Public safety
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Safety regulation
Article
Australia’s new ‘Home Office’ is a worry for immigration policy
Drawing inspiration from the British "Home Office" model is worrisome for the immigration portfolio, writes Adele Garnier.
Report
2017 Independent intelligence review
This review examined the environment in which the intelligence community operates, and consider how effectively it serves Australia’s national interests.
Guide
A quick guide to the history of proposals for an Australian department of homeland security
This quick guide summarises the history of the concept of an Australian department of homeland security since 2001.
Conference paper
An application of control theory to visual management for organizational communication in construction
Insufficient process transparency is one of the main reasons for process waste, quality deviations and safety non-conformances in construction. Lean Production frequently resorts to a range of visual communication strategies called Visual Management (VM) to increase the level of process transparency and to support continuous improvement at the workplace. Although VM is a fundamental part...
Conference paper
Strategies that can help transform the construction industry
This paper is an appeal to the various stakeholders committed to lean transformation of global construction to coordinate their efforts, and to recruit others not yet committed. Both opponents and advocates of industry transformation are identified; those who live off the waste are in one corner and those who suffer from unsafe, defective, late and...