This Guide provides advice on the application of workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants (exposure standards) in the workplace. It should be read in conjunction with Safe Work Australia’s Workplace Exposure Standards for Airborne Contaminants, which is available at: www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/AboutSafeWorkAustralia/WhatWeDo/Publication... Exposure-Standards-Airborne-Contaminants.aspx. That document contains a complete list of all agreed exposure standards that apply under...

This paper examines the sources of the decline in Australia’s productivity growth since the record highs of the 1990s, focusing on the last two complete productivity cycles (ending in 2007-08). It offers a different perspective by looking for a general or macro-economic explanation and then tracing the origins to specific industries. It identifies quite specific...

The community sector is a vital contributor to Victoria’s economic and social wellbeing. Through a combination of government and private sector funding, volunteer work, and fundraising and philanthropic support, the sector provides a vast and essential network of frontline services to our community’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged members. The diverse range of services include disability...

The public policy making process in Australia is adrift, notwithstanding regular affirmations by governments at all levels to an evidence and consultation-based approach. Accepted good policy making criteria are well known but an analysis of 18 recent major policies has shown that too few adequately satisfy the standards we should expect. While these case studies...

On 16 June 2011 the Parliament established the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network. Chapter 1 sets out the administrative arrangements for the inquiry and outlines the roles of the key organisations and government agencies involved in the immigration detention network. Chapter 2 provides an overview of Australia's current immigration detention network, summarises...