Links Digest for Sep 25, 6:00 am
// September 25th, 2010 // Comments Off // Opinion
- Housing implications of economic, social, and spatial change. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 20, 12:00 am). Creator: Joe Flood Creator: Emma Baker This study is an examinatio…
- What future for public housing? A critical analysis. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 20, 10:11 am). Creator: Keith Jacobs This project looked beyond the day-to-day issues that confront State Housing Authorities and focused on the question of the viabi…
- Alcohol awareness study 2010. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 20, 11:17 am). The Salvation Army’s annual Alcohol Awareness campaign looks this year at why people drink alcohol, have they tried to reduce the amount they are drinking and if they’ve been (Read more…)
- Gender equality in the workforce: A feminist approach. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 20, 12:06 pm). Creator: Elizabeth Broderick Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick argues that a “critical mass” of women in senior positions …
- What does it mean to believe in human rights in Australia today?. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 20, 12:18 pm). Creator: Catherine Branson This lecture argues that there are deficits in our democratic processes that leave disadvantaged members of soc…
- Trust online: young adults’ evaluation of web content. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 20, 12:34 pm). Using unique data about how a diverse group of young adults looks for and evaluates Web content, this paper makes contributions to existing literature by highlighting factors beyond site features (Read more…)
- The future of aged care in Australia. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 20, 12:43 pm). This report covers current issues in aged care such as quality of care, infrastructure requirements and alternative models of funding. Social Policy read more
- Implementing eAccessibility as a service quality factor. A Lawrence, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 20, 12:55 pm). Over the last decades Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have entered almost all aspects of our lives. The multimedial and multimodal power of ICT allows adapting systems and services to (Read more…)
- When musculoskeletal conditions and mental disorders occur together. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 20, 1:08 pm). The disability and chronic pain due to many musculoskeletal conditions may underlie the development or exacerbation of a variety of mental disorders. Health read more
- National bowel cancer screening program: annual monitoring report 2009 data supplement 2010. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 20, 1:11 pm). Using the latest program data to January 2010, this data supplement provides final statistics on participation, documented follow-up procedures, and cancer and bowel abnormality detection outcomes for for people invited (Read more…)
- Assaults on school premises in NSW, 2005 – 2009. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 20, 1:52 pm). Creator: Lily Trimboli This study examined the characteristics of, and trends in, police-recorded assault incidents involving school-aged children in NS…
- Factors which influence the sentencing of domestic violence offenders. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 20, 4:36 pm). Creator: Jacqueline Fitzgerald Creator: Clare Ringland This study …
- Research data: Who will share what, with whom, when, and why?. A Lawrence, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 21, 8:55 pm). The deluge of scientific research data has excited the general public, as well as the scientific community, with the possibilities for better understanding of scientific problems, from climate to culture. (Read more…)
- Computer security incidents against Australian businesses: predictors of victimisation. A Lawrence, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 22, 4:43 pm). Creator: Kelly Richards Creator: Brent Davis Drawing on data from …
- The networked ADF – C4ISR capability summary 2010. Team, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 23, 11:14 am). Creator: Andrew Davies The ADF’s capability to fight does not just reside in their ships, planes, vehicles and personnel. This paper reviews the cur…
- 10 Essential tools for the nonprofit new media anager. Team, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 23, 12:16 pm). The advent of the Mobile Web is slowly starting to permeate and transform nonprofit communications. Just like social media transformed the nonprofit sector and how it communicates with its supporters, (Read more…)
- Next generation services for older and disabled people. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 23, 12:22 pm). This paper reports a research study that looks at ways that technology can help people who are often at the periphery of our society to play a more active role (Read more…)
- The open Internet: A customer-centric framework. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 23, 12:42 pm). This paper discusses the US Federal Communications Commission’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Preserving the Open Internet,” and argues that the FCC should not waste its time with pointless, costly regulation. (Read more…)
- Growth in mobile wireless subscribers more than thirteen times that of DSL. Team, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 23, 12:49 pm). This article contains details of internet activity supplied by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Australia.Creative Economy read more
- Meeting the funding challenges of public transport. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 23, 3:08 pm). This discussion paper canvasses various options to help cover the cost of public transport infrastructure and services. Social Policy read more
- Ready for tomorrow – A blueprint for regional and rural Victoria. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 23, 3:32 pm). This policy document is the Victorian State Governement’s $630.7 million plan for a sustainable and prosperous regional and rural Victoria. Social Policy read more
- The future of VET: A medley of views. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 24, 9:57 am). Creator: Penelope Curtin Creator: Francesca Beddie This book of es…
- Native title and taxation reform. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 24, 10:32 am). Creator: Jon Altman This paper argues that the Australian Government’s consultation paper ‘Native Title, Indigenous Economic Development and Tax’, canva…
- Rural research and development corporations: draft report. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 24, 11:47 am). The Australian Government should modify the way that it funds Rural Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) so as to provide a better return for the community, according to this draft (Read more…)
- The economic implications of fewer international higher education students in Australia. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 24, 12:13 pm). Creator: Paul Koshy Creator: John Phillimore This report argues th…
- Skill build – nation build: meeting Australia’s research workforce needs. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 24, 12:38 pm). This position paper argues that innovation and better economic and social outcomes for Australia can only be achieved by building our national intellectual capacity. International read more
- Trends in the health of mothers and babies, Northern Territory: 1986-2005. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 24, 2:23 pm). Creator: Xiaohua Zhang This report provides a detailed overview of perinatal trends and changes to the health profile of NT resident mothers and babies…
- Integrated service delivery for young people: a literature review. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 24, 2:30 pm). Creator: Sharon Bond This literature review examines youth centres and other programs which offer holistic or integrated youth services in the United K…
- The effect of prison on adult re-offending. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 24, 2:42 pm). Creator: Don Weatherburn This study examines the effect of prison on re-offending among offenders convicted of either non-aggravated assault or burglary…
- Bail presumptions and risk of bail refusal: An analysis of the NSW Bail Act. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 24, 2:53 pm). Creator: Lucy Snowball Creator: Lenny Roth …
- Memo to a progressive Prime Minister: Leadership for the long-term. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 24, 4:28 pm). Creator: David Hetherington Creator: Tim Soutphommasane The reform…
- A profile of social housing in Australia. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 24, 4:37 pm). In analysing the functions of social housing since the 2003 Community Social Housing Agreement, this report provides an evidence base upon which the National Affordable Housing Agreement and future policies (Read more…)
- Political prospects for a nuclear weapon free zone in Northeast Asia. P Aitken, Australian Policy Online – Research (Sep 24, 4:41 pm). Creator: Leon V. Sigal Leon Sigal of the Social Sciences Research Council examines the utility of a Japan-South Korea nuclear weapon free zone under thr…
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