Why can’t we agree? What the literature and experience of other jurisdictions can teach Australia about agreement-making between First Nations and States.
Seminar
Abstract Agreements between industry and Indigenous groups are increasingly ubiquitous, as evidenced by an ever increasing number of Indigenous Land Use Agreements under the Native Title Act. More recently, state and territory jurisdictions (most notably Victoria and the Northern Territory) have…
Spatial Integration of Mainland Chinese Immigrants in Australia
Seminar
With its main sources of immigration shifted to skilled-based migrants since mid-1990s, Australia has seen increasing numbers of educated Asian immigrants. In particular, international migration from China to Australia is historically a significant and rapidly growing flow, forming the largest non…
Lived experiences of the Cashless Debit Card Trial, Ceduna, South Australia
Seminar
This paper concerns the lived experiences of individuals subject to the first Cashless Debit Card (CDC) trial in the Ceduna region of South Australia. First introduced into Ceduna in early 2016, the CDC quarantines 80 per cent of working age recipients’ state benefits in a selected trial site: 20…
Peter FitzSimons: On Biography
Workshop
With an ear for story and talent for a good yarn FitzSimons’ particular brand brings stories to life so that we are not merely sitting around the campfire listening to a tale but are in the trenches feeling the fear, deadly bullets so close as to sound like fast moving mosquito. What did they do…
Europa Policy Lab: Which Degree of Integration Between Science and Public Policy? Food Safety in France
Seminar
This Europa Policy Lab is presented with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. Promoted as a guarantee of neutrality and rigour, the dissociation between the risk assessment and risk management phases has an impact on the effectiveness of risk and safety public policies. It…
Europa Policy Lab: New Trends and Issues in European Food and Agricultural Policy
Seminar
This Jean Monnet Europa Policy Lab is presented with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The European Union’s agricultural policy has been significantly reformed over the last three decades. In the past, it was causing major distortions in the world market. After a series…
Fullbright seminar: Fabric of War - A Hidden History of the Global Wool Trade
Seminar
In the interdisciplinary spirit of the ANU Wool Seminars, 1957-1959, this presentation showcases how material culture, film, digital media, and a wealth of primary and secondary sources contribute to a project that is, at its heart, a trans-national commodity history. In considering the logistics…