there is a shortage of skilled labour across the...