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Presents the major findings from the national survey into shift work and rostering arrangements conducted in February 2000. Covers trends from 1978 to 1998. Discusses the implications of these trends for working hours, occupational health and safety, family and community life, and industrial...
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Both services and mining industries gained relatively more importance in the structural changes occurring, particularly … in recent years, where the rate of structural change has increased. The study aims at defragmenting the mining and … activity is measured in terms of investment shows the mining industry to have relatively less Mean Absolute Errors forecasts …
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The increase in Australia's terms of trade since the mid 2000s gave rise to a surge in resource investment, an …
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towards services, with the mining industry growing in importance recently. Economic activity has also shifted towards the … resource-rich states of Queensland and Western Australia. Changes in the structure of the economy have been driven by a range … and mining investment. …
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In the case of Chinese investment in Australia, most of the investment is undertaken by Chinese state-owned enterprises … Australia. Their ¡®foreignness¡¯, and in particular, their ownership has become a liability. They invoked fear and anxiety … politicians and public officials) have found the idea of a putative Chinese takeover of Australia challenging and confronting …
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the work. The widespread use of fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) or drive-in, drive-out (DIDO) to support Australia’s mining … workforce? FIFO and DIDO have become the predominant ways of providing a permanent operational workforce to the mining industry …. It explains why cities such as Perth, Brisbane and Mackay have large populations of mining workers while mining …
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policies relating to agricultural sector and mining as well as manufacturing; the impact on employment creation, productivity …
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radical changes. The global demand shock caused by the rapid industrialization of China has sent market prices skywards and …
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This paper presents a structural equation model of happiness, as influenced by inter alia perceived risk due to (i) intensity of exposure to polluted air, and (ii) hazard of pollutants. In addition, objective risk measured as proximity to the pollution source, is considered. The main finding is...
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