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OBJECTIVE: This article reports on a study of older employees of a large public service organisation and examines their experiences of employment and their intentions to retire. METHODS: This study collected qualitative data through focus group interviews with 42 participants. RESULTS: Key themes derived from data analysis with regard to influences on retirement intentions included: personal, organizational and legislative influences. CONCLUSIONS: The study concludes that organisations can retain their older workers longer if they provide sufficient support, the work offered is satisfying, and part-time work is available. Regular review of employees' performance and satisfaction is required to maximize the productivity and retention of older workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article informs about the collaboration of the Department of Education and Child Development (DECD) and the SA Secondary Principals' Association (SASPA) in South Australia. It mentions that SASPA was been authorized by thet Teaching and Learning Services section of Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD). It further mentions that various researches has been conducted by Pam Cashen, a retired SASPA member.

The article reports on the release of Regulatory Impact Statement and draft of the Public Benefit Test by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Queensland. Such paper proposed the imposition of changes to the regulation of environmental activities and provides the main legislative tool in managing activities that cause pollution to the environment including industrial, mining, waste management, electric and water suppliers. It states that the proposed amendments, on the basis of the risk of point source pollution, include the move to full cost recovery for the regulation of environmental activities through the increase in licence fees, and the use of Environmental Emission Profiles in determining licence fees. Discussed are the details of the scheme.

This article discusses the cases of three integrity agencies in one Australian jurisdiction and the means by which control is exercised and autonomy guaranteed. Integrity agencies include audit and ombudsman offices that have checking and vetting responsibilities over other parts of the administrative system. From the cases studied, it was evident that legislative arrangements were formally designed to provide considerable protections for the operational autonomy of all three integrity agencies, but that government control was primarily exercised through the appropriation of agency funds via parliamentary mechanisms. The cases also revealed that control can be, perhaps, more political and unpredictable when the government of the day dominates the parliament and its role in budget appropriation. What also emerged was the importance of other controls such as professional codes of conduct and the significance of securing ‘real’ autonomy with the development of the reputation, esteem and professional linkages by the integrity agencies themselves. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers news updates related to veterinary medicine in Australia. The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) has conducted a survey from registered veterinarians over the Hendra virus vaccine for horses. The Australian government has responded to AVA's recommendations into Bill Farmer's independent review of live animal exports. The veterinary industry has celebrated the Veterinary Nurses Day on October 14, 2011.

Social capital among close friends is the norms of trust and reciprocity shared by a group of friends within multi-stranded networks. This research investigated the factors that contribute to the levels of friendship social capital. It also analyzed whether friendship social capital was associated with participation in voluntary associations and whether those who reported high levels of social capital with their friends also reported higher levels of generalized trust in the wider society. Through an online survey of young Australian residents aged 16 to 25 (N=283) closed networks were found to be associated with very high levels of social capital among friends. Further, those with very high levels of friendship social capital were more likely to participate in organized groups and to report high levels of generalized social capital than those with lower levels of friendship social capital. Thus, promoting friendship networks of young people could benefit society more broadly by fostering participation in voluntary activities and generalized social capital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers news briefs related to animal health in Australia. The Australian Animal Welfare Strategy (AAWS) has brought together a full range of organisations towards collaborative effort to improve animal welfare in Australia. The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) has formed a taskforce to discuss issues, generate action plans, and coordinate responses in the different parts of the organisation.

The article presents the author's reflections on the Australia and New Zealand Third Sector Research (ANZTSR) history in Australia. The author states that the ANZTSR created a vibrant and productive community of scholars and the formation of the organization provided support for several major national research projects in the country. It notes that ANZTSR have become a vital force for the promulgation of cross disciplinary research in the third sector.

The article presents abstracts on health care in Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine which include the creation of Climate and Health Alliance to address climate change as health issue to humankind, the possible connection between restricting alcohol and sexually transmitted infection (STI), and the strategy of Public Health Physician Leadership to enhance health care for Torres Strait Islanders and aboriginals.

