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2. Africa 'Pretty underdone': 2017 Submissions to the DFAT white paper and senate inquiry
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Ware, Helen and Lucas, David
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- 2018
3. Adjusting tertiary mental health education during Covid-19: an Australian experience.
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Rosenberg, Sebastian, Salvador-Carulla, Luis, Strazdins, Lyndall, and Katruss, Natasha
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MENTAL health education ,COVID-19 ,COVID-19 pandemic ,PUBLIC health education ,HEALTH education ,STUDENT health - Abstract
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- 2022
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4. Declining realisation of reproductive intentions with age.
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Beaujouan, Éva, Reimondos, Anna, Gray, Edith, Evans, Ann, and Sobotka, Tomáš
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SOCIAL science research ,MATERNAL age ,PREGNANCY complications ,INTENTION - Abstract
Study Question: What is the likelihood of having a child within 4 years for men and women with strong short-term reproductive intentions, and how is it affected by age?Summary Answer: For women, the likelihood of realising reproductive intentions decreased steeply from age 35: the effect of age was weak and not significant for men.What Is Known Already: Men and women are postponing childbearing until later ages. For women, this trend is associated with a higher risk that childbearing plans will not be realised due to increased levels of infertility and pregnancy complications.Study Design, Size, Duration: This study analyses two waves of the nationally representative Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. The analytical sample interviewed in 2011 included 447 men aged 18-45 and 528 women aged 18-41. These respondents expressed a strong intention to have a child in the next 3 years. We followed them up in 2015 to track whether their reproductive intention was achieved or revised.Participants/materials, Settings, Methods: Multinomial logistic regression is used to account for the three possible outcomes: (i) having a child, (ii) not having a child but still intending to have one in the future and (iii) not having a child and no longer intending to have one. We analyse how age, parity, partnership status, education, perceived ability to conceive, self-rated health, BMI and smoking status are related to realising or changing reproductive intentions.Main Results and the Role Of Chance: Almost two-thirds of men and women realised their strong short-term fertility plans within 4 years. There was a steep age-related decline in realising reproductive intentions for women in their mid- and late-30s, whereas men maintained a relatively high probability of having the child they intended until age 45. Women aged 38-41 who planned to have a child were the most likely to change their plan within 4 years. The probability of realising reproductive intention was highest for married and highly educated men and women and for those with one child.Limitations, Reasons For Caution: Our study cannot separate biological, social and cultural reasons for not realising reproductive intentions. Men and women adjust their intentions in response to their actual circumstances, but also in line with their perceived ability to have a child or under the influence of broader social norms on reproductive age.Wider Implications Of the Findings: Our results give a new perspective on the ability of men and women to realise their reproductive plans in the context of childbearing postponement. They confirm the inequality in the individual consequences of delayed reproduction between men and women. They inform medical practitioners and counsellors about the complex biological, social and normative barriers to reproduction among women at higher childbearing ages.Study Funding/competing Interest(s): This research was partly supported by a Research School of Social Sciences Visiting Fellowship at the Australian National University and an Australian Research Council Discovery Project (DP150104248). Éva Beaujouan's work was partly funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project 'Later Fertility in Europe' (Grant agreement no. P31171-G29). This paper uses unit record data from the HILDA Survey. The HILDA Project was initiated and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) and is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (Melbourne Institute). The findings and views reported in this paper, however, are those of the authors and should not be attributed to either DSS or the Melbourne Institute. The authors have no conflicts of interest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2019
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5. UNSW and the establishment of the Faculty of Military Studies at the Royal Military College, Duntroon: 1965-1968.
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Andrews, Jason David and Connor, James
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MILITARY education ,CONSERVATISM - Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in the establishment of the Faculty of Military Studies (FMS) at the Royal Military College (RMC) at Duntroon between 1965 and 1968. And, in so doing, detail the academic culture and structure of the FMS at its inception in 1968. Design/methodology/approach – Given the small body of literature on the subject, the chronology of events was developed primarily through archival research and interview transcripts, supplemented by correspondence and formal interviews with former academic staff of the FMS (UNSW HREAP A-12-44). Findings – This paper reveals the motivations for, issues encountered, and means by which UNSW’s administration under Sir Philip Baxter were willing and able to work with the Army to establish the FMS. In so doing, it reveals the FMS as a “compromise institution” in which the role of UNSW and the academic staff was to deliver a professional education subordinate to the imperatives of the RMC’s socialization and military training regime. Research limitations/implications – Primary materials were restricted to archived documentation comprised of correspondence and meeting minutes as well as a limited group of witnesses – both willing and able – to provide insight into UNSW and RMC in the mid-1960s. Originality/value – This paper presents an original account of the establishment of the FMS and the role of Sir Philip Baxter and the UNSW administration in pioneering the institutional forbearer of the Australian Defence Force Academy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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6. Studios for sustainability in higher education
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Davila, Federico and Sloan, Thomas
