Water restrictions have operated in Melbourne since October 2002. The immediate reason for their introduction was that the water in storage was depleted by drought. However, the Victorian government has expressed concern that the combined effects of population increase and possible adverse...

Productivity often increases in a part of an industry while remaining unchanged in the rest of the industry. In assessing the social gain from a productivity increase in a part of an industry producing a tradeable commodity it is necessary to consider the relationships between the part of the...

I take it as obvious that we as a profession, as well as individual research organisations like the BAE, should think about research priorities. Brian Fisher's views on needs in agricultural policy research is a welcome contribution to this thinking. It is in the nature of such efforts that they...