The article presents a greeting for the 30th anniversary celebration of the Association for Tertiary Education Management (ATEM) in 2006. ATEM is the preeminent professional body in Australasia for tertiary education administrators and managers. It is established in 1976 as the Australasian Institute of Tertiary Education Administrators. 2006 represents the 28th year that ATEM has produced its own scholarly journal. The journal's aim is to continue to be perceived as an important benefit of ATEM membership.

The article discusses various developments related to the Australian Veterinary Association (ASA), Australia. As stated, veterinarian Onn Ben-David received the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to veterinary science and animal welfare. The AVA launched its new website in July 2010 which provides online information for veterinarians and its members. The article also presents the views of AVA president Barry Smyth regarding the situation of feral animals in Australia.

Provides an overview of the workshop of the Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA) in May 2005. Position paper gathered during the workshop; Areas identified as a focus for the future of the ASTA; Pressures faced by the ASTA.

The article reports on the rising cases of Hendra virus infection in horses in Australia and its spread to humans. Veterinarians Alister Rodgers and Ben Cunneen have died due to the infection. The first case of Hendra infection was confirmed in a horse on August 10, 2009 and on September 9, 2009, another equine case was confirmed. As stated, an important role for the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) during the crisis was offering assistance to the veterinarians and their families.

This study is an exploratory examination of the projected sustainability of more than 100 projects funded by the Australian government. Using data collected by the body that evaluated the projects and data from a government database, it examines the predictors of various forms of sustainability. Findings show that some two thirds of the project leaders who expected their programs to continue after the expiration of the initial funding expected them to continue with the same activities and target population; almost half envisioned them diversifying to new activities, target groups, or locations. Auspice organization involvement increased the expectation that the project would be continued, project effectiveness decreased that expectation, and diversity of initial funding became less important as other sources of support and sustainability were taken into consideration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article focuses on a study which explores individual approaches to career and employability conducted by a private outplacement firm in Australia. As per the study, the data were collected through interviewing several people who undergoes career transition program. The study used a qualitative approach for coding and analysis of the data by using NVivo, a software program. The study concludes that career patterns shift from traditional careers. The study further suggests that organizations and persons need to developed attitudes and behaviors which support employment.

The article discusses the accomplishments of the Australian Film Institute (AFI) for the past fifty years as of the year 2009. It mentions that the AFI cultivated its history towards a national, cultural agenda. It notes that the organisation holds annual awards which foster the Australian screen industries and reward filmmakers and those involved in filmmaking. It cites that the AFI also maintains a research and information library which stores cultural treasures. It also discusses the AFI's marketing of independent films and its new roles in the Australian film industry.

The article discusses the developments of the Australian Film Institute (AFI) in Australia in 1990s and 2000s. It mentions that AFI Distribution headed by manager Sandra Sdraulig played a major role in the distribution of short films as AFI took over the market created by the advent of sell-thru video. It mentions that AFI underwent re-branding in 2000 but continued its mission to foster engagement between the screen industries and the Australian community. It cites that AFI Fellowship indicated its start of increased private support.

The article discusses the developments of the Australian Film Institute (AFI) in 1980s. It mentions that AFI executive director Kathleen Norris, who was based in Sydney, New South Wales, expanded the presence of the AFI when she opened an office in the city. It notes that AFI started an ambitious publications program and worked with Oxford University Press to publish the book "Australian Film 1900-1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production," by Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper. It cites that in 1986 the AFI and the Sydney Filmmakers Co-op merged.

The article focuses on the effort of the Australian Film Institute to promote the growth of different film cultures and remain afloat in Australia. It mentions that AFI reduced its activities, however, it has not left its aspirations to do more in screen culture. It notes that AFI is well positioned to transfer support to the film culture of the country, but it need all sectors of the industry to pull together and support screen culture to widen the development of audiences. It cites that the Australian screen culture and the AFI are not the same but they are inseparable.

Provides information on environmental organization Web sites in Australia. Website of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Fisheries; Independent Fisheries Scientific Committee of the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries Fisheries; Index to Australian Desert Fisheries.

Reports that the Chief Executive of the Energy Supply Association of Australia, Brad Page, welcomed the greenhouse gas abatement aspects of the Federal Government's energy White Paper. Move by the government to broaden the policy measures to address greenhouse abatement; Call on the states and territories to work with the Australian government on its Low Emission Technology Fund.

This essay analyses Australian-led statebuilding efforts in Solomon Islands, through the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI). RAMSI has often been offered as a successful example of statebuilding worthy of international consideration. Here, some of the limitations of the RAMSI mission and its progress in rebuilding the 'failed' South Pacific state will be carefully assessed. Despite significant short-term statebuilding successes in restoring security and stabilizing the economy, RAMSI faces long-term challenges centred on the complex politics of political community-building. As an example of 'best practice' statebuilding, RAMSI highlights the complexities involved with the two-level game of international intervention: the (conflicting) challenge of reconciling the need to respect sovereign sensitivities with the need to undertake robust political engagement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the disparity between real and imagined environment in organic farming and gardening in Australia during 1940s and early 1950s. It investigates the ideal soil environment imagined by organic growers, which revolved around fertile, humus-rich soil. The author will also present her perception that contrasts the ideal soil environment with the actual physical environment encountered by these organic growers. She also considers newsletters and brochures produced by the Australian Organic Farming and Gardening Society of New South Wales, Victorian Compost Society, and Living Soil Association of Tasmania.

The article focuses on the history of La Boite Theatre Company in Australia. Formerly known as Brisbane Repertory Theatre Society, La Boite Theatre which was founded by Barbara Sisley has remained in the theatrical activity since 1925 and has transitioned in 1976 to pro-amateur theatre and in 1993 to a fully professional company. It elaborates how La Boite has progressed considering the setbacks and the unstable times it experienced.

This article proceeds through a case study of commemorative rhetoric in a British settler state, Australia, and in a provincial capital, Brisbane, whose dominant commemorative group, the Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (ADCC), had claims to have invented the national memorial rituals for the principal day of remembrance. It briefly surveys the broader Australian commemorative background, then explores the control of Anzac Day in Brisbane, focusing on accommodations and alliances between political, civil and religious leaders and the principal returned soldiers' organization, the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia (RSSILA) on the ADCC, in Anzac Day activities, and in Anzac Day rhetoric. The article suggests that the theme of 'triumphalism' has been underplayed in analysis of interwar commemorative rhetoric in Australia, and that cooperation, accommodation and alliance were more typical of interwar commemoration than contest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Rationale: Action myoclonus renal failure (AMRF) syndrome is a lethal inherited form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy associated with renal failure. It typically presents at 15 – 25 years with neurological symptoms (tremor, action myoclonus, seizures and later ataxia), or proteinuria evolving into renal failure requiring dialysis or transplantation. The autosomal recessive gene defect underlying AMRF was unknown and the lack of large pedigrees and lethality of the disorder precluded a conventional mapping strategy. Methods: We studied three Australian patients and their families: case A of Turkish-Cypriot origin whose parents were first cousins, and cases B and C whose ancestors came from different regions of Britain and no inbreeding loops were known for either family. Using SNP chips and a novel mapping strategy, homozygosity mapping of a known consanguineous case was conducted and then combined with analysis of affected and unaffected siblings in the other families. Results: Homozygosity mapping using all three cases identified a 5.3 cM critical region on chromosome 4 and a second 3.0 cM region on chromosome 20. Microsatellite analysis in these regions excluded the chromosome 20 locus and leaving the chromosome 4 locus as the region of interest. Microarray expression analysis of the two living AMRF patients and their unaffected same sex siblings as controls identified a lysosomal protein as the likely candidate. Sequencing revealed mutations predicted to truncate the protein in all three patients and a subsequent family. Western blotting showed absent expression of this lysosomal membrane protein in lymphocytes. Conclusions: Using only 3 affected individuals, we have identified the gene for this rare form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy. This will allow for earlier diagnosis of this condition and provides new insights into the biology of this disorder. This work was supported by a grant from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the study which offers observation on higher education in Australia by the Association of University Administrators (AUA). It focuses on the variable student fees funded against student loan, internationalization as a response to the globalizing trends in higher education, and Australian educational governance.