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- 2014
7. Value of collections: a study of Australia's Group of 8 University Libraries.
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Missingham, Roxanne and Zobec, Helena
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ACADEMIC libraries ,LIBRARIES & economics ,RATE of return ,CONTINGENT valuation - Abstract
The article presents a conference paper on research on the Group of 8 (Go8) University libraries in Australia. It cites a report commissioned by Go8 to Outsell led by Vic Eliot, then University of the Australian National University. It offers a history of studies on the value of library services using activity-based costing methodology and benchmarking for process models. It presents research on economic value of libraries using the Return on Investment and Contingent valuation methodologies.
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- 2012
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8. Demonstrating That Continents Had Drifted: Paleomagnetic Measurements at the Australian National University 1952-1964.
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Lilley, F. E. M.
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PALEOMAGNETISM ,RADIOACTIVE decay ,MAGNETIZATION reversal ,GEOLOGY ,EARTH science education - Abstract
Over fifty years ago, the new Department of Geophysics of the Australian National University in Canberra pursued research in paleomagnetism which was to be fundamental to the major developments in Earth Sciences now known as the plate tectonics revolution. In the setting of some then unexplained phenomena such as reversely magnetized rocks, and slightly in advance of fundamental developments in the dating of rocks using radioactive decay schemes of naturally-occurring isotopes, a team led by Edward Irving obtained data for the Australian continent which, accepted and combined with data from Europe and North America, demanded that major continents of the globe had moved relative to each other over geological time. Generally these facts are recognised in histories of science, however such histories usually do not record the local Australian National University setting, which it is intended to describe in this paper. Essential for the paleomagnetic work was the skilled support of a wide range of Australian geologists, who guided collection strategy and supplied oriented samples that had been collected continent-wide. It may also be little appreciated that the first paleomagnetic measurements at the Australian National University were carried out by J. C. Jaeger on samples of Tasmanian dolerite, following work on the same rock by P. M. S. Blackett's group in England. Because these cores were vertical and the magnetization in them approximately vertical, that they were not oriented with regard to horizontal direction was unimportant. Their vertical magnetization gave a forerunner of the continental-drift result. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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9. The Role of Welfare in the Economy of Two Indigenous Communities.
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Daly, Anne and Smith, Diane
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ABORIGINAL Australians ,INDIGENOUS peoples ,PUBLIC welfare ,WELFARE state ,ETHNOLOGY ,ECONOMIC policy ,HUMAN services - Abstract
This paper reports on the results of the first year of a four-year study of the relationship between indigenous' people and the welfare system in two communities: Kuranda in North Queensland and Yuendumu in Central Australia. The work has been conducted by a group of researchers at the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at the Australian National University and partially funded by the Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services. The broad objective of the research has been to document the nature and extent of the relationship between indigenous people and the welfare system and to draw out the implications for family welfare policy and for the delivery of welfare services. A fuller discussion of the methodology and results is available in the monograph "Indigenous Families and the Welfare System: Two Community Case Studies" edited by Diane Smith.
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- 2000
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10. Writing/righting a history of Australian Aboriginal art
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Lowish, Susan
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- 2009
11. Indigenous experiences of higher education - the role of the ANU Tjabal Indigenous Higher Education Centre
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Kruk-Buchowska, Zuzanna and Wood, Asmi
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- 2019
12. Prioritising research funding for cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Australia.
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Grundy, Emily A. C., Kelly, Lauren E., Kneipp, Erica, Clynes, Lucy, Saeri, Alexander K., and Bragge, Peter
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CARDIOVASCULAR diseases ,TYPE 1 diabetes ,TYPE 2 diabetes ,RESEARCH funding ,DIABETES - Abstract
The Targeted Translation Research Accelerator program was created to address cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Australia. To maximise the impact of the considerable investment in this program, a structured prioritisation project was undertaken to determine the highest priority health and medical unmet needs in cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The project was led by Monash University's Behaviour Works Australia in collaboration with Australian National University, Research Australia, and MTPConnect. We conducted an online survey with 318 experts and community representatives to generate a 'long list' of unmet needs for (1) cardiovascular disease; (2) diabetes; and (3) interactions in the pathogenesis of Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. We then convened roundtables of clinical, research, and community leaders to discuss survey results. They prioritised unmet needs against six predefined criteria then discussed results. We present the final priority areas for funding. We demonstrate how a feasible, reproducible, and collaborative prioritisation methodology can be used when designing research funding programs. Such approaches can ensure that funding is directed towards projects that are valuable to the community and reflective of expert opinion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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13. Cosmopolitan Obligation: Australian Engagement with Issues of Aid and Development in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Brown, Nicholas
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BUREAUCRACY ,DEVELOPING countries ,DEVELOPMENT economics ,GREEN Revolution ,CIVIL service positions ,COLD War, 1945-1991 ,RETIREMENT communities - Abstract
In 1960, moving from a series of senior positions in government to the Australian National University, the Australian economist J. G. Crawford took a leading role in shaping official policies of international aid and assistance within the Australian bureaucracy, in association with national and international non-governmental agencies, and in raising awareness of underdevelopment among community-based groups within Australia. Contributing to the consolidation of development economics in Australia, he also navigated between an awareness that "in underdeveloped areas the choices are almost always difficult and often cruel" and a pragmatic approach to issues of hunger, overpopulation, social instability, political conflict and the technical interventions of the "green revolution". This article works out from Crawford's role to assess the institutional, social and cultural networks that supported aspects of Australian engagement with underdevelopment and aid through this period, and through this examination, it accounts for some of the distinctive features of Australian Cold War internationalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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14. The Australian National University's Department of International Relations: the early years.
