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The article focuses on researchers are supporting Australia's move to a zero-waste culture with science and it has been a circular economy roadmap to reduce plastic, glass, tyres and paper waste. Topics include Australia's traditional take-make-waste consumption pattern is hitting two walls are ever-more-expensive primary materials, and ever-more-unacceptable ways of dealing with waste.

Performers play a crucial role in the creative process by bringing various copyrightable subject matters, such as songs, dances, dramatic performances, and films (cinematographic works), to life. However, unlike other stakeholders, including lyricists, music composers, and production companies, performers often do not receive equivalent property rights. This paper contends that despite certain protections granted to performers under copyright laws in many countries, including India and Australia, there remain gaps and limitations that hinder the full recognition and protection of performers’ rights. This situation leads to questions regarding the nature of performers’ rights and how the law distinguishes neighbouring rights within the copyright law framework. The primary aim of this paper is to assess whether the existing framework of performers’ rights principally benefits the performers themselves or leans more towards a market-centred approach favouring producers. This analysis, particularly focused on the contexts of India and Australia, builds a case for the recognition of coauthorship rights for performers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the impact of paper recycling activities on the environmental education of elementary students in Australia. Development of a lesson sequence for paper making; Views of students on recycling; Investigation on the properties of recycled paper.

Looks at the market for environmentally-friendly paper products in Australia. Code of Practice for Environmental Marketing by the Personal Hygiene Products Industry; Development of the code due to misleading environmental claims; Definition of terms used by companies that market these products; Use of recycled paper and virgin wood fiber in tissue; Description of the pulping process; What to look for on labels. INSET: Can't see the forest for the woodchips.

Recounts the changes in the Australian currency. History of money in Australia; Details on the process of manufacturing Australian paper money and coins; Designs of Australian money; Information on the electronic payment system Smart cards. INSET: Making money: a noteworthy process..

Cane-fibre measurement is a routine analysis for the sugar manufacturing process as it is used to define the cane quality and the factory juice extraction performance. In Australia and some other countries, the percentage of fibre is also used for cane-payment purposes. To determine fibre% cane, methods such as International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis (I CUM SA) GS5/7-1 (the official method), bag diffusion and press methods have been developed iteratively. Near Infrared Spectroscopy method (NIRS), as an advanced technique, provides rapid analysis and requires less labour. However, the dependence on primary laboratory analysis for calibration models impedes its wide acceptance. Therefore, traditional cane-fibre measurement is still an essential component of the measurement system for the sugar industry. This paper reviews the methods available for fibre analysis: the ICUMSA method, the bag-diffusion family of methods, the press family of methods and the Hamna method. Data comparing the methods is used to assess the relative merits of each method and to determine their repeatability. The analysis found that the newly developed CFA01 cane fibre analyser has the best repeatability. The cane fibre machine and traditional bag diffusion methods, other members of the bag-diffusion family of measurements, also performed well. The press method and the Hamna method also have lower repeatability than the ICUMSA official method. The best performing methods are those that require a single sample of cane for analysis and require minimal or no assumptions in the fibre calculation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Originally published by Cosmos as Solar vehicle's papertrail around Australia Stuart McBain with the printed solar panels helping powerhis trip around Australia. If you are UK sustainable energy advocate Stuart McBain,you seek out the latest in solar technology from theUniversity of Newcastle, New South Wales, and charge aroundAustralia in an electric car to test it out. Stuart McBain and Professor Paul Dastoor with the EV thatis bringing the solar power message to schools aroundAustralia - and test-driving printed solar panels. [Extracted from the article]

