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The effect of drought on uncertainty and agricultural investment in Australia

Authors: Marangos, John , Williams, Catherine
Date: 2005
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Journal of Post Keynesian Economics Vol. 27, no. 4 (2005), p. 575-594
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Description: Recognizing that uncertainty plays an important role in decision making, it necessarily follows that the effects of the current devastating drought have significantly influenced the operations of primary producers and strongly impacted upon agricultural investment in Australia. The lack of water is heavily affecting rural exports and employment opportunities, and consequently, primary producers are experiencing financial ruin. Global economic uncertainty combined with the long-running drought is gripping rural communities. Understanding the likely effect of climate change on Australia's agricultural production will enable suitable adaptation strategies and government policies to be implemented for the future sustainability and development of the agricultural industry. © 2005 M.E. Sharpe, Inc.
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Towards understanding Lepidocyrtus Bourlet, 1839 (Collembola, Entomobryidae) I : Diagnosis of the subgenus Setogaster, new records and redescriptions of species

- Mateos, Eduardo, Greenslade, Penelope

Authors: Mateos, Eduardo , Greenslade, Penelope
Date: 2015
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Zootaxa Vol. 4044, no. 1 (2015), p. 105-129
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Description: The taxonomic status of the subgenera of Lepidocyrtus Bourlet is confused. Currently ten subgenera are recognised but their separation, using the existing set of diagnostic characters, is not clear. Collections over the last forty years have shown that species of Setogaster Salmon, originally described as a genus (Trichogaster Handschin) and currently considered a subgenus of Lepidocyrtus, are common and widespread in Australia. The diagnostic characters of Setogaster, as given by Handschin, are: 1) the basal mucronal spine with spinelet; 2) lack of scales on antennae, legs, ventral tube and dorsal region of manubrium; and, for some species, 3) tufts of long filaments laterally on abdomen III. These three diagnostic characters for Setogaster are shared with some other subgenera, making their delimitation unclear. We provide here an array of new characters that are associated with Handschin's characters which separate Setogaster from all European species of the subgenera Lanocyrtus and Lepidocyrtus s. str. On this basis we define subgenus Setogaster more in detail, redescribe some species in the subgenus, corroborate the presence of the subgenus in many Australian localities, and confirm three records of exotic, introduced species in Australia. Lepidocyrtus nigrofasciatus Womersley, Lepidocyrtus praecisus Schott, and the Hawaiian Lepidocyrtus kuakea Christiansen & Bellinger, are placed in Setogaster subgenus; Lepidocyrtus (Trichogaster) pallida Salmon from Singapore is placed in the subgenus Acrocyrtus; Merapicyrtus Yoshii & Suhardjono is considered a synonym of Setogaster. Erratum: Towards understanding Lepidocyrtus Bourlet, 1839 (Collembola, Entomobryidae) II: New Australian species (Zootaxa (2021) 4981 (365-387) DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4981.2.9). On page 365, please include additional address for Penelope Greenslade: School of Science, Psychology and Sport, Federation University, Mt Helen, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. © 2021 Magnolia Press.
Description: The taxonomic status of the subgenera of Lepidocyrtus Bourlet is confused. Currently ten subgenera are recognised but their separation, using the existing set of diagnostic characters, is not clear. Collections over the last forty years have shown that species of Setogaster Salmon, originally described as a genus (Trichogaster Handschin) and currently considered a subgenus of Lepidocyrtus, are common and widespread in Australia. The diagnostic characters of Setogaster, as given by Handschin, are: 1) the basal mucronal spine with spinelet; 2) lack of scales on antennae, legs, ventral tube and dorsal region of manubrium; and, for some species, 3) tufts of long filaments laterally on abdomen III. These three diagnostic characters for Setogaster are shared with some other subgenera, making their delimitation unclear. We provide here an array of new characters that are associated with Handschin's characters which separate Setogaster from all European species of the subgenera Lanocyrtus and Lepidocyrtus s. str. On this basis we define subgenus Setogaster more in detail, redescribe some species in the subgenus, corroborate the presence of the subgenus in many Australian localities, and confirm three records of exotic, introduced species in Australia. Lepidocyrtus nigrofasciatus Womersley, Lepidocyrtus praecisus Schott, and the Hawaiian Lepidocyrtus kuakea Christiansen & Bellinger, are placed in Setogaster subgenus; Lepidocyrtus (Trichogaster) pallida Salmon from Singapore is placed in the subgenus Acrocyrtus; Merapicyrtus Yoshii & Suhardjono is considered a synonym of Setogaster.