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Modelski, George
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INTERNATIONAL relations ,INTERNATIONAL relations theory ,20TH century Australian history ,AUSTRALIAN foreign relations, 1945- ,TWENTIETH century ,HIGHER education ,INTELLECTUAL life - Abstract
This article is a contribution to the re-evaluation of the formative years of the emergent international relations discipline. Work on this topic, extensive over the past decade and a half, has overturned a number of the foundational myths of the global discipline, especially regarding the period between the two world wars. The literature on international relations in Australia, slow to reflect this re-evaluation, generally still locates the first important developments in the 1960s, and characterises the scholarship that emerged as predominantly ‘realist’. This study both pushes back the boundaries and challenges the theoretical perspectives used to categorise thinking in Australia at that time. A student of C. A. W. Manning and thus conversant with British ideas of ‘international society’, George Modelski's early exposure to theoretical work in the USA and his endeavours to give his department a strongly regional focus gave his work a richness and multifaceted character not easily captured by the ‘realist–rationalist’ dichotomy. Modelski went on from the Australian National University to become a major figure in international relations in the USA, contributing to the original debates on globalisation and best known for his work on ‘long cycles’ in world politics. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2013
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15. Hans Adolph Buchdahl 1919-2010.
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Melrose, D. B.
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PHYSICISTS -- Biography ,OPTICAL aberrations ,RELATIVITY (Physics) ,REFUGEES - Abstract
Hans Buchdahl, who died in Adelaide on 7 January 2010 at the age of 90, contributed extensively to three fields of theoretical physics: geometric optics, general relativity and thermodynamics. His early work on optical aberration coefficients was motivated by a wartime need; through this work he rejuvenated a field that had been moribund for close to a century. The methods he developed underlie some of the modern analytic and numerical approaches to the design of optical instruments. He contributed to the general theory of relativity during what was known as its 'Golden Age', and he made pedagogic contributions to the discipline of thermodynamics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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16. Australian Year Book of International Law.
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Rothwell, Donald R.
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YEARBOOKS ,INTERNATIONAL law ,PRACTICE of law - Published
- 2019
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17. Embedding partnership policing: what we've learned from the Nexus policing project.
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Wood, Jennifer and Bradley, David
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POLICE ,COMMUNITY policing ,NEXUS rules ,BUSINESS partnerships ,ORGANIZATIONAL change - Abstract
Whilst the principles of 'partnership policing' are commonly espoused, the associated challenges of capability formation, cultural change, and re-shaping modes of accountability within police organisations continue to hinder sustainability efforts. This paper tells the story of what we have learned, through a program titled 'Nexus Policing,' about the requirements for embedding new thinking and practice across ranks and units of a police organisation. The development and implementation of Nexus - managed by Victoria Police and the Australian National University - is examined in the context of an organisational shift from a 'programmatic-' to a 'principles-based' approach to service delivery and partnerships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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18. Linda Le, on writing and not writing
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Barnes, Leslie
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- 2018
19. The Australian Dictionary of Biography: A National Asset
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Langmore, Diane
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- 2008
20. NSW vote counting code could be released after bug discovery.
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Nott, George
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ELECTIONS ,COMPUTER software - Abstract
The article discusses the software error that resulted in a mistake in the count in a 2012 council election in Griffith, New South Wales (NSW) according to researchers from the University of Melbourne and Australian National University (ANU). Topics covered include the reaction of the NSW Electoral Commission on the researchers' findings, the highlights of the research paper released by researchers, and the bugs discovered in different counting software codes used in Australia.