This paper presents a series of multi-stage hybrid memristor-CMOS ternary combinational logic stages that are optimized for reducing silicon area occupation. Prior demonstrations of memristive logic are typically constrained to single-stage logic due to the variety of challenges that affect device performance. Noise accumulation across subsequent stages can be amortized by integrating ternary logic gates, thus enabling higher density data transmission, where more complex computation can take place within a smaller number of stages when compared to single-bit computation. We present the design of a ternary half adder, a ternary full adder, a ternary multiplier, and a ternary magnitude comparator. These designs are simulated in SPICE using the broadly accessible Knowm memristor model, and we perform experimental validation of individual stages using an in-house fabricated Si-doped HfOx memristor which exhibits low cycle-to-cycle variation, and thus contributes to robust long-term performance. We ultimately show an improvement in data density in each logic block of between $5.2\times - 17.3\times $ , which also accounts for intermediate voltage buffering to alleviate the memristive loading problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the political and governmental hisptory in Australia. Topics discussed include historian Geoffrey Serle's description of nationalism and Anzackery in 1967, the effort of Australian historian Stuart Macintyre in 2013 to reprise the Anzackery of Serle, and the tradition of the Anzac Day in the country.

The article offers information on the Ministry of Defence's condition in Australia. It notes the country's 2009 Defence White Paper, figuring the real dilemma of the nation's armed forces. It mentions the implementation of integration workforce as well as balance of military, contract personnel, and civilian. Moreover, the modifications to be made for the ministry are also mentioned.

The article presents the 2016 Defence White Paper of Australia which discusses the investment of the government on defence capabilities for the enhancement of national security. Topics discussed include the focus of the government on the safety of the communities, the economic transformation in Australia and the lndo-Pacific region, and the improvement of the cyber workforce and systems to respond to cyber attack.

In this article the author relates his perspectives regarding the Australian government's production of the third Defence White Paper, in 2009 in Australia. He states that while it is impractical to anticipate major additional expenditure on defense industry, the objective of the Australian Defence Forces (ADF) will necessitate gaps to be filled. He pointed out that the ADF does not need to fight a major power like China alone, because the country is dependent on its allied nations.

This paper is concerned with bipartite tracking for double-integrator networked systems with signed communication graphs, where both cooperative and antagonistic interactions coexist. A finite-time bipartite tracking framework is established, where followers track either the state or the opposite state of a leader. Different from some conventional results with convergence over an infinite time horizon, the finite-time convergence in this paper is achieved in an accurate manner. Under structurally balanced signed graphs, an integral sliding mode based finite-time bipartite tracking controller is proposed. The construction of an integral sliding mode variable is to ensure that the system dynamics is driven onto a sliding surface in finite-time. On the sliding surface, neighbouring states are used together with the homogeneous technique to guarantee that bipartite tracking is achieved in finite-time. To further realize fixed-time bipartite tracking, a controller is designed by using the integral sliding mode and the bi-limit homogeneous concept. Finally, numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed controllers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Financial crime costs the world economy more than $1tn. Yet policing responses continue to apply traditional law enforcement methods to detect, identify and disrupt criminal actors in financial systems. The purpose of this paper is to challenge existing thinking around law enforcement practices in financial crime within an Australian context, by presenting an alternative model grounded in management cybernetics and systemic design (SD), which the author terms "cyber-systemics". Design/methodology/approach: This study reflects on prior research work across cybernetics and SD to suggest an integrated approach as a conceptually useful basis for considering regulation of financial crime, and to demonstrate utility using a case study. Findings: The Fintel Alliance between financial crime regulators and financial institutions in Australia demonstrates a strong connection with, and example of, this study's cyber-systemic regulatory framework. It will be demonstrated that the form of co-design framework offered under cyber-systemics is both consistent with cybernetic and SD literature, but also a means of avoiding regulatory disconnection in times of change and disruption. This study also invites consideration of how future forms of governance might be structured using cyber-systemics as a conceptual backbone. Research limitations/implications: This work proposes a novel methodology at odds with traditional law enforcement ways of doing, inevitably requiring a change of regulatory mindset. In addition, this paper is purely conceptual and therefore more research on an empirical basis is required to prove the potential benefits in a real-world regulatory environment. Originality/value: This is (to the author's knowledge) the first conceptual exploration of blending SD and management cybernetics in the field of criminal law regulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article looks at several implications for nurses of integrating information technology (IT) in health care in Australia. A study conducted by the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) and the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) has revealed that workload, inadequate technical support and lack of training are major barriers to use of IT in practice. Meanwhile, it is said that the ANF and Queensland University of Technology will be conducting a project to develop informatics competency standards for nurses in the country. INSET: Using technology in practice.

