This report looked at the advantages and disadvantages of FIFO/DIDO work practices - especially the effect on rural communities.

Assessing the key policy implications for regional Australia in the Asian Century, given that regionally based industries will be the leaders of economic change in the coming decades, this policy briefing responds to the Australian Government's recent Asian Century White Paper. The brief provides regional focused analysis and policy directions to capture the significant regional...

The current statistics regarding agriculture and farming indicate rising numbers of people are leaving rural areas and changing their lifestyles. In 2012, Australia celebrates the Year of the Farmer, a chance to pay tribute to the important role that farming and agriculture plays in our economy and society, and the unique place it holds in...

This report argues that Australian could gain $48 billion of benefits from adopting high speed rail. High speed rail (“HSR”) now exists on every continent except for Australia and Antarctica. There is a great deal of international experience and analysis available to assess the likely costs and benefits of HSR.

This collection contains key works by Val Plumwood, who provided a radical critique of traditional Western conceptions of nature. Val Plumwood was an eminent environmental philosopher and activist who was prominent in the development of radical ecophilosophy from the early 1970s until her death in 2008. Her book Feminism and the Mastery of Nature (1992)...