Dreamer, radical and gambler : Some unlikely Scottish emigrants?

- McConville, Chris

Authors: McConville, Chris
Date: 2014
Type: Text , Book chapter
Relation: Scots under the Southern Cross p. 79-88
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Description: On 30 November 1900, the Caledonian Society held Melbourne's last nineteeth century St Andrew's Day Dinner. It was an occasion for reflection on the past, rather than looking forward to the new century and those who spoke at the gathering routinely recited achievements of the century just closing, when Scottish emigrants had shaped locales across the British Empire. Scots, although acknowledged as poets, were lauded as 'shrewd, hard-headed, money-making' colonists who had take a leading role in the great advances of the nineteenth century.

Priority setting in primary health care : A framework for local catchments

- McDonald, John, Ollerenshaw, Alison

Authors: McDonald, John , Ollerenshaw, Alison
Date: 2011
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Rural and remote health Vol. 11, no. 2 (2011), p. 1714
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Description: Managers and staff in primary health care partnerships in local catchments, particularly in regional areas, are periodically required to work collaboratively to set health priorities. Setting priorities involves making decisions about which health needs are most important and what programs will be funded to address them. There is no universally agreed set of decision-making rules for setting priorities. Dominant approaches prioritise health economics, and have favoured expert knowledge drawn from technical-rational methodologies rather than consumer involvement and community action. However, research reveals that setting priorities is a complex, value laden, contested process buffeted by competing objectives and political interests. As such, an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach is called for. Using reflective practice from a priority setting project for a primary care partnership in a local, regional catchment in Victoria, Australia, a conceptual framework for priority setting is presented that identifies 13 interconnected factors spanning economic, political, policy, epidemiological, moral, evidentiary and evaluative domains. This interdisciplinary framework extends current knowledge about the considerations and trade-offs in setting priorities among collaborating primary health care agencies. It offers a potentially valuable heuristic tool for healthcare decision-makers in rural areas.

Isolation, identification, and characterisation of beer-spoilage lactic acid bacteria from microbrewed beer from Victoria, Australia

- Menz, Garry, Andrighetto, Christian, Lombardi, Angiolella, Corich, Viviana, Aldred, Peter, Vriesekoop, Frank

Authors: Menz, Garry , Andrighetto, Christian , Lombardi, Angiolella , Corich, Viviana , Aldred, Peter , Vriesekoop, Frank
Date: 2010
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Journal of the Institute of Brewing Vol. 116, no. 1 (2010), p. 14-22
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Description: Lactic acid bacteria are the most frequently encountered beer-spoilage bacteria, and they may render beer undrinkable due to the production of lactic acid, diacetyl, and turbidity. Micro-brewed beer is typically sold unpasteurised, leaving it more susceptible to spoilage by lactic acid bacteria. In this study, the incidence of lactic acid bacteria in bottled microbrewed beer from Victoria, Australia was investigated. A total of 80 beers from 19 breweries were screened for lactic acid bacteria. Almost 30% contained culturable lactic acid bacteria, and many had lactic acid levels well above the flavour threshold. Ethanol, hops, and the pH levels of the beers were not predictors for spoilage in the beers examined, and contamination appeared to be more closely linked to the source brewery. The 45 lactic acid strains isolated from these beers were identified by RAPD-PCR, with Lactobacillus brevis being the most frequently isolated species. All isolates were capable of spoiling beer and contained putative hop resistance genes. At typical beer levels, pH and ethanol had no effect on the growth of the particular spoilage bacteria isolated in this study. Â© 2010 The Institute of Brewing & Distilling.
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The Audit We Had to Have : The Economic Record, 1960-2009