We examine Australia's 56 community-based regional NRM boards of management with responsibilities for delivery of two major national programs: Natural Heritage Trust Extension (NHT2) and National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP). The construct of community-based boards, as a lynchpin in the institutional model, has received little attention. Existing literature largely examines boards as individual case studies or in a cursory way within the broader regional arrangements: this article explicitly examines boards, and their current form and function. A SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis is used to examine the efficacy of boards as key agents of regional NRM planning and implementation. The work concludes that the people who comprise the regional system are constrained in performing changing and increasingly onerous roles with uncertain resourcing, and some regional actors are marginalised from decision-making. It identifies a need for governments to streamline program administration, introduce greater clarity and consistency in bilateral agreements, moderate regional responsibilities, enable regional flexibility, support effective capacity building measures and ensure consistent resourcing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It has been argued that the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) not only has a mandate, but also an important role to play in influencing social debates for the benefit of the users of social services and, further, that as a professional association, it is ideally positioned to do so. However, the AASW has been criticised for failing to meet this mandate and have any lasting impact on the formulation of social policy. In the present article, the author considers the process by which the AASW engages in social policy debates and speculates on the historical, cultural, and structural factors that may impede its ability to do so. From this analysis, strategies are suggested for the AASW to increase its impact on the formulation of social policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article outlines the views of the Australian Special Education Principals' Association (ASEPA) on inclusion and the impact this is having on Australian Government Schools from a school based perspective. ASEPA is a relatively young association and was formed in 1997 out of the need to put forward the case to support students with special needs and disabilities nationally, due to the inability of the other peak educational bodies to adequately cover the special education area, while covering so many other areas relevant to the day to day operations of schools. Meeting the needs of special needs and disability students is the core business of ASEPA. Fiona Forbes, ASEPA's Vice President, covers areas such as parental choice, schools and their ability to meet the needs of students with special needs and disabilities, teacher training and the type of schools needed in the future to further develop effective programmes for ‘all’ students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A survey of organizers in 13 Australian unions indicates that, while progress appears to have been made towards more 'organizing' approaches to their work, much remains to be done. Few resources are devoted to 'growth' and organizers still spend a relatively large amount of their time on grievance resolution and a relatively small amount of their time on developing delegate infrastructure. They encounter a variety of obstacles. However, there are some advantages in recruiting former community or student activists. A key role is shown for union leadership in assisting organizers to undertake their demanding work in a changing context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Beginning with a general contextual analysis of the cultural politics of ‘nature’ in Australia's Kakadu National Park and culminating in an analysis of the ways in which two interpretative centres contribute to the discursive production of the Park, this article is concerned with how differently constructed notions of ‘nature’ converge and conflict in the production of place. It examines the tensions and interplay between settler Australian understandings of Kakadu National Park based on what are perceived to be its natural and cultural heritage values, and the efforts made by Bininj/Mungguy to encourage the understanding of the Park as an Aboriginal place. By drawing out the tensions between a discourse of universal nature and the production of an overtly socialized local nature by Bininj/Mungguy, the article explores how different kinds of nature are constructed and contested in a particular place based context. By politicising the public representations made of ‘nature’ in the joint management of Kakadu National Park, this article reveals a site of discursive struggle where the established norms of the national park institution work to naturalize place, paralyse politics and entrench the dominant order of things. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: The present study aims to review current available data that describe the dietetics workforce in Australia. Design: A literature search was conducted using CIHNAL and hand searches. Following this, a review of the current available dietetics workforce data was conducted. Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) membership data were analysed. Subjects and setting: Sources of workforce data included: the Australian Bureau of Statistics Census data, DAA membership database, state health department and national workforce reports, reports by allied health organisations and independent research. Main outcome measures: Descriptive data profiling the Australian dietetic workforce and employment trends. Statistical analysis: A descriptive analysis of DAA membership data was undertaken. The DAA membership data were mapped by postcode with the Australian Standard Geographical Classification for remoteness. Counts and proportions were used to summarise and compare available data. Results: There has been a growth and diversity of the dietetics profession in Australia in recent years, despite a lower proportion of qualified dietitians working as dietitians. The dietetic workforce is relatively young, predominantly female and unevenly distributed across the country. The available data are complex and difficult to interpret. Conclusions: The present review of currently available dietetic workforce data provides a profile of the dietetics profession in Australia. Further workforce data are required in order to adequately describe the dietetics workforce in Australia and to determine future needs for the profession. National monitoring and systematic workforce data collection are urgently required. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nonprofit organizations are said to play important roles in the reproduction of social capital, although research suggests that some types of nonprofits add more to stocks of social capital than others and that they vary in the types of social capital they reproduce. Such findings typically come from surveys of individuals or households, as opposed to surveys of nonprofits themselves. In this research article, we draw on a survey of a sample of Australian nonprofit organizations to demonstrate a method of empirically testing some of the ways that nonprofit organizations are said to reproduce social capital and to assess differences in any contributions by important organizational characteristics such as industry or primary beneficiary. We aim to show how surveys of organizations might add to our understanding of the contribution of nonprofits to stocks of social capital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The relationship between organisational values and performance management systems and the influence this relationship has on an employee's job satisfaction and commitment was investigated surveying 325 employees from an Australian public service organisation. Respondents were classified into four main value types – Collegial, Meritocratic, Leadership and Elite, according to a typological theory of organisational values. Factor analysis of the performance management items revealed two core dimensions – compensation and developing an individual. Using identified value types and factor scores, the notion of congruency was developed. Independent group's t-test identified significant differences in value– human resource management congruency and organisational commitment. The implications of these findings are that organisational values are an important organising principle (among others, such as organisation size, industry type, and competitive strategy) in the designing of human resource management policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Australian Women's National League was founded in response to the gaining of the federal franchise by Australian women. It founders were conservative elite women whose politics were anti-democratic, laissez faire and opposed to the public exercise of women's citizenship. The League's interaction with democracy proved to be mutually constitutive. The League's crude anti-socialist ideology and its capacity for electoral organisation gave the AWNL an impact on the content and conduct of Australian democracy which far exceeded that made by other groupings of political women. And the League's platforms and programmes slowly broadened to include state action in progressive and even feminist causes. But its continuing refusal to endorse a public role for political women limited the League's ability to appeal to a new generation of progressive women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the 2001 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report numerous studies of processes and species associated with regional temperature change were listed for the Northern Hemisphere (107 in North America, 458 in Europe, and 14 in Asia), but only a handful of studies for the Southern Hemisphere and, sadly, none for Australia were included. This article looks at the progress that Australia has made in addressing these knowledge gaps during the last three years. The article highlights the need for a national approach to the study of the associations between climate change and natural systems and suggests ways in which this could be achieved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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How significant was the role of the Liberal party in dismantling the White Australia Policy? Contrary to recent politicised claims and counter-claims, the answer is not a simple one. The party began well, in the wake of Labor's clumsiness on immigration in the 1940s, but courageous exceptions to the rule during the 1950s were also undermined by enduring timidity. Pressure from concerned opinion, both inside and outside Australia, was making itself felt by the early 1960s, but it took Robert Menzies' retirement and concerted efforts by Peter Hey don, Hubert Opperman and the new Prime Minister Harold Holt to amend policy to provide a more significant number of non-Europeans admission to Australia. The ideal of racial homogeneity died slowly for some, however, and it was left to the Whitlam Labor Government to sweep away what remained of the White Australia Policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents the Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine's Position Statement No. 5 for Orthogeriatric Care, Revised for 2005. Applicability of orthogeriatric care; Scope of orthogeriatric care; Key research studies.