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- 2016
21. Legal Efficiency as Dogma: Neoliberalism, justice and the Australian civil law system.
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KAMPMARK, BINOY
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NEOLIBERALISM , *CIVIL law , *JUSTICE administration , *ACTIONS & defenses (Law) - Abstract
The coupling of justice, efficiency and cost in case management suggests a clear assumption: justice, economy and the smooth running of a process are all elements of the same program within a legal system. The suggestion, expressed in Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009), is typically oriented towards assumptions of systemic behaviour in the name of efficiency. This paper argues that Australian law has moved towards a distinct neoliberal model, reflected by a chronic suspicion of lengthier proceedings. This, it argues, misunderstands the basis of just resolution of proceedings, and neglects the sensible rationale provided in State of Queensland v JL Holdings Pty Ltd (1997) 186 CLR 146. Justice delayed is not always justice denied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
22. GEOFFREY SAWER AND THE ART OF THE ACADEMIC COMMENTATOR: A PRELIMINARY BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
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Coper, Michael
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LAW teachers ,LAW & politics ,LAWYERS ,JUDGES - Abstract
Geoffrey Sawer was the Foundation Professor of Law at The Australian National University, appointed in 1950 at the age of 39. He was a pioneer in the understanding of law in a broader context, especially at the intersection between law and politics, and his fluid and incisive writing has been a major influence on succeeding generations of academics, practitioners and judges. Drawing on Sawer's writings, oral history interviews and private papers, Michael Coper makes an affectionate biographical sketch of this outstanding scholar and warm and genial human being. In particular, he explores how Sawer's scholarship stands up today, when so much has changed in the legal and political landscape; what is enduring and what is transient in a life's work; and what lessons we can draw when we look at law and life through the lens of biography. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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23. Mapping Security Governance: The 'Nexus Policing' Project in Victoria, Australia.
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Wood, Jennifer
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LAW enforcement ,PUBLIC safety ,COMMUNITY policing ,CITIZEN participation in crime prevention - Abstract
Policing scholarship is increasingly concerned with understanding the ways in which non-police institutions and groupings participate in the governance of security. Scholars have focused in particular on the challenges to 'command and control' governance that such institutions reveal in their day-to-day practices. There is however much that scholars do not know about the plurality of actors involved in the governance of security, the mentalities that guide their practices and the mundane ways in which these actors relate to one another in achieving particular outcomes. This paper will report on an Australian Research Council Linkage Project on 'nexus policing' undertaken by Victoria Police in conjunction with the Australian National University. The goal of this project is to link the knowledge and capacities of Victoria Police and non-police agencies and groups in a coordinated approach to delivering increased community safety. To this end, Victoria Police and ANU project team members are jointly undertaking research aimed at mapping security governance arrangements in seven empirical areas including youth safety, the post-release management of sex offenders in community settings, safety on the public transportation system and safety in and around public housing estates. This mapping is designed to generate new ideas about the roles of both police and non-police agencies and groups which will guide the development and implementation of new strategic models for 'nexus' policing arrangements - comprising strategic hubs and connections between people, organisations and their security practices. The purpose of this presentation is to seek feedback on the overall theoretical orientation and methodological approach of the project. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
24. An Experimental Study of Ammonia Receiver Geometries for Dish Concentrators.
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Dunn, Rebecca, Lovegrov, Keith, Burgess, Greg, and Pye, John
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AMMONIA , *ENERGY conversion , *SOLAR energy , *CHEMICAL energy , *GEOMETRY , *MANUFACTURING processes - Abstract
This paper presents experimental evaluation of ammonia receiver geometries with a 9 m² dish concentrator. The experiments involved varying the geometric arrangement of reac-tor tubes in a thermochemical reactor built from a series of tubes arranged in a conical shape inside a cavity receiver. Differences in conical arrangement were found to affect the efficiency of energy conversion. The solar-to-chemical efficiency gain obtained by varying the receiver geometry was up to 7% absolute. From this, it is apparent that geo-metric optimizations are worth pursuing since the resulting efficiency gains are achieved with no increase in costs of manufacture for receivers. The experimental results and methodology can be used when developing receivers for larger dish concentrators, such as the second generation 500 m² dish concentrator developed at the Australian National University. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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25. The SkyMapper Telescope and The Southern Sky Survey.
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S. C. Keller, B. P. Schmidt, M. S. Bessell, P. G. Conroy, P. Francis, A. Granlund, E. Kowald, A. P. Oates, T. Martin-Jones, T. Preston, P. Tisserand, A. Vaccarella, and M. F. Waterson
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TELESCOPES , *ASTRONOMY , *ASTROPHYSICS , *ASTRONOMICAL instruments , *SOUTHERN sky (Astronomy) - Abstract
This paper presents the design and science goals for the SkyMapper telescope. SkyMapper is a 1.3-m telescope featuring a 5.7-square-degree field-of-view Cassegrain imager commissioned for the Australian National University's Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics. It is located at Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia and will see first light in late 2007. The imager possesses 16 384 16 384 0.5-arcsec pixels. The primary scientific goal of the facility is to perform the Southern Sky Survey, a six-colour and multi-epoch (four-hour, one-day, one-week, one-month and one-year sampling) photometric survey of the southerly 2? sr to g ?23 mag. The survey will provide photometry to better than 3? global accuracy and astrometry to better than 50 milliarcsec. Data will be supplied to the community as part of the Virtual Observatory effort. The survey will take five years to complete. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2007
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26. Feminist interventions into international law: A generation on
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Gardam, Judith
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- 2019
27. 2010 Newsletter of the Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora.
