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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]

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 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.

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 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.

The article discusses issues related to 2013 Defence White Paper which has committed to the Offshore Combatant Vessels (OCV) project in Australia with procurement of an existing Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV). Topics discussed include comparison between the 2013 with that of the 2009 Defence White Paper, which had plans to introduce a class of 20 Offshore Combatant Vessels (OCV) under Project SEA 1180 for ship classes performing patrol duties and oceanographic survey.

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]

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 discusses a defense white paper released by Australia to enhance its defense capabilities in areas such as intelligence, surveillance, cyber defense and weapons. Topics include plan of government of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to raise defense spending; its decision to help the U.S. in the Indo-Pacific region; decision to buy Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft; and its plans to increase the number of submarines and acquire electronic warfare aircraft for support jamming capability.

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.

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 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.

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 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 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.

This paper explores the nature of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), its prevalence among offender populations, and its consequent impact on the Australian criminal justice system. To that end, it will be divided into two major sections. The first encompasses an extensive review of what is currently known about ADHD, including the historical development of the diagnosis, its known aetiology, ADHD and correlates, estimates of its prevalence, its successful treatment, high-level adverse trajectories for sufferers, and associated costs. The second will examine the significant overrepresentation of ADHD sufferers in youth and adult criminal justice populations and highlight the concerning lack of acknowledgment in major Australian criminal justice reviews of the prevalence and impact of ADHD. Finally, a call for action in relation to its strategic diagnosis, early intervention and treatment as a crucial part of an optimal criminal justice crime prevention strategy will be made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a 2016 position paper from CRANAplus, a professional body for the remote and isolated workforce across Australia, that reveals Australia's aging population in remote and isolated areas. Topics include the percentage of Australians aged 65 by 2042, the high representation of Aboriginal and Torrest Strait Islanders in the older population in remote areas in Australia, and the life expectancy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.

In Australia in the 1990s, kids were taught that Australia's multiculturalism was not just official government policy. ASIA Buried in Australia's 202122 federal budget papers, released in May, was a prediction that devastated the million Australians who, like me, live abroad and the millions more at home who love them: The national borders are likely to remain closed until at least mid-2022. [Extracted from the article]

The idea that north Queensland should be a separate State was strongly argued in the Queensland eolonial parliament and during the course of the Constitutional Conventions of the 1890s. Post federation, there have been several petitions calling for areas of existing States, and for the Northern Territory (NT), to become a new State in the federation. One of the issues that has surfaced repeatedly, in the call for creation of new State from an existing State, is what the Constitutional requirements arc for the creation of a new State, and then flowing from that, what process needs to be followed for the change to occur. This paper identifies the Constitutional provisions relevant to the creation of a new State in the Australian federation, and then examines the key issue of the locus of power to 'initiate' the creation of a new State by separation of territory from an existing State. The paper then reviews the history of the failed referenda held in New South Wales (NSW) and the NT for the creation of a new State, and, in light of the those experiences, sketches a possible political and legislative pathway towards the establishment of a new State of North Queensland. Finally, two key points in favour of separation arc argued: (i) that North Queensland has been particularly disenfranchised since federation through centralist power shifting at both the State and Federal levels; and (ii) a failed commitment to the North for it to have its own senators as evidenced in s.7 of the Constitution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a lyrical and poignant dramatisation of translation-loss and the complexities of immigration. Topics discussed include memory of Australia involving raising a milk carton metropolis; gratitude towards such immortals across the ocean who drink milk; and information on documentary called Living on Light.

The article presents information on fossils which reveals that a 50-kilogram kangaroo that lived thousands of years ago in Australia spent most of the time in trees, according to a research paper published in an issue of the "Royal Society Open Science".

The article focuses on the debate of considering psychology as a senior course in the New South Wales (NSW) Science Curriculum. Topics discussed include benefits of psychology include sociocultural and political factors that lead to solving social problems, need for tomorrow's schools to help students to think for themselves and join others, with empathy, in work and citizenship, and Gonski 2.0 paper which laid down the priorities for the future of Australian education.

Land administration and land use planning in Australia are public functions. Each State and Territory has its own unique laws for administering land tenures and regulating the use and enjoyment of land for present and future generations. The extent to which planning systems around Australia take account of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights and interests is woefully inadequate. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are continuing to assert their ongoing presence, connection to and responsibilities for their traditional country. It is inherent in their culture and an integral part of who they are and their wellbeing for present and future generations. The problem is, these realities have barely penetrated the conventional planning systems in Australia.3 However, two significant developments occurred in 2016 that are likely to have longer term implications for integrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights and interests in conventional land use planning. Firstly, the Queensland Parliament passed a new planning statute which includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge, culture and tradition as being an integral part of advancing the purpose of the Act. Secondly, the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) amended its education accreditation policy to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ knowledges as an integral Supporting Knowledge Area for the recognition of Australian planning qualifications. This paper explores what these developments mean for land use planning and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights and interests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the August 2015, September 2015 and October 2015 issues of the periodical "Institute of Public Affairs Review."

The article focuses on the association of employee loyalty and wage growth. It pays attention to a research paper by Nathan Deutscher, a Treasury official in Australia, which found that higher rates of job-hopping in local Australian labour markets were associated with faster wage growth both for workers who switched jobs.

The article focuses on papers and events related to the Social Foundations Program of the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), an Australian public policy research institute, in 2014. Several papers on health and child protection were published by CIS Research Fellow Doctor Jeremy Sammut. Topics discussed include family and welfare policy, cost of childcare, and school funding. Also mentioned are various issues, such as federalism, teacher education, and school autonomy.

