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Indigenous cultures are not terra nullius - nobody's land, free to be taken. Using real-world cases and personal stories, True Tracks is a ground-breaking work that paves the way for the respectful and ethical engagement with Indigenous cultures.

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Captivating yet devastating, Upheaval is an under-the-hood look at Australian journalism as it faces seismic changes. Sharing first-hand stories from Australia's top journalists - including David Marr, Amanda Meade, George Megalogenis and more - Upheaval reveals the highs and the lows of those who were there to see it all.

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The history of Aborigines in Van Diemens Land is long. The first Tasmanians lived in isolation and against almost insurmountable odds for as many as 300 generations after the flooding of Bass Strait. This broad-ranging book is a comprehensive and critical account of that epic survival up to the present day.

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This book tells the story of the ACTU's 'Your Rights at Work' campaign against Work Choices, the largest, most expensive and most sophisticated political campaign ever mounted in Australia, and one with a decisive impact on the 2007 federal election.

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Offers answers to common questions about obesity and overweight in children. The authors give the facts about body fat, good eating and healthy activities, and look at the risks, the definitions, and at what is 'normal' in a society obsessed with slimness, yet where people grow steadily fatter.

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This book is an explanation of topical and newsworthy law-and-justice dilemmas that most affect society and individuals, containing ideas and ideals of law in our lives and exposes the myths and enlivens law's contemporary issues and challenges.

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Reveals the untold story of the people who struggled to get asylum seekers out of detention and change government policy. Some like Petro Georgiou, Julian Burnside and Phillip Ruddock, are very well known. Others are not as famous but felt compelled to follow their consciences.

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Charles Darwin liked and loathed Australia. The father of evolution paid the continent a flying visit during in 1836, and was glad to put the place behind him. Yet Australia's astonishing wildlife influenced him deeply, and his revolutionary theories still resonate profoundly in Australian society. This tile explores Darwin's life and times.

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Obsessed with our own youth and wanting perfect, genius children who live in a world of designer clothes and toys, this title says it's time for us to find new ways of parenting and a new kind of childhood. It asks us to respect children and allow them to experience childhood with all its ups and downs.

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This expanded new edition of Law in Perspective focuses on a range of powerful critical thinking tools drawn from logic, science, ethics, and political and social theory.

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This book provides vivid insight into the experience of steerage emigrants leaving Britain for Australia throughout the nineteenth century. It draws from letters and diaries of passengers, who write movingly about the illness and deaths of their children and tell of coping with everyday life below decks.

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Explores the history and experience of Muslims in Australia.

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How has public policy formulation changed and affected the design and delivery of government programs and services in Australia This book addresses this question, offering descriptive accounts of how public services programs are designed and implemented and how they might be better managed.

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Presenting a fresh perspective on the First World War, this book explores the personal dimensions of war disability within families. It tells the story of thousands of Australian families who welcomed home disabled soldiers after the First World War. It also offers an account of the impact of physical injury and shell shock upon returned soldiers.

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Gives consumers confidence that they can find certifiably organic and more ecologically sound products in the market place without being duped by false advertising.

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Showcasing selections from the work of renowned communicators such as Tim Flannery, Germaine Greer, Anna Funder and Paul Davies, this book is an inspiring exploration of the most exciting, elegant, powerful, and important writing about science and nature published in Australia and by Australians.

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Useful for people who wants to access the Web successfully, this book provides strategies for uncovering the information that often remains hidden to Web users. It is illustrated with numerous 'screen snapshots' and other useful examples to demonstrate the strategies being explained. It uses both Australian and international examples.

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Analyses the ADF's train, advise, assist missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea, Bougainville, the Solomon Islands, South Vietnam and Uganda. With contributions from media commentators, politicians, academics, aid workers and military personnel, The Long Road evaluates the successes and failures of Australia's efforts to help its neighbours and partners avoid armed conflict.

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In the long history of the British Army, the Battle of the Somme was its bloodiest encounter. Between July 1 and mid-November 1916, 432 000 of its soldiers became casualties - about 3600 for every day of battle. This book decisively changes our understanding of the history of the Western Front.

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In Trading Places, Tim Harcourt takes you around the globe, talking to businesses, governments, union officials, NGOs and others in the community to understand what makes each economy tick. He reveals where the opportunities are, identifies the risks, and provides insider tips on doing business in each destination.

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Delivers a comprehensive coverage of local and overseas research on transition to school.

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In Deep History: Country and Sovereignty, edited by Jackie Huggins and Ann McGrath, leading historians and thinkers explore the First Nations histories of caring for places and people over millennia.