- Millmow, Alex, Tuck, Jacqueline

Authors: Millmow, Alex , Tuck, Jacqueline
Date: 2013
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Economic Record Vol. 88, no. 284 (2013), p. 112-128
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Description: The Economic Record, one of the world's oldest economic journals, has a distinguished history. The flagship journal of the Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand was launched in 1925 and is approaching its 100th birthday. We undertake a forensic examination of the journal over the last 50 years, exploring issues like its content, most-cited articles and most frequent contributors. This article discusses the journal's internationalisation but also identifies how Australia's top economists have, for the most part, faithfully persisted with it. The changing nature of academic publishing is explored through the patterns of collaboration, citations and dry holes. © 2013 Economic Society of Australia.
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A history of Australasian economic thought

- Millmow, Alex

Authors: Millmow, Alex
Date: 2017
Type: Text , Book
Relation: Routledge History of Economic Thought Vol. 14
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Description: This overview of Australasian economic thought presents the first analysis of the Australian economic contribution for 25 years, and is the first to offer a panoramic sweeping account of New Zealand economic thought. Those two countries, both at the start of the twentieth century and at its end, excelled at innovative economic practices and harbouring unique economic institutions. A History of Australasian Economic Thought explains how Australian and New Zealand economists exerted influence on economic thought and contributed to the economic life of their respective counrtries, in the twentieth century. Besides surveying theorists and innovators, this book also considers some of the key expositors and builders of the academic economics profession in both countries. The book covers key economic events including the Great Depression, the Second World War, the post-war boom and the great inflation that overtook it and, lastly, the economic reform programmes that both Australia and New Zealand undertook in the 1980s. Through the interplay of economic events and economic thought, this book shows how Australasian economists influenced, to differing degrees, economic policy in their respective countries. This book is of great importance to those who are interested in and study the history of economic thought, economic theory and philosophy, and philosophy of social science, as well as Australasian economics.

R. B. Ritchie and Sons and their unsung contribution to Australian economics

- Millmow, Alex

Authors: Millmow, Alex
Date: 2014
Type: Text , Book chapter
Relation: Scots under the Southern Cross p. 89-96
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Description: A little piece of Australiana passed away earlier this year. The historic sheep station at Blackwood, the family homestead of the Ritchies for more 170 years near Penshurst, Western Victoria, was sold to Chinese investors. We all know that Australia no longer rides on the sheep's back and the selling of Blackwood is yet another sign of the passing of the pastoral economy. This story involves an element of Australian economic history, a Scottish-Australian family and an enduring public gift they left to an Australian university. This Ritchie family were committed philanthropists and, apart from a school, a public hall and a war memorial, all at Penshurst, one of their gifts is still in evidence todya, namely, the Ritchie Research Chair in economics at the University of Melbourne. How did that come about it? It involved the relationship between a Scottish-born grazier who made his fortune here and his two sons born here.

Colin Clark and Australia

- Millmow, Alex

Authors: Millmow, Alex
Date: 2012
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: History of Economics Review Vol. 56, no. 1 (2012), p. 56-70
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Description: Colin Clark was a rather quixotic figure. Much of his complex character is captured not only in his varied career choices but also the comments made of him by various referees over the years. While Clark spent half of his career in England and half in Australia it was to the latter that he was drawn. He was happy to be identified as an Australian economist. Despite his eminent academic record he was never to occupy a professorial chair in Australia. This was largely attributable to his own choices in career and his penchant for a doctrinaire brand of economics.

