The phrase ‘access to justice’ is growing more common in contemporary debates about the Australian civil justice system. This article examines the concept of access to civil justice, why it is important, and the obstacles to achieving it, before reporting the results of an empirical survey...

The question of creating an Australian head of state is a symbolic, constitutional and governance issue that remains unresolved. The lesson of the 1999 referendum is that for the current constitutional arrangements to be modified, there will need to be some consensus on a model. Yet at present...

 Costs of crop production are forecasted to drop considerably in 2010 relative to 2009.  Fertilizer represents the biggest drop in costs of production.

The average cost curve for corn and soybeans displays the classic "L" shape.  There are initial economies of size but these disappate much sooner than most people realize.  Although the data does not cover extremely large farms there is some evidence that the cost curve may actually increase...