A longitudinal study of Indigenous wellbeing in Australia
Author/editor: Manning, M, Ambrey, C & Fleming, C.
Year published: 2016
The Indigenous people of Australia are severely disadvantaged according to a range of objective indicators. Unfortunately, the use of subjective indicators has been largely absent from the Indigenous policy domain. This is problematic because many things that matter to Indigenous peoples cannot be…
A method to identify drivers of societal change likely to affect natural assets in the future, illustrated with Australia’s native biodiversity
Author/editor: Pepper, DA, Lada, H, Thomson, JR, Bakar, KS, Lake, PS & Mac Nally, R.
Year published: 2016
Human society has a profound adverse effect on natural assets as human populations increase and as global climate changes. We need to envisage different futures that encompass plausible human responses to threats and change, and become more mindful of their likely impacts on natural assets. We…
Ageing and money
Year published: 2016
The 20th ANUpoll - Ageing and Money: Public opinion on pensions, inheritance, financial wellbeing in retirement and caring for older Australians - reveals many Australians are worried about their retirement and their ability to afford a comfortable life after leaving the workforce. The latest…
Analysing pseudoephedrine/methamphetamine policy options in Australia using multi-criteria decision modelling
Author/editor: Manning, M, Wong, G, Ransley, J & Smith, C.
Year published: 2016
BackgroundIn this paper we capture and synthesize the unique knowledge of experts so that choices regarding policy measures to address methamphetamine consumption and dependency in Australia can be strengthened. We examine perceptions of the: (1) influence of underlying factors that impact on the…
Attitudes to national security
Author/editor: Sheppard, J, Saikal, A & Theodorakis, K
Year published: 2016
Maintaining national security in an age of terrorism means that we, as citizens, are asked to relinquish certain individual rights and liberties in the name of public safety. Whether it is the retention of our telecommunications activities, ability to walk around our cities without being captured…
Bayesian spatiotemporal modeling of urban air pollution dynamics
Author/editor: Moroni, B, Del Sarto, S, Ranalli, M, Shuvo Bakar, K, Cappelletti, D, Crocchianti, S, Castellini, S, Spataro, F, Esposito, G, Ianniello, A & Salvatori, R.
Year published: 2016
This work deals with the spatiotemporal analysis of urban air pollution dynamics in the town of Perugia (Central Italy) using high-frequency and size resolved data on particular matter (PM). Such data are collected by an Optical Particle Counter (OPC) located on a cabin of the Minimetro, a public…