Australian Capital Territory
Technical report
NEMLink: augmenting the Australian National Electricity Market transmission grid to facilitate increased wind turbine generation and its effect on wholesale spot prices
This report compares the effect of increasing the number of wind turbine generators on wholesale spot prices in the Australian National Electricity Market’s (NEM) under the existing transmission grid and an augmented version of the transmission grid called NEMLink.
Technical report
The effect of increasing the number of wind turbine generators on generator energy in the Australian National Electricity Market from 2014 to 2025
This report investigates the effect of increasing the number of wind turbine generators on energy generation in the Australian National Electricity Market’s (NEM) existing transmission grid from 2014 to 2025. This report answers urgent questions concerning the capability of the existing transmission grid to cope with significant increases in wind power and aid emissions reductions...
Conference paper
Practitioner perspectives on nature conservation at the urban edge
As the boundaries of our cities expand, many new suburbs are being developed near nationally listed threatened ecological communities and threatened species habitat. This study uses semi-structured in-depth interviews (n=35) and focus groups (n=2) to ask urban practitioners about their experiences with greenfield development in Gungahlin and the Molonglo Valley in the ACT.
Submission
The right of persons with disabilities to participate in decision-making
This Reply to the Special Rapporteur Advocacy for Inclusion underlines the need for governments to commit to leadership and decision making by people with disabilities, including through the commitment of resources.
Report
Taking us seriously: children and young people talk about safety and institutional responses to their safety concerns
This study is premised on the view that children and young people understand and experience safety in different ways to adults and that without an appreciation of what children and young people need to be and feel safe, responses may fail to adequately respond to their concerns.