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Inquiry into recycling and waste management: interim report


Around the time of the commencement of this inquiry, there was a major fire in Campbellfield, which had significant impact on businesses and the community in the area and highlighted the need to avoid dangerous stockpiling of recyclable materials. This interim report deals with the issue of the risks of stockpiling of recyclable materials and...
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To sell or scale up: Canada’s patent strategy in a knowledge economy


This study examines the role of patents and patent policy in Canadian innovators’ decisions to sell their intellectual property (IP), rather than continue to develop it in Canada, and the incentives driving this decision.
Article

A new era for science in forest policy


Australian forest policy is in need of an overhaul, and integrating research with decision making is a crucial piece of that puzzle, Rod Keenan writes.
Technical report

ICM Precinct Carbon Assessment tool conversion for cloud-based interfaces towards utilisation


The Precinct Carbon Assessment (PCA) Tool was developed at the University of South Australia as part of the Integrated Carbon Metrics Project (RP2007). The main focus of the PCA tool is to examine the whole life cycle of carbon emissions (Scope 1, 2 and 3) on the precinct scale and to calculate different low carbon...
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2019 Electricity statement of opportunities


The 2019 report forecasts a continued elevated risk of expected unserved energy over the next ten years. Compared to last year’s forecast, and based on improved model representation of input uncertainties, AEMO observes greater risks of load shedding due to uncontrollable, but increasingly likely, high impact events such as coincident unplanned outages.