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A story about Melbourne that is also a more general account of local struggles, global markets and the value of waterfront. The book traces the transformation of Melbourne's urban waterfront during the period 1983 to 2004, as the city turned its face to the water and the world, re-inventing itself to attract new flows of global capital.

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Takes a close look at the working lives and attitudes of domestic workers in modern Australia. The book examines a great diversity of experiences in the domestic services industry, mainly through interviews with many participants, both employers and employed.

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An examination of coaching in Australia and its steady progress towards professionalism. It looks at ethics & sportsmanship as well as the initial coaching education in Australia. It is illustrated with over 70 photographs and is a valuable addition to the library of any sports' enthusiast.

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Herb Feith came to Australia as a Jewish refugee from war-torn Europe in 1939 and went on to become an internationally renowned and passionate scholar of Indonesia. This engaging biography tells his own extraordinary story and traces his interest in Indonesia, his determination to establish networks of serious study of Indonesia and Southeast Asia and his commitment to peace activism.

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Takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the corridors of parliament, as seen through the eyes of a practitioner of thirty years experience in the bear pit of Macquarie Street.

By 1914, Australia's German immigrants were well-regarded in their communities and made up (after Irish and Scots) the fourth-largest white ethnic community in Australia. This history traces the experience of the immigrants who enlisted for service in World War I and the difficulties they faced.

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Global warming is the hottest political issue. It is arguably the most dangerous environmental problem and the most difficult political issue to be faced by the world. This book critically assesses the various technologies that have been put forward as solutions and constructs feasible scenarios for their effective implementation.

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This book tackles head on the existence and meaning of spirit forces in Australia. It poses the question is Australia haunted If so where and with what

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Shows how a new nation - Australia - was created in a very old continent. Looking at some of those who observe the natural world closely - including scientists, field naturalists and farmers - this title suggests fresh ways of living in an arid continent in times of global change, and gives hope that Australia can move beyond biological cringe.

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With a keen critical eye and sharp insight Sylvia Lawson moves the essays and stories in this collection through settings in and out of Australia - across Paris, West Papua, Britain, Indonesia - listening to the distinctive local voices from our cultural margins and reclaiming concerns the metropolitan centres ignore.

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A group of Australia's leading thinkers examine the relations between social science and research, informed public opinion and the policy community. This book presents a challenging and important analysis of practice and argues for how to achieve more workable policy of broad social as well as political benefit.

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An examination of privatisation failures in Western liberal democracies and the ways in which they have exposed communities and governments to social, economic and political instability.

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Gives a unique perspective on approaches to problem drinking among Aboriginal people, and the role that cultural difference has played. It finds that in the 1980s there was an innovative and lively international debate about addictions, yet these understandings and potential solutions did not find their way into Aboriginal programs.

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In 1987, the premier of Queensland, Joh Bjelke-Petersen, launched an audacious bid to enter federal politics. But what really happened behind the scenes Unfolding like a political thriller, Joh for Canberra: The Inside Story reveals for the first time the details of the campaign that rocked Australian federal politics.

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This book is intended as a textbook for teacher education in the primary years. Drawing on much recent research into language and literacy, especially Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, it provides basic principles for understanding the teaