The Productivity Commission's research report on Carbon Emission Policies in Key Economies has been released by the Government. It indicates responses key economies are taking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The report is a culmination of a six month study commissioned by the Government to help it, and the Multi Party Climate Change Committee, consider...

The report provides an overview of the relevant research literature relating to the concepts and determinants of productivity, business competitiveness and viability and their relationship with minimum wages. It also presents various measures of productivity, business competitiveness and viability and their trends at an aggregate and industry level over the medium term. Using the ABS...

On 2 December 2010 a new US-Australia Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement entered into force, replacing the agreement in force from 5 July 1979. This report, written by the Congressional Research Service states, ‘The agreement permits the export, subject to licensing, of information, material, equipment, and components for nuclear research and nuclear power production. The agreement...

By their pervasiveness and by being worn on our bodies, mobile phones seem to have become intrinsic to safety. To examine this proposition, 43 participants, from four stakeholder groups, were asked to consider how homeless young people could use mobile phones to keep safe. To enable a comprehensive analysis of safety and other value tensions...

Surveying online practices of American youth and their civic and political engagement, this working paper finds that most youth are not consistently exposed to either echo chambers or divergent perspectives. Some see the Internet as a means of exposure to divergent perspectives, while others believe that it is likely to foster echo chambers. This paper...