The article reports on a survey on recycled content of tissue products by the Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P). Results show that despite more than 195,000 tons of tissue and toilet paper are being produced each year, only 3.1% are found to be recycled. The use of recycled content is said to minimize the demand for virgin pulp by the environmentally aware tissue producers. It is inferred that the declining usage of recycled papers for tissue and toilet paper production is Kimberly-Clark Corp.'s initiative to source pulp from renewable plantation wastes to reduce transport costs of raw materials, since it is considered the largest tissue manufacturer in Australia.

Presents information on the history of Australian architecture, focusing on the architectural archives in the country. Suggestion that the country has no architectural collection or institution devoted to the collection and study of architects' record; Reasons for this trend; Details on the visible legacies left by architects; Problems that architects face in gaining recognition for their work.

The article provides guidelines to consumers in Australia on buying a toilet paper. A 2005 government study showed that 400 kilograms of greenhouse gas emissions can be saved for every tonne of toilet paper made from recycled material. The article recommends a toiler paper with high recycled content.

Focuses on the sugar cane-based paper in Australia. Waste product that is being used as the material for the paper; Description of the environmental systems that the paper mill uses; Information on the annual production of sugar cane.

The article invites readers to protest against the Carmichael coal mine in Australia by sending origami fishes to Members of Parliament (MP) and election candidates, and talks of taking pledge to protect the Reef, Australia, and presents step by step instructions to make origami fish.

The article discusses launch of the "Nurses are Essential in Health and Aged Care Reform" white paper by the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) at the Parliament House in Canberra which seeks to promote positive health reforms. Topics include the highly educated and responsive nursing workforce in Australia, recommendations for investment in nursing research as well as statement on the white paper's perspective by Assistant Rural Health Minister David Gillespie.

Paediatric nurses have a crucial role in health promotion. During Australia's devastating bushfire season, nurses and physicians had heightened concern for children with chronic poorly controlled asthma due to long months of smoky haze. The introduction of the subcutaneous drug, Omalizumab, usually administered two to four weekly, was life-saving to a small cohort of paediatric patients. Omalizumab is a recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) derived from a humanised monoclonal antibody that selectively binds to human immunoglobulin E (IgE). IgE is the immune mediator involved in the clinical presentation of asthma in children with wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath, caused by the inflammatory responses and narrowing of the airways. Previously, this has resulted in children with severe allergic asthma having acute deterioration, prolonged hospital admissions, and increased risk of mortality, affecting childhood experiences and reducing the quality of life. Furthermore, this burdens healthcare systems with extended bed stays and healthcare costs. This paper is a report of two paediatric patients who have battled chronic asthma from early childhood, but since the trial of Omalizumab, they have significantly improved their asthma control. It is essential to acknowledge the drug's effectiveness and promote its use among health professionals. Nurses are at the frontline and are vital in providing knowledge and education. Alongside physicians, nurses are essential promoters of treatment. The multifaceted role of paediatric nurses as carers, advocates and health promoters places them in a crucial position to improve the quality of care for children, young people and their families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Detrital zircon U–Pb geochronology has enabled advances in the understanding of sediment provenance, transportation pathways, and the depositional age of sedimentary packages. However, sample selection and processing can result in biasing of detrital zircon age spectra. This paper presents a novel approach using in situ detrital zircon U–Pb measurements on thin-sections to provide greater confidence in maximum depositional ages and provenance interpretations. New U–Pb age data of 310 detrital zircon grains from 16 thin-sections of the Triassic Mungaroo Formation from two wells in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Australia, are presented. Whilst detrital zircon age modes are consistent with previous work, there are some differences in the relative proportions of age modes, which are partly attributed to a lack of small grains in hand-picked grain mounts. The relative sample bias is quantified via grain size comparison of dated zircon (in thin-sections or hand-picked mounts) relative to all zircons identified in bulk-mounts and thin-sections. The youngest age mode (c. 320–195 Ma) is consistent with an active margin to the north. The dated zircons reveal a single grain defined maximum depositional age of 197 Ma for the upper part of the Mungaroo Formation, suggesting deposition may have continued into the Early Jurassic. Supplementary material: Additional figures, tables, datasets and programming scripts are available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5628911 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on a `Simply Living' report in Australia on the reemergence of hemp crops as alternatives to make paper as a result of the Hemp for Paper Consortium's (HPC) efforts. Reaction of synthetic chemical manufacturers to the trend.

