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Title
Date
   

Economics

 
Chronology of superannuation and retirement income in Australia [HTML] [PDF 247KB] 1.06.2010
Paid parental leave [HTML] [PDF 185KB] 11.05.2010

Emissions Control: your policy choices [HTML] [PDF 218KB]

10.05.2010
Commonwealth, state and territory gross and net debt 1998–99 to 2012–13 [HTML] [PDF 387KB] 7.04.2010
China's reliance on Australian LNG exports [HTML] [PDF 199KB] 6.01.2010
Australia's foreign investment relationship with partner countries [HTML] [PDF 315KB] 17.11.2009
Emissions trading—has it worked? [HTML] [PDF 223KB] 17.09.2009
Economic effects of payroll tax [HTML] [PDF 87KB] 14.09.2009
Climate change policy: Brazil, China, India and Russia 24.02.2009
What makes a carbon leak? 23.12.2008
Australia's Free Trade Agreements 2.12.2008
Emissions—who is trading what? 15.08.2008
Chronology of superannuation and retirement income in Australia
3.07.2008
Foreign investment rules and sovereign wealth funds 24.06.2008
Unfair dismissal and the small business exemption
11.03.2008
Workplace relations reforms: a chronology of business, community and government responses 06.12.2007
   

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security

 
Australia’s military involvement in Afghanistan since 2001: a chronology [HTML] [PDF 409KB] 16.07.2010
List of Victoria Cross recipients by electorate [HTML] [PDF 185KB] 22 .04.2010

Burma/Myanmar: internal issues and regional and international responses [HTML] [PDF 380KB]

16.10.2009
A timeline of the 2009 political crisis in Fiji and key regional reactions [HTML] [PDF 377KB] 20.08.2009
Climate change discussions and negotiations: a calendar [HTML] [PDF 390KB] 17.07.2009
Retrospective awards to service personnel for gallantry and bravery [HTML] [PDF 106KB] 6.07.2009
Pakistan after Musharraf 10.11.2008
Remembrance Day 2008—the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I 7.11.2008
Behind the scenes of the Russia–Georgia conflict 17.09.2008
The Union for the Mediterranean 12.09.2008
   

Law and Bills Digest

 
Current legal issues in franchising in Australia 17.11.2008
Firearms in Australia: a guide to electronic resources 06.08.2007
   

Politics and Public Administration

 
Tasmanian election 2010 [HTML] [PDF 189KB] 9.06.2010
The South Australian election 2010 [HTML] [PDF 189KB] 8.06.2010
Cabinet confidentiality [HTML] [PDF 175KB] 28.05.2010

Double dissolutions: triggers, elections and proposals for reform [HTML] [PDF 226KB]

13.05.2010

Parliamentary involvement in declaring war and deploying forces overseas [HTML] [PDF 449KB]

22.03.2010
Parliamentary sitting days and hours 2008 [HTML] [PDF 269KB] 19.11.2009
Women parliamentarians in Australia 1921–2009 [PDF 1634KB] 4.05.2009
Superannuation Benefits for Senators and Members
05.12.2007
The Parliamentary Retiring Allowances Act 1948: Debates, Committee Reports, Remuneration Tribunal Reviews and a Chronology of Legislative Amendments 05.12.2007
Retirement Travel 05.12.2007
   

Science, Technology, Environment and Resources

 
How green is the Green Car Innovation Fund? [HTML] [PDF 134KB] 27.05.2010

Cyber Crime 2.0 versus the Twittering classes [HTML] [PDF 356KB]

24.02.2010
Aviation white paper: an overview [HTML] [PDF 109KB] 24.02.2010
Renewable energy technologies update [HTML] [PDF 1232KB] 30.11.2009
Yeelirrie uranium deposit in Western Australia [HTML] [PDF 1757KB] 24.11.2009
The Kyoto Protocol accounting rules [HTML] [PDF 241KB] 14.10.2009
The basics of biochar [HTML] [PDF 98KB] 10.09.2009
The (green) car of the future [HTML] [PDF 376KB] 25.08.2009
The US Waxman–Markey climate change bill [PDF 182KB] 15.06.2009
The Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism [PDF 518KB] 23.04.2009
Liquid fuel from coal 19.12.2008
Aviation safety regulation timeline 1982–2008 2.12.2008

Chronology of genetic engineering regulation in Australia: 1953–2008 Part A. 1953–1999

17.10.2008
   

Social Policy

 

Overseas students: immigration policy changes 1997–May 2010 [HTML] [PDF 468KB]

18.06.2010
The proposed Denticare scheme—an overview [HTML] [PDF 139KB] 8.12.2009
Australian Government assistance to refugees: fact v fiction [HTML] [PDF 121KB] 1.12.2009

‘Forgotten Australians’ and ‘Lost Innocents’: child migrants and children in institutional care in Australia [HTML] [PDF 167KB]

11.11.2009
Australian citizenship: a chronology of major developments in policy and law [HTML] [PDF 257KB] 11.09.2009
What is Medicare Select? [HTML] [PDF 102KB] 26.08.2009
Refugees and asylum seekers: a guide to key electronic resources [HTML] [PDF 251KB] 17.08.2009
Private health insurance premium increases—an overview [HTML] [PDF 41KB] 13.08.2009
Medical practitioners: education and training in Australia [HTML] [PDF 640KB] 15.07.2009
Commonwealth arts policy and administration [PDF 495KB] 7.05.2009

Obesity prevention in young children: what does the evidence say? [PDF 406KB]

1.05.2009
Child abuse and protection in Australia 18.03.2009
Options for reforming Australia's health system 16.02.2009
Social Security Payments for People Caring for Children, 1912 to 2008: a chronology 29.01.2009
Dental benefits for chronic conditions—an update 30.10.2008
Foreign investment rules and sovereign wealth funds 24.06.2008
New Zealand's seasonal guest-worker scheme 13.05.2008
Preschool education in Australia 9.05.2008
Indigenous socioeconomic indicators 11.02.2008
‘Sorry’: the unfinished business of the Bringing Them Home report 04.02.2008
Commonwealth Indigenous-specific expenditure 1968–2006 08.08.2007
Firearms in Australia: a guide to electronic resources 06.08.2007
   

Statistics and Mapping

 

Operating wind farms by Commonwealth Electoral Division [HTML] [PDF 201KB]

 
Population change in Commonwealth electoral divisions, 2007 to 2008 [PDF 615KB] [HTML] 16.10.2009
Philanthropy by Commonwealth electoral division, 2006–07 [HTML] [PDF 173KB] 14.07.2009
Tasmania redistribution, 2009 [PDF 241KB] 31.03.2009
Western Australian redistribution, 2008 19.02.2009
Population change in Commonwealth electoral divisions, 2006 to 2007 27.11.2008
How do federal and state electorates overlap? 29.05.2008
Population change in Commonwealth Electoral Divisions, 2001 to 2006 24.01.2008
Home loan interest rates and repayments 15.11.2007
Firearms in Australia: a guide to electronic resources 06.08.2007
   

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