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The years 19972001 were eventful ones for the Howard Government. This second volume of the Howard Government series explores these tumultuous years. In Back from the Brink politicians, commentators and scholars take a critical look at the Howard Government's performance, and analyse landmark events.

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A book for teachers and parents of adolescents. Draws on the writings of teenage boys and girls and uses these to build specific knowledge about what it means to be an adolescent at school, what it means to be Cool and Normal, and the effects of these social constructions on learning and relationships.

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During his distinguished career as an ear, nose and throat surgeon, Professor Bill Gibson gained a reputation as a world-expert in Menire's disease and cochlear implant surgery. In 1984, he restored the hearing of two young women who were some of the first to receive the bionic ear, developed by Professor Graeme Clark. This volume offers an account of his career.

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Provides an analysis of early European understanding of Australia's flora. Combining science, horticulture, art and economics, this lavishly illustrated book reveals the motives and complex networks that led to the spread of knowledge and cultivation of hundreds of Australian plants in Europe in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

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A beautifully written and accessible guide to the many unexplored cultural meanings of breastfeeding in contemporary society. Essential reading for students of the body, whether in the health professions, the social sciences, or gender and cultural studies - and for all mothers who have pondered the secrets of their breastly intelligence.

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Bruce Rickard was one of the most significant Australian architects of the twentieth century. A key member of the Sydney School, his practice spanned 60 years and he produced some of the most notable and recognisable houses of the period. In this book, architects, writers, academics and family members share their insights into Rickard's practice.

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Australia's official war correspondent during WWI, Charles Bean was also Australia's first official war historian and the driving force behind the creation of the Australian War Memorial. In Charles Bean, Australia's top military historians analyse the man, the myth and his long-reaching legacy.

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Examines the ethics of various forms of alternative parenthood, focusing specifically on adoption and assisted reproductive technologies, and the moral dilemmas they create for both individuals and the state. Tom Frame discusses the ethical challenges that arise when scientific possibilities get ahead of community consensus.

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For much of the twentieth century the names Leslie Walford and Dora Byrne were synonymous with style and glamour. Darling Mother, Darling Son is the first major publication to be drawn from an archive of Leslie Walford's papers. Revealing a tight bond between mother and son, the letters are alternately lively, opinionated, bossy and poignant.

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Offers a first step assessment of individual topics to help teachers fit children into the current curriculum, whether at the beginning of the year, or topic, or with individual children who arrive at school during the year. Helps teachers, professionals and parents assess primary school student's performance on specific mathematical topics.

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Diagnostic Mathematical Tasks helps teachers, professionals and parents assess primary school student performance on specific mathematical topics. It focusses on all topics in the curriculum, presenting them one grade level at a time.

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Who was Mathilde Marchesi How did she become a byword internationally for vocal excellence and operatic success What was her formula And how did she produce prima donnas on such a consistent basis Neill traces Marchesis extraordinary career from Vienna to Paris and introduces an array of remarkable characters and the successful singing method that is her legacy.

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The second of three volumes on on Papua New Guinea and its transition to self-government. Documents outline the role of Australian Prime Minister John Gorton who quickened the pace of change following a visit to PNG by Gough Whitlam, and the Australian ministers and officials who worked constructively with their PNG counterparts.

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Distils the principles of ethics for busy people and studetns, and shows how they can be applied without oversimplifying nor becoming overly theoretical. The book focuses on the need for a strong adherence to codes of corporate governance in a rapidly deregulating and globalising world.

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The Imaginary Australian argues that, in spite of its defects, Anglo- Celtic core culture has played a role in building what remains one of the earth's most decent and prosperous societies.

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Goenawan Mohamad is one of Indonesia's foremost literacy figures and public intellectuals, and this translated volume of essays, from 1968 to 2014, demonstrates the breadth of his perceptive and elegant commentary on literature, faith, mythology, politics, history and Indonesian life. In Other Words shows a writer commited to Indonesia but grappling with universal themes and struggles.

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Offers a lyrical and honest memoir of a poet's life in Sydney. From Lavender Bay to Lindfield, Geoff Lehmann tells the story of his life as a poet, tax lawyer, member of the Sydney Push, single father to three small children and finally, a happily married man who returns to poetry writing and translation.

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'Living by the Sword' is a critique of the Australian military experience from a Christian ethical perspective. It surveys attitudes towards war and warfare from ancient to modern times, considers the moral status of the nation-state and international sovereignty and more.

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This is the riveting story of one of the wealthiest families in the world. Dhirubhai Ambani was an Indian tycoon whose company, Reliance, is now one of India's major corporations. His sons, Anil and Mukesh, took over after his death in 2002. Their feud - personal and business - is an extraordinary story itself.

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In recent years there have been major advances in our understanding of the causes of mood disorders. Treatments have improved significantly. In Mood Disorders, Joyce and Mitchell and their co-authors highlight the nature of these conditions, their diagnosis and classification, and their causes.