An effective innovation system requires productive interactions between all its parts. Within Australia there is a view that business-university interactions are suboptimal. Government has set a target for doubling the interactions between business and publicly funded researchers by 2020; and the Group of Eight has a strategic priority to build closer links between its member...

This report presents interim findings from a longitudinal qualitative research project that examines the factors that lead to and result from award reliance in higher and professional award classification employment. The interim report provides in-depth qualitative analysis from the first phase of the project which included 30 award-reliant employees in higher award classification employment, including...

Vehicle-related traumatic injuries are a major public health problem. A leading cause of both morbidity and mortality, motor vehicle-related injuries cause a range of physical, cognitive and psychological disabilities that may seriously impact on the quality of life of affected individuals and their families. There is now substantial evidence that provision of compensation arising from...

This Australian Bureau of Statistics publication presents estimates of the value of turnover of "retail trade"and spending of Australian businesses classified by industry, and by state and territory.

Among other recommendations, this paper argues that the Commonwealth should take the earliest opportunity to apologise publicly to those affected by former forced adoption policies and practices. On 15 November 2010, the Senate referred to the Community Affairs References Committee an inquiry into former forced adoption policies and practices. The motion covered more than just...