Both State and Federal governments are keen to foster the development of new industries. Recently the harvesting of kangaroos for human consumption has emerged as a potential industry with important social, economic and conservation benefits. In order to satisfy the increasing consumer demand...

Wild oats (Avena fatua and A. ludoviciana) is a weed of ceral crops which, as a consequence of its impact upon cereal yields and persistence, leads to significant economic losses in the grain growing regios of Australia. In this study, a dynamic programming model is developed to examine the...

The on-farm conservation and management of native grasslands, especially those that are botanically diverse or support threatened species is now an important policy issue for State and Commonwealth Governments. Economics is important to achieving public policy goals because farms ore primarily...

This paper assesses the welfare effects of a combination of policy changes affecting PNG cocoa producers during the 1990's. These policy changes are the introduction (in 1992) and intended removal (in 1997) of a price support policy plus an intervening devaluation and subsequent floating of the...

The chlorfluzuron incident is just one of a number of chemical residue incidents that have plagued the Australian beef industry since the late 1980s. The frequency and diversity of residue episodes in Australia have served to illustrate the potential of agricultural and veterinary chemicals to...