Abstract The National Heart Foundation of Australia recognizes that the risk of lethal arrhythmias is greater very early after the onset of myocardial infarction and that the more promptly flow can be restored in the infarct-related artery the greater will be the benefits for survival and preservation of heart function. The Heart Foundation has therefore conducted several public media campaigns to encourage patients to seek help more promptly and evaluated their impact. Since 1996, we have conducted four surveys of delays preceding admission of patients to coronary care units throughout Australia to assess the impact of the Heart Foundation's media campaigns. Data were collected on 1665 patients who presented to 73 hospitals; information on patient delay was available for 1178 of them. There were no significant differences in patient delay (median 1.5–2.0 h) in the four surveys from 1996 to 2002, nor when patients were categorized by age, sex, presenting diagnosis or history of previous myocardial infarction or coronary revascularization by percutaneous or surgical techniques. New approaches are needed to reduce patient-related delay after the onset of symptoms suggesting possible myocardial infarction. (Intern Med J 2005; 35: 279–282) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents the recommendations from the Australian Society for Geriatric Medicine on the immunization of older people in Australia. People who are qualified to receive the influenza vaccine; Recommended dosage of tetanus vaccine; Methods for improving the use of vaccines in older people.

The article presents information on the commission for the National Museum of Australia which was won in a competitive process by Ashton Raggatt McDougall and Robert Peck von Hartel Trethowan, architects in association, with a design team led by Howard Raggatt. The building was completed on time and within its tight budget, and opened in March 2001. It is located in Canberra, the Australian national capital, as famously planned and laid out by Walter Burley Griffin. The site itself is Acton Peninsula, which protrudes into Lake Burley Griffin within sight of the national parliament building, and the various other sober monumental buildings which make up this most institutional of cities.

This article reports on the operation of the Pintupi Anmatyerre Warlpiri radio network, established by the Warlpiri Media Association in the north-west of Central Australia in late 2001. It traces the history out of which the network emerged and considers the distinctive approach taken to broadcasting by a group of young Warlpiri women. In exploring the on-air invocation of particular forms of social relations, I argue that radio has come to play an important role in facilitating expressions of Warlpiri sociality across an expanding social field. At once a driver of social transformation and the transcendence of localism, as well as the glue that might bind people to each other in a changing world, the activity occurring around the Warlpiri Media Association provides a window onto the multiple challenges and choices faced by Warlpiri people in the present. This article is most particularly interested in how Warlpiri youth are negotiating these challenges and choices. The final section considers whether this new radio network might be understood in terms of the emergence of a new public sphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Explores the relationship between governments and selected voluntary organizations involved in British migration to Australia and Canada from the 1980s to World War II. Impact of the religious philosophy of salvation and social redemption of the Salvation Army on its immigration practices; Promotion of juvenile migration; Effect of the economic condition in Great Britain on immigration.

Regional labour councils have been involved in building labour–community coalitions. The case study of the South Coast Labour Council demonstrates that a regional labour council can engage in a broader make–up of lobbying partners than is generally recognised in the literature, which includes labour–community coalitions that are not geographically, politically or socially close. The South Coast Labour Council did not focus on employer opposition, as is usually the case with building labour–community coalitions, but rather, it focused on lobbying farmers to increase pressure on government officials for the siting of a grain terminal in Port Kembla, near Wollongong in the Illawarra region of NSW. It pursued broader aims of labour–community coalitions to include local employment generation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]