Australian governments have purchased large volumes of water from irrigators to decrease the amount of water diverted for agriculture to improve the health of the Murray River. Irrigation entitlements 'bought back' are managed by government agencies and are broadly described as 'environmental water'. The water reform process, the volume of water bought back from irrigators and the objectives and application of environmental water are all contested by irrigators and local communities. This paper provides the first examination of the social acceptability of environmental water in Australia with a case study of Gunbower Island on the Murray River using a survey of local stakeholders. Most respondents visited Gunbower Island regularly, placed a high value on the island and were committed to maintaining the health of the island. Nevertheless, respondents were more likely to exhibit unfavourable judgements about environmental water. Positive judgements were associated with pro-environmental values, belief in the benefits of environmental water and higher levels of trust in the managing agency. Findings provide insights about how the key agency can improve the social acceptability of environmental water in Gunbower Island, including a greater focus on on-ground work as an opportunity to engage local people in learning and action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reviews water policy responses to drought in Australia, focusing on the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) during the two decades from 1997. This period, which includes the decade long Millennium drought, brought a much sharper focus to discussions of scarcity and value of water. The drought initially focused attention on rising salinity and environmental water availability, as action on both was supported by strong science, and resonated politically. The drought became a crisis in 2006. Short-term planning focused on ensuring communities did not run out of water. For the longer term, the national government responded by announcing a major package of reform measures addressing sustainability and underlying scarcity, and recognising climate change. The package strengthened MDB water market infrastructure, upgraded water resource planning and the ability of irrigators to manage their water assets more flexibly, established new sustainable diversion limits and provided funding to ensure the environment received a larger share of basin water resources. But its completeness as a package can be attributed not only to the severity of drought, but also to political leadership, a disrupting strategy in the form of national legislation and a strong national budget that provided financial resources. The drought provided a crisis, but other ingredients were necessary to ensure effective action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the field work assessment done in the Northern Australia after the Federal Government released its White Paper on Developing Northern Australia: Our North, Our Future, in September 2015, outlining plans for economic developments. Topics include views of CSIRO land resources information officer Seonaid Philip about the work done, testing of soil samples such as red basalt and alluvial soils, and groundwater field work conducted across the catchments.

Australia's legal relationship with religious institutions and their corporate enterprises is one of mixed blessings. The High Court unanimously affirmed in Scientology that despite no evidence for the supernatural, there should be no legal impediment to religious leaders obtaining 'the financial and other privileges which come with religious status', even suggesting 'charlatanism is a necessary price of religious freedom'. But is the price too high? Religious trade -- the art of converting public worship into private wealth -- has become a billion-dollar secret cottage industry, falling between the gaps of charitable and corporate legal governance. To achieve greater equity and accountability regarding religious charities and especially their trading entciprises compared to the rest of the corporate and charitable sector, this paper prosecutes the need for a suite of simple blit audacious governance reforms. These legislative reforms establish a nexus between s 116 Religious Freedom and s 51 (xx) constitutional trading corporations as intended by the Australian Constitution and now afforded in the Work Choices ruling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on blue marine economy of Australia. Topics discussed include the book "Rethinking the Oceans: Towards the Blue Economy" of James Alix Michel on climate change, contribution of business turnover of marine industries in the Australian economy and the paper "Marine Nation 2025: Marine Science to Support Australia' s Blue Economy" on development and sustainability related challenges in marine estate such as food security and sovereignty.

The article discusses the important roles of nurse practitioners in the Australian healthcare system along with current and future challenges with the profession. Topics include reference to data on number of endorsed nurse practitioners from the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners, previous acute clinical nurse position of NP candidate Georgiw Waugh as well as ACNP's position paper "Responsive Patient Centred Care: The Economic Value and Potential of Nurse Practitioners in Australia."

An editorial on the release of 2016 White Paper on February 25, 2016 is presented which provides coherent framework for a substantial increase in military spending to boost numbers of ADF and acquire more hardware. Topics discussed include issues related to spending 2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on military expenses, negative reaction of China to increase in Defence spending by Australia, and developing and building of high technology military equipment in Australia.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses papers within the issue, including the growth in free societies in Australia, a geopolitical framework to examine the relationship between Australia and China, and a reflection on the changes in Australia.

The article focuses on a paper published today in the periodical "Nature" in 2015 which shows that Australians can be sustainable without sacrificing lifestyle or economy. Topics include economic growth and environmental impacts can be decoupled in the right circumstances, and key environmental indicators such as greenhouse gas emissions, water stress, and native habitat and biodiversity are projected to more than double, stabilise, or fall across different scenarios to 2050.

The article discusses the growth in the phytochemical studies of plants in Australia, since the Second World War, with an aim of finding new drugs. It states that chemists got actively involved in identifying plant species, however only research papers were being published. It is noted that the database includes plant families, genera, structural formula, molecular formula, accurate mass and Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry Number.

The article presents a reprint of the article "Farming carbon can be a win for wildlife, if the price is right" which appeared in the April 2016 issue of "The Conversation." Topics discussed include according to a paper of the periodical, suitability of natural regeneration for restoring agricultural landscapes forest in Australia, need of identification of growing forests for carbon and biodiversity; and need of less price of carbon for ecosystem.

An excerpt from the article "Managing top predators: culling brings its own set of problems," by Michele Sabto on the website http://www.ecosmagazine.com/?paper=EC14260 in the November 5, 2015 is presented which discusses the management of top predators in Australia such as dingoes, great white sharks, and saltwater crocodiles.

The article reflects on the evolution of the Australian Defence Policy as well as the challenges it faces in the future. Topics discussed include Forward Defence policy, Australia New Zealand and United States (ANZUS) and South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). The 1994 Defence White Paper on Australia's defence policy, and change in the policy after the September 11, 2001 attack are also discussed.