The article analyzes the accuracy of building energy ratings as a performance indicator in Australia. The author explains that building designers utilize software to make sure the consistency of the building plan with efficiency measures. Building consultant Dominic Ogburn points out the practice of self-regulation in the building industry when it comes to installing energy saving initiatives. Litigation issues concerning the energy ratings of new homes in the country are discussed.

In this paper, a novel adaptive second-order sliding mode (SOSM) control method is proposed by combining a new adaptive strategy with the backstepping-like technique. The new adaptive strategy is first constructed by means of the equivalent control for which a sliding-mode-based filter is employed rather than the widely-used low-pass filter such that the parameter restriction under the usage of low-pass filter can be relaxed. Then, by applying the proposed adaptive strategy and the idea of adding a power integrator, an adaptive SOSM method is established to finite-time stabilize the sliding variables. The feature of the proposed SOSM method lies in that the gain will vary with the size of the lumped uncertainty so as to avoid the overestimation of the gain. The stability analysis is given based on the finite-time Lyapunov theory. The theoretical results are finally applied to the voltage regulation problem of a Buck converter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article examines the benefits of exploring what the Bible says about human flourishing, as understanding of wellbeing in the Global North, particularly in affluent middle-class Australia, is said to be far removed from a biblical view. It discusses a passage in Deuteronomy suggesting that human flourishing is a consequence of obeying the commandments of God. It also outlines how the idols of self and power shape mainstream human wellbeing in middle-class Australian culture.

The article focuses on the hidden security features of a five dollar Australian bill which include the Federation Star with bright flashes of colour around the edge, the red dots that are machinereadable security feature, and appearance of numeral five around the Federation Pavilion.

The article reports on the action plan initiated by the Australian Plantation Products and Paper Industry Council to improve the industry's environmental activities. The council has released the "Performance, People and Prosperity: Sustainability Action Plan to refine water discharge and minimize greenhouse gases, water usage, and energy consumption in plantations and paper industries. It includes specific targets, measures of performance and a commitment to publicly reporting against 21 broad sustainability issues, including voluntary certification for sustainable practices, avoidance of illegally logged forest products and reduction of chemical use. Rob Lord, the council's chair, explains the significance of the plan in improving the industry's sustainability efforts.

The article offers suggestions on buying and selecting tissue-paper products. Only 5% of the toilet paper consumed in Australia is made from recycled paper and the rest is virgin fibre from plantation or native forests. The author suggests to buy recycled tissue because it saves the most resources from an enviromental point of view. A 2005 study by the New South Wales government found that for every tonne of paper that is recycled, 400 kilogram of greenhouse gas emissions are saved.

This paper reviews the two most significant decisions of the High Court in 2017, which led to the disqualification of several members of the Commonwealth Parliament. Firstly, Re Canavan which applied the terms of s 44(i) strictly to disqualify dual citizens even when their foreign citizenship is acquired unknowingly. Secondly. Re Day (No 2) which revives the government contractor ground in s 44(v) by overturning the narrow approach in In re Webster. Both decisions affirm the important role of the grounds of disqualification to reinforce the obligation of members of parliament to act only in the interests of the nation, and not for their own personal interest. Yet, the disproportionate impact of Re Canavan on members who had no awareness of their foreign citizenship by descent indicates that at least the second limb of s 44(i) should be repealed. Not so s 44(v), the full implications of which have yet to be identified. This paper also urges the amendment of the Common Informers (Parliamentary Disqualifications) Act 1975 (Cth) to give the Court of Disputed Returns the jurisdiction to determine the qualification of members in any common informer action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article warns consumers in Australia that toilet paper has the suspicious honor of having the most number of green claims of its packaging. It has been found that there is an average of five green assertions of the manufacturer for products found in the supermarket. It is observed that manufacturers are loading their products with more and more greenwash claims.

