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Climate Change in the Northern Territory

  • Author(s): Hennessy, K., C. Page, K. McInnes, K. Walsh, B. Pittock, J. Bathols, R. Suppiah
  • Published: 2004
  • Publisher: CSIRO

This report presents results of a project undertaken by CSIRO for the Northern Territory Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment to assess observed and projected climate change over the Territory, as well as potential impacts and knowledge gaps. This assessment draws upon the latest findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published in…

Indigenous/Traditional Knowledge & Intellectual Property

  • Author(s): Anderson, Jane E.
  • Published: 2010
  • Publisher: Centre for the Study of the Public Domain, Duke University School of Law

The relationship between indigenous/traditional knowledge and intellectual property law is a complicated contemporary legal problem. Questions around indigenous knowledge protection present issues unlike any other that intellectual property law has had to consider. Indigenous peoples’ concerns include legal questions involving copyright, patents, trademarks, designs and/or confidential information. They also raise issues that are not always…

Climate change impacts

  • Author(s): Hennessy, Kevin
  • Published: 2011
  • Publisher: CSIRO Publishing

The impacts of climate change are already clearly visible in Australia. Further impacts predicted to occur in the future will be experienced across all sectors of the economy and in all ecosystems. Southern and eastern Australia’s water supply reliability is expected to decline as a result of reduced rainfall and increased evaporation, affecting irrigation, domestic…

Land management for emissions offsets on Indigenous lands

  • Author(s): Heckbert, S. , Davies, J. , Cook, G. , McIvor, J. , Bastin, G. , Liedloff, A.
  • Published: 2008
  • Publisher: CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems

This report describes research on the possible generation of greenhouse gas offsets derived from Indigenous land management. Land management practices can sequester carbon or change emissions regimes, and with access to markets, a change in carbon stocks or emissions may be sold as an offset. Biophysical, economic, and institutional conditions set limits to these possibilities….

The Aboriginal Practitioner as Communication Mediator in Intercultural Bureaucratic Encounters

  • Author(s): Firkins, Arthur S
  • Published: 2011
  • Publisher: Ninti One Limited

Governments in Australia have deployed Aboriginal specific positions within government departments which focus on health, education and welfare services. This small-scale study uses a qualitative interpretive interview approach to explore the relative value of these targeted positions to service provision. The paper reveals that Aboriginal practitioners use a range of communication strategies that enable them…

Tipping points: what participants found valuable in labour market training programmes for vulnerable groups

  • Author(s): Graham, John R, Jones, Marion E, Shier, Micheal
  • Published: 2010
  • Publisher: Ninti One Limited

This article is based on face-to-face and focus group interviews with 72 people who have experienced ongoing difficulties integrating into Canadian labour markets, and who had completed a labour market training programme. Participants were representative of at least one (and often several) categories that inhibited labour market integration: low socio-economic status, Aboriginal status, single parenthood,…

‘Getting A Job’: Aboriginal Women’s Issues and Experinces in the Health Sector

  • Author(s): Fredericks, Bronwyn
  • Published: 2009
  • Publisher: Ninti One Limited

Indigenous participation in employment has long been seen as an indicator of Indigenous economic participation in Australia. Researchers have linked participation in employment to improved health outcomes, increased education levels and greater self-esteem. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of Indigenous workforce policies and employment strategies as employers and industries attempt to…

Aboriginal assets: The impact of major agreements associated with native title in Western Australia

  • Author(s): Prout Quicke, S, Dockery, A. M., Hoath, A
  • Published: 2017
  • Publisher: Curtin University and University of Western Australia

There is considerable uncertainty surrounding population estimates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians at both the aggregate and subregional levels. Given well-documented limitations of efforts to enumerate the existing population at a point in time, the task of projecting future populations is even more problematic, and currently no regular projections are produced below the…

Climate Change and Infectious Diseases in Australia: Future Prospects, Adaptation Options, and Research Priorities

  • Author(s): Harley, David, Peng Bi,, Hall, Gillian, Swaminathan, Ashwin, Shilu Tong,, Williams, Craig
  • Published: 2011
  • Publisher: Desert Knowledge CRC

Climate change will have significant and diverse impacts on human health. These impacts will include changes in infectious disease incidence. In this article, the authors review the current situation and potential future climate change impacts for respiratory, diarrheal, and vector-borne diseases in Australia. Based on this review, the authors suggest adaptive strategies within the health…

The Queensland Renewable Energy Plan

  • Author(s): Department of Employment Economic Development and Innovation Queensland,
  • Published: 2009
  • Publisher: Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation

The Queensland Renewable Energy Plan is a comprehensive economic and industry development strategy aimed at accelerating the growth of the renewable energy sector in Queensland. The Plan is broad in scope and includes a raft of initiatives aimed at addressing areas of market failure, driving regulatory reform, streamlining planning processes, removing non-economic barriers and facilitating…

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