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RESEARCH institutes ,CHINESE diaspora - Abstract
The article focuses on the Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora (CSCSD), an academic centre at The Australian National University in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The goals of CSCSD include promoting research on people of Chinese descent in regions such as New Zealand and Australia. The financial assistance from the nonprofit Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange allowed CSCSD to hold a successful international workshop from 28-29 July 2010.
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- 2010
28. 'In my file, I am two different people': Max Gluckman and A.L. Epstein, the Australian National University, and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, 1958–60.
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Gray, Geoffrey
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NATIONAL security - Abstract
Security services in the Cold War introduced an ethos of secrecy, where state persecution of academics without due process could be justified by the imputation of communism. Australian security services viewed the work of social anthropologists as providing a perfect cover for subversive activities among undeveloped peoples. This applied especially to anthropologists seeking to conduct research in the Australian colony of Papua New Guinea. Australian security services surveillance of suspected subversives was assisted by information from MI5 and security services in the African colonies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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29. Short-term Off-river Pumped Hydro Energy Storage to Support 100% Renewable Electricity in Australia's Energy Markets.
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Bin Lu, Blakers, Andrew, Stocks, Matthew, Anderson, Kirsten, and Nadolny, Anna
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ELECTRIC utilities ,ENERGY storage ,GEOGRAPHIC information systems ,RENEWABLE energy sources ,WATER power - Abstract
Pumped hydro energy storage is capable of largescale energy time-shifting and a variety of ancillary services such as frequency regulation and voltage control. Recent studies [1-3] show Australia can build an affordable and secure electricity network with 100% renewable energy, using photovoltaics, wind, existing hydroelectricity and biomass with the support of short-term off-river pumped hydro energy storage (STORES). This article introduces a series of recent studies on STORES at the Australian National University including energy balance modelling of 50-100% renewable electricity in Australia's energy markets, which highlights the significant roles of STORES to support high integration of renewable energy sources, and Geographic Information System-based site searching, through which over 22,000 potential sites across Australia have been identified for the future development of STORES sites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
30. Pacific Collections at the Australian National University Library – Impacts of the Chifley Flood.
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Foley, Thomas
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LIBRARY materials ,FLOODS ,MICROFORMS ,NONBOOK materials - Abstract
The Australian National University (ANU) Library is comprised of five specialist branches. ANU Library collections have been developed over the last 50 years by academics and library staff to support world class research and study at ANU. On Sunday 25 February 2018, flooding inundated the ANU Chifley branch of the ANU Library, resulting in damage to collections related to Australian and general History, Philosophy and Religion as well as some relevant microform resources to Pacific research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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31. News and Notices.
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Cornish, Selwyn
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ECONOMISTS ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
The article discusses various topics related to the Economic Society of Australia. It says that General Council of the Economic Society of Australia honorary secretary Robert Scott died on March 5, 2010. It mentions the gratitude of the periodical "The Economic Record" to the referees who reviewed the submissions in 2010, including Paul Chen, Avi Cohen, and Guay Lim. It adds that the 40th Australian Conference of Economists will be held at the Australian National University on July 11-13, 2011.
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- 2011
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32. Jeffrey W. Bennett.
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COLLEGE teachers ,ENVIRONMENTAL economics - Abstract
The article profiles Jeffrey W. Bennett, professor at the Crawford School of Economics and Government at Australian National University. He pioneered the development of non-market valuation techniques in Australia and internationally. He also made a major contribution to the development of environmental and resource economics nationally. He studied Agricultural Economics at the University of New England, graduating in 1976 with first class honours.
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- 2011
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33. Geochronology in Australia: an overview.
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De Laeter, J.R.
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GEOLOGICAL time scales ,MINES & mineral resources ,GEOLOGICAL maps ,GEOLOGICAL mapping ,CARTOGRAPHY ,NATURAL resources - Abstract
The article focuses on the development of geochronology in Australia. The contribution of Australians have been significant to the development of the geochronological techniques and measurements, ever since scientist E.S. Simpson measured the Uranium-Helium ages of U-rich minerals from the Pilbara in 1911. The expansion of geochronology in Australia was the recognition of its fundamental importance to geological mapping and mineral exploration by the Bureau of Mineral Resources, which supported the geochronological effort at the Australian National University in many ways.