The social world of Australian practice nurses and the influence of medical dominance : An analysis of the literature

- Mills, Jane, Hallinan, Christine

Authors: Mills, Jane , Hallinan, Christine
Date: 2009
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: International Journal of Nursing Practice Vol. 15, no. 6 (2009), p. 489-494
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Description: In Australia, the number of practice nurses is growing at a rapid rate. On the nursing landscape, this group of nurses stand out because of their relationship with the Australian Government who both fund them, and concern themselves with their continuing professional development. This paper provides a construction of the social world of Australian practice nurses, identifying stakeholders in the business of practice nursing. Literature produced by the various social world segments is analysed for the influence of medical dominance on the role, image, power and politics of practice nurses.

Registered nurses as members of interprofessional primary health care teams in remote or isolated areas of Queensland : Collaboration, communication and partnerships in practice

- Mills, Jane, Francis, Karen

Authors: Mills, Jane , Francis, Karen
Date: 2010
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Journal of Interprofessional Care Vol. 24, no. 5 (2010), p. 587-596
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Description: Nurses represent the largest occupational group of health care professionals in Australia. The ratio of nurses to population is relatively consistent, unlike other health care professional groups (including medical doctors and allied health staff) whose numbers decline as population density and distance from metropolitan areas increases. Nurses working in areas where other health care professionals are limited or absent have expanded scopes of practice with their work being more generalist than specialist. The role of nurses in remote and isolated areas of Queensland, Australia was the focus of a commissioned multi-case research project. Findings reported in this paper relate to the position of registered nurses as part of an interprofessional team. These findings indicated that, in some instances, local health care teams were limited to a single nurse and Indigenous health care worker/s, while in others the teams were more diverse. In all cases collegial support was available either locally or via telecommunication technology. Understanding the role of each team member, having useful strategies to enhance communication and work collaboratively were identified as essential criteria for "good practice".

The night Dixie came to town : The Shenandoah and the American Civil War in Ballarat

- Moll, Nicholas

Authors: Moll, Nicholas
Date: 2016
Type: Text , Book chapter
Relation: Goldfields and the gothic : A hidden heritage & folklore p. 116-129
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Description: That the American Civil War occurred exclusively within North America and affected specifically United States affair is a common misconception. Whilst the majority of the infantry conflict occured within and between the United and then Confederate States of America, the clash was such that it and its effects spread accross the globe. Also engaged in the American Civil War were Prussian military observers; political entanglements with the United Kingdom and Russia; Canadian volunteers within the Union army; smuggling and blockade running from the Bahamas into the Confederate States; cotton shortages in French industries that were heavily reliant on raw materials imported from the southern states; merchant raiding in the Pacific and Atlantic; along with countless other entanglements to Europe and their colonies into the conflict through one means or another. The tyranny of distance notwithstanding, Australia was no exception to the overflow of conflicts and consequences that resulted from the American Civil War.

“Be Careful, Cowboy” : The translation and mutation of the western genre in Red Hill

- Moll, Nicholas

Authors: Moll, Nicholas
Date: 2017
Type: Text , Journal article
Relation: Critical Arts Vol. 31, no. 5 (2017), p. 115-127
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Description: The western genre has long been hailed as an iconic expression of the United States’ history and culture. However, the 2010 Australian film Red Hill (dir. Patrick Hughes, 2010) actively engages the genre’s tropes, styles, and conventions. In doing so, the film converts the ideas of a ruggedly individualistic frontier, key to the western genre and the popularised notions of nineteenth-century United States expansion, to the contemporary Australian context, providing a translation and mutation of the western genre. This paper argues that, through disassociation of the western genre from the United States, Red Hill’s frontier is made Australian over the course of the film, exploring the lingering traumas and ongoing violence of a specific colonisation process. Drawing on theories of genre, history, and postcolonialism, this paper investigates the exploration of national character, history, and boundaries through the western genre. In doing so, this paper situates the western genre as having a nationalistic function in general, rather than one associated with any particular nation, and as providing a touchstone for ideas of history and themes of colonial expansion in a contentious landscape of class, race, and society.

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