A spatiodynamic model for assessing frost risk in south‐eastern Australia
Author/editor: Bakar, KS, Kokic, P & Jin, H.
Year published: 2015
Previous climate research concluded that causal influences which have contributed to changes in frost risk in south-eastern Australia include greenhouse gas concentration, El-Niño southern oscillation and other effects. Some of the climatic indices representing these effects have spatiotemporal…
An examination of the prevalence, consumer profiles, and patterns of energy drink use, with and without alcohol, in Australia
Author/editor: Pennay, A, Cheetham, A, Droste, N et al.
Year published: 2015
Background: There has been a significant growth in the energy drink (ED) market in Australia and around the world; however, most research investigating the popularity of ED and alcohol and energy drink (AED) use has focused on specific subpopulations such as university students. The aim of this…
Assessing mediators between discrimination, health behaviours and physical health outcomes: a representative cross-sectional study
Author/editor: Bastos, JL, Celeste, RK, Silva, DAS etal.
Year published: 2015
Purpose: Discrimination is a social determinant of health; however, the pathways linking discrimination to ill-health are under-researched. This study investigated the mediators through which discrimination affects health behaviours and physical health outcomes, as well as assessed whether sex…
Australian attitudes towards national identity
Year published: 2015
A new ANUpoll on national identity has found Australians believe speaking English and respect for political institutions and laws are the most important factors in being Australian. Being born in the country was the least important factor. The 18th ANUpoll found overwhelming support for…
Bayesian forecasting using spatiotemporal models with applications to ozone concentration levels in the Eastern United States
Author/editor: Sahu, SK, Bakar, KS & Awang, N.
Year published: 2015
Bayesian forecasting in time and interpolation in space is a challenging task due to the complex nature of spatio-temporal dependencies that need to be modeled for better understanding and description of the underlying processes. The problem exacerbates further when the geographical study region,…
Bayesian space–time model to analyse frost risk for agriculture in Southeast Australia
Author/editor: Crimp, S, Bakar, KS, Kokic, P, Jin, H, Nicholls, N & Howden, M.
Year published: 2015
Despite a broad pattern of warming in minimum temperatures over the past 50 years, regions of southeastern Australia have experienced increases in frost frequency in recent decades, and more broadly across southern Australia, an extension of the frost window due to an earlier onset and later…
Comment on the 2015 report of the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Child Support Program
Author/editor: Vnuk, M, Smyth, B & Archer, T.
Year published: 2015
On 27 March 2014, the then Minister for Social Services, the Hon Kevin Andrews MP, asked the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs to inquire into and report on the Australian Child Support Program. Some 16 months later (20 July 2015), following an extensive…