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- 2008
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34. From Science to Heritage: the History of a Wood Collection.
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Dargavel, John, Evans, Philip D., and Dadswell, Gordon
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WOOD ,COLLECTIONS ,COLLECTION & preservation of plant specimens ,FORESTRY education ,TIMBER - Abstract
There is a process by which scientific collections become heritage. The case of a wood collection, or xylarium, at the Australian National University (ANU) is discussed from its start in the Commonwealth Forestry Bureau in 1926, its association with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research/Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation from 1928, its transfer to ANU in 1965, its manifold uses at ANU, and its decline and heritage assessment in 2011. The collection, consisting of 8,400 wood samples, microscope slides, panels and artefacts, was used for teaching forestry students, research into wood anatomy, and for identifying timber. Its future is uncertain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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35. THE SULLIVANS CREEK SCROLLS.
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Vincent, Sam
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FLOODS ,ACADEMIC libraries ,BANKS (Oceanography) ,COLLEGE students - Abstract
The article offers information on the 164.4 millimeters of rain received by the Australian National University (ANU) in Australia from February 24-25, 2018. Sullivans Creek burst its banks, inundating Chifley, the biggest of the five libraries of ANU. The electrical, ventilation, air-conditioning and information technology (IT) systems of Chifley were down, and Hancock Library was being opened in order to accommodate displaced students.
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- 2018
36. Frank John Fenner 1914-2010.
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Boyden, Stephen, Blanden, Robert, and Mims, Cedric
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MICROBIOLOGISTS ,SCIENTISTS ,MYXOMA virus ,HISTORY of smallpox vaccination ,JOHN Curtin School of Medical Research (Canberra, A.C.T.) ,EMPLOYEES - Abstract
Frank Fenner made major contributions to our understanding of viruses through his research on ectromelia and on the co-evolution of the myxoma virus and its rabbit host. Then in later life he applied his formidable administrative skills to promoting the study of the environment as the first Director of the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies at the Australian National University. Fenner was a key member of the World Health Organization team behind the eradication of smallpox. He made a very impressive contribution to the literature in microbiology and his textbooks on virology are used throughout the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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37. Australian Languages Workshop 2009.
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *LANGUAGE conferences , *AUSTRALIAN languages - Abstract
The article focuses on the highlights of the Australian Languages Workshop organised by Doctor Kazuko Obata, co-hosted by the Australian National University held in March 2009. Among the activities held at the event are the presentation of 19 papers, show-and tell events and the launch of a book and a map. About 36 participants reportedly attended this year's event, which is said to be an increase from 26 in 2008.
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- 2009
38. Athelstan Laurence Johnson Beckwith 1930-2010.
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Rae, Ian D.
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SCIENTISTS ,CHEMISTS ,ORGANIC chemistry ,SPECTROMETRY ,BIOGRAPHY (Literary form) - Abstract
Athel Beckwith was an organic chemist whose research was concerned with free radicals, the reactive intermediates that play important roles in many organic chemical reactions. After studies and junior appointments at Australian universities, at Oxford University he worked with W. A. Waters and completed his doctorate at a time when scepticism about the very existence of free radicals was being rolled back by a small group of experimentalists. Returning to Australia, where he occupied chairs at the University of Adelaide and the Australian National University, Beckwith used studies of organic structure and mechanisms, revealed by kinetic methods and electron spin resonance spectroscopy, to become a world leader in this field of chemistry. He was honoured by election to Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science (1973) and the Royal Society of London (1989), by several awards from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, and by membership of the Order of Australia (2004). His extensive travels, often accompanied by his wife Kaye and their children, to work in overseas chemical research laboratories and to give presentations at international meetings, helped him to secure his place in networks at the highest levels of his profession. Several those who studied with him now hold important positions in Australian chemistry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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39. Rodney Warren Rickards 1934-2007.
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Mander, Lewis N. and Bennett, Martin A.
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SCIENTISTS ,CHEMISTS ,ORGANIC synthesis ,BIOGRAPHY (Literary form) - Abstract
Rod Rickards graduated with first class honours from the University of Sydney in 1955 and began his academic career at the University of Manchester in close association with Arthur Birch. In 1966 he returned to Australia to a foundation appointment in the Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University, where he spent the remainder of his career. His research was primarily concerned with the organic and biological chemistry of compounds of medical, biological, agricultural and veterinary importance, and was characterized by an integration of organic synthesis, biomimetic synthesis, structural and stereochemical studies, and biosynthetic studies using isotopically labelled precursors in vivo. His interests ranged widely and included antibiotics, regulatory factors that initiate antibiotic production and control cell differentiation and sexuality in microorganisms, elicitors that communicate between bacteria and plants, mammalian hormones of the prostaglandin group that control many aspects of human physiology, juvenile hormones, which mediate the development and reproductive physiology of higher dipteran insects and the therapeutically active components of Cannabis resin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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40. John Henry Carver 1926-2004.
