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disabilities, and their parental or other carers. It critically reviews Australia's 'special disability trust' reforms designed to …
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There is a long-term politics of regulating fire protection for the built environment in which the principal adversaries have been building developers - and often their government supporters- on one side, and the insurance industry and fire brigades on the other. Underlying such politics have...
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This paper first briefly introduces the reader to nanotechnology and the potential health risks it raises. It then reviews how nanotechnology is or may be used by the food industry so that challenges that must be addressed by food regulations can be better understood. The application of current...
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This article assesses what contribution supplementary measures might make in the face of a legislated emissions trading scheme. The proposed Australian Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme is discussed briefly to outline the essential features of this Scheme. Then measures such as renewable energy...
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to proposals to privatise the electricity sector in New South Wales, Australia. The privatisation initiative is assessed …
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This article examines an attempt by the Australian Government in 2011-12 to restrict the import into Australia of … timber products logged illegally in foreign states. The Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill pursues Australia’s interests in … engaging Australia’s commitments under World Trade Organisation law. This article assesses whether the Bill safely navigates …
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Australia. Drawing on theoretical concepts from the field of regulatory studies, we propose a step-wise or “responsive” approach …
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overwhelmingly for unhealthy (discretionary) products. The results of this study highlight the inadequacy of Australia’s voluntary …
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This monograph provides a comprehensive examination of mental health tribunal hearings in Australia. It deals with a …
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Australia’s submission concerning the outer limits of its continental shelf. Around half of the Australian continental shelf … into the Antarctic Treaty Area from Australia’s small sub-Antarctic islands, Heard and McDonald Islands. This comment … considers how Australia should manage this sizeable new area of seabed estate within the letter and spirit of the Antarctic …
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