Presents information on literary imposters in Australia. Three books discovered to be by fraudulent authors after winning awards; `My Own Sweet Time,' by the fictional Wanda Koolmatrie and `The Hand That Signed the Paper,' by Helen Demidenko whose real name was Helen Darville; Difficulty of being an artist in Australia; The tradition of tall tales; What impressed judges about the books.

The article offers the author's insights on the 2016 Defence White Paper plan to ensure safety and security in Australia. Topics include the membership of the Five-Eyes community, better relationship with the U.S., and engagement with partners across the Indo-Pacific including Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea.

The article reports that the Australian Department of defense has released Defense White Paper 2013 which outlines the new international setting influencing national security. It discusses several programs in the paper which include replacing the eight Anzac-class frigates, developing the MH-60R Seahawk helicopters and to replace six Huon-class mine vessels. It also mentions that the Royal Thai Navy has chosen Daewoo Ship building and Marine Engineering to build frigates for sea service.

This paper investigates one element of the decision in Mabo v Queensland [No 2] (1992) 175 CLR 1, namely Indigenous languages, and whether there has been a transformational shift in the treatment and recognition of Indigenous languages and language rights post-Mabo. The paper considers how central language was to the success and content of the Mabo decision. It then critically analyses language rights and laws in Australia, and how these rights are met, or otherwise, in Australia. Native title has opened a window for language recognition in some circumstances for some native title holders, which has been transformational in practice for some native title holders and symbolically transformational for Australia. Otherwise the Report card for Australia on respectful treatments and recognition of Indigenous languages is very poor. Case-studies in modern-day discrimination against Indigenous language speakers are presented, in the education system, in consultation about Indigenous-specific government initiates, in voting and in the criminal justice system. This is in contrast to comparable nations such as New Zealand and Canada, and requirements under International treaties that Australia has ratified or committed to. The way forward is not technically elusive given successful precedents world-wide. Overcoming hurdles for recognition partly rest with exposing and firmly rejecting socio-political views that Indigenous languages are problems, and naturally becoming extinct. A first step is to improve the Overcoming Disadvantage framework, which is supported by all governments, so that it includes indicators that monitor progress in overcoming discrimination, including overcoming discrimination against Indigenous language speakers. Such indicators need to be informed by a view that Indigenous languages are precious and empowering resources for Indigenous peoples, and indeed all Australians and all of earth's citizens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the use of carbon neutral copy paper to reduce carbon footprint in offices in Australia. It highlights the launch of Staples Carbon Neutral copy paper that has the potential to remove or offset the equivalent of 71,500 tons of carbon dioxide from the environment in 2012. Also noted are the two primary functions of the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS).

Reports that members of the environmental organization Greenpeace have constructed a tree platform dubbed the “Global Rescue Station.” Protest to save the Syx Valley forest in Tasmania, Australia; Raw material for the paper industry; Trees which the Australian government is hesitant to protect.

The article reports that the Catalytic Hydrothermal Reactor (Cat-HTR™) technology of Australian renewable energy firm Licella has been funded by global investors for the reimagining of pulp and paper industry as biorefineries.

The article offers information on the hazards of using plastic bags in Australia and the initiatives taken to make the world free of the bags. It reports on ignorance by the general public of the environmental toxicity caused by the bags. Australians reportedly use around 4 billion plastic bags in a year and of these, only 2-3% go to recycling bins while rest go to landfill. To produce the 4 billion plastic bags, 784,000 barrels of oil are burnt, adding to damaging greenhouse gas emissions. It mentions ban on the use of plastic bags as the only way to reduce the problem. Many Australian towns have been declared plastic-bag free. Other countries such as China are taking action to get rid of the bags. It discusses eco-friendly alternatives of plastic bags such as paper bag.

The article focuses on teaching shapes and patterns to children and mentions the Pattern Project team, formed to develop young children's pattern awareness in a school in Australia. The team consisted of early years teachers and authors' Helen Thouless, Sue Gifford. It includes the mathematic activities designed by teacher Simon Lewis for his students. Simon designed an activity where the students could stick blocks on a piece of paper to show the pattern.