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Crompton, R. W., Dracoulis, G. D., Lewis, B. R., McCracken, K. G., and Williams, J. S.
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PHYSICISTS ,PHYSICS teachers ,SCIENTISTS ,NUCLEAR research - Abstract
John Henry Carver made distinguished contributions to national and international physics, not only through his research in nuclear physics, atomic and molecular physics, and planetary atmospheric physics, but also as a scientific administrator. His years as the Elder Professor of Physics at the University of Adelaide saw him enter the field of rocket-based atmospheric physics by forging strong links with the nearby Weapons Research Establishment through which he had access to rockets to fly equipment developed in his laboratory and, eventually, to launch a small satellite developed and built by his team. This led to his appointment to the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, which he chaired for the record term of twenty-five years. As an academic administrator he was equally distinguished, serving on numerous boards and committees of the University of Adelaide before moving to Canberra as Director of the Australian National University's Research School of Physical Sciences, a position he held for fifteen years. In addition, he served with distinction on numerous national and international scientific advisory bodies. He was a passionate advocate for his School and his leadership will be long remembered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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41. Comparison and validation of the recent freely available ASTER-GDEM ver1, SRTM ver4.1 and GEODATA DEM-9S ver3 digital elevation models over Australia.
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Hirt, C., Filmer, M.S., and Featherstone, W.E.
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FAULT tolerance (Engineering) ,MINING engineering ,GEOLOGY - Abstract
This study investigates the quality (in terms of elevation accuracy and systematic errors) of three recent publicly available elevation model datasets over Australia: (i) the 9 arc second national GEODATA DEM-9S ver3 from Geoscience Australia and the Australian National University; (ii) the 3 arc second SRTM ver4.1 from CGIAR-CSI; and (iii) the 1 arc second ASTER-GDEM ver1 from NASA/METI. The main features of these datasets are reported from a geodetic point of view. Comparison at about 1 billion locations identifies artefacts (e.g. residual cloud patterns and stripe effects) in ASTER. For DEM-9S, the comparisons against the space-collected SRTM and ASTER models demonstrate that signal omission (due to the ∼270 m spacing) may cause errors of the order of 100-200 m in some rugged areas of Australia. Based on a set of geodetic ground control points over Western Australia, the vertical accuracy of DEM-9S is ∼9 m, SRTM ∼6 m and ASTER ∼15 m. However, these values vary as a function of the terrain type and shape. Thus, CGIAR-CSI SRTM ver4.1 may represent a viable alternative to DEM-9S for some applications. While ASTER GDEM has an unprecedented horizontal resolution of ∼30 m, systematic errors present in this research-grade version of the ASTER GDEM ver1 will impede its immediate use for some applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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42. Dwarf Cosmology with the Stromlo Missing Satellites Survey.
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Jerjen, Helmut
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DARK matter ,ASTRONOMICAL models ,ASTRONOMICAL instruments ,ASTROPHYSICS ,ASTRONOMICAL observations ,HALOS (Meteorology) ,TELESCOPES ,GEOPHYSICAL surveys - Abstract
The standard Lambda Cold Dark Matter model is considered to be a triumph of theoretical astrophysics but observations of the Milky Way and its system of satellite galaxies irresistibly signal that theory is incomplete on galactic and subgalactic scales. The Stromlo Missing Satellites (SMS) Survey is a critical endeavor to investigate at what level predictions of CDM cosmology are consistent with the observed matter distribution in the Milky Way halo. It will be the deepest, most extended search for optically elusive satellite galaxies to date, covering 20 000 square degrees of sky. The international SMS Survey collaboration will exploit 150 TB of CCD images in six filters acquired by the new SkyMapper telescope of the Australian National University over the next five years, expecting on completion photometric limits 0.5-1.0 mag fainter than the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The primary objective of the program is to characterise the baryonic and dark matter components of a complete sample of MW satellites in the Southern hemisphere to provide stringent observational constraints for improving our understanding of how the Milky Way formed and what physical processes governed galaxy formation and evolution in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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43. Development of basic medical sciences in a new medical school with an integrated curriculum: The ANU experience.
