This CFA commissioned research provides insight into the perceptions and intentions of households within bushfire prone areas over the current fire season. A random telephone survey of 408 households in 52 Victorian townships was undertaken in mid December 2009. Among other things, it found that one third of households still plan to stay in their...

This report recommend reforms to promote the sustainability of Australia's economic development, reduce and simplify the regulatory burden, ensure the most efficient and effective achievement of desired environmental outcomes, and are based on an effective federal arrangement. Tom Arup discusses the report in the National Times. (21)

This report sets out the issues and challenges facing Grey Nomad Volunteer projects but also the successes. There is clearly untapped potential for the development of mutually beneficial relationships between Grey Nomads and isolated rural communities through voluntary programs.

This brief looks at the location, environment, geology and mineral resource of the Yeelirrie deposit and summarises its political history since discovery in 1972. The brief then examines some of the environmental, social and economic issues surrounding this project. The Yeelirrie uranium deposit was discovered in 1972 by Western Mining Corporation Ltd (WMC) in remote...

This study represents a first step in establishing a qualitative understanding of the ways in which planning regulation has impacted on housing developments across 15 local jurisdictions in three Australian states. The findings confirm that planning system complexity and ambiguity is associated with significant costs for housing development in Australia. Image: Andrew Scott / flickr