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Gatenby, Paul A. and Martin, Rosemary
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MEDICAL science education ,INTERDISCIPLINARY education ,MEDICAL school curriculum ,CURRICULUM planning ,PROBLEM-based learning ,EDUCATIONAL accreditation ,MEDICAL school accreditation ,STUDENT evaluation of curriculum - Abstract
Background: The development of a basic medical science curriculum in a new medical school with a problem-based focus in Australia has been subject to a number of constraints. We describe the process and early evaluation. Aim: To describe the development of a basic medical science curriculum in an Australian medical school with a problem-based curriculum. Methods: We describe the process we used for curriculum development and the benefits and constraints that arose from pre-existing strong biomedical science on the Australian National University (ANU) campus. We outline methods we used to inform our curriculum content and report on accreditation and early internal evaluation. Results: Australian medical schools design their curriculum within a relatively restrictive framework put forward by a national accreditation system. The curriculum achieved accreditation from the external accrediting agency, but early student evaluation has been mixed. Conclusion: Although our internal faculty evaluation and external review by the accrediting agency has supported the view that this aspect of the curriculum has performed reasonably well, student feedback is mixed and further evaluation is needed and adjustments probably warranted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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44. Moving Science: Susan Kippax and the Politics of Knowledge.
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Race, Kane
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HUMAN sexuality ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,SOCIAL science research ,BEHAVIOR ,PRACTICE (Philosophy) ,AGITATION (Psychology) - Abstract
The author shares his thoughts on the discussion of author Susan Kippax on sexuality in a conference held at the Australian National University in 1993. He cites that according to Kippax, sex is not a behavior but a practice and that there is no such thing as sexual behavior. She believes that sex cannot be extracted from contexts, isolated, and fixed in individuals. According to her, sex is embedded in historical contexts, relations, and encounters. The author has understood why the speaker has come up with such concept on sex. However, Kippax's concept of sex has created agitation among other researchers who consider sex as a behavior.
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- 2008
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45. J.W. Davidson and Western Samoa University politics and the travails of a Constitutional Adviser.
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Munro, Doug
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COLLEGE teachers - Abstract
J.W. Davidson, the foundation Professor of Pacific History at the Australian National University (1950-73) is best remembered as the scholar-activist who championed the cause of indigenous self-determination in the Pacific. His most important assignment involved being the Samoans' Constitutional Adviser in the run-up to independance (1959-61), and much of his later reputation rests on his book recounting the experience. What is not realised is that Davidson faced considerable obstruction from his Vice-Chancellor, who attached little importance to such work. When demands for Davidson's services in Western Samoa kept escalating, the University handed the problem to Sir John Crawford, the Director-Elect of the Research School of Pacific Studies. Instead of siding with the University, Crawford acted decisively on Davidson's behalf. Inexplicably, Crawford failed to go one step further and develope a policy covering the outside earnings of ANU academics - a problem that had just been highlighted by the Davidson affair. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2000
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46. A capital idea for learning.
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Hinde, Julia
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UNIVERSITY & college finance - Abstract
Discusses the issue of funding at the Australian National University (ANU) in Australia. Details on the academic structure of the university; Information on the research green paper; Views of ANU Vice-Chancellor Deane Terrell on the issue.
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- 1999
47. Rory Medcalf.
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Medcalf, Rory
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AUSTRALIAN foreign relations ,TERRORISM ,NATIONAL security ,MILITARY policy - Abstract
The article presents the author's perspective on an essay by James Brown titled "Firing Line." Topics include the need for Australia to review its foreign and defense policies in relation to terrorism and interstate security, the necessity of considering national interest when it comes to war-and-peace decisions, and the role of institutions like the Australian National University (ANU) and the National Security College in enhancing the knowledge of the politicians on security.
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- 2016
48. Indonesia Update 2009 Democracy in practice: campaigns, parties and parliaments.
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Forward, KarinaBontes
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations ,VOTING - Abstract
The annual Indonesia Update Conference, now in its 27th year, was held at the Australian National University on 9-10 October 2009. It attracted an audience of well over 300 people from academia, government, non-government organisations and business. The conference was convened by Edward Aspinall and Marcus Mietzner of the ANU and featured speakers and discussants from Australia, Indonesia and the US. As the conference theme suggests, 2009 was 'the year of voting frequently' for Indonesia, with elections for parliaments and heads of government at all levels, culminating in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's re-election in July. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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49. Attitudes, opinions, surveys.
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Allison, Sheila
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SOCIAL surveys ,LIBERALISM ,LGBTQ+ families ,CHILDREN'S allowances ,CHILD rearing - Abstract
This article deals with results of surveys on various social issues in 2005. Australians have an increasingly liberal outlook, according to a survey conducted by Australian National University and analysed by Australian university researchers. It found that 65 percent of 18-34-year-olds regarded same-sex couples with children as families, compared with 14 percent of those aged over 65. According to research by Nickelodeon Australia, Australian kids are pocket money rich but time poor.
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- 2005
50. Bookmark.
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Floyd, Bianca P.
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INTERNET industry ,INFORMATION technology - Abstract
Focuses on T. Matthew Ciolek, who directs Internet publications for the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University in Canberra, and his views on the Internet. Some of the on-line resources he has developed and maintained; His worries over the current glut of unreliable and poorly organized information on line; How he believes the problems with information on the Internet could be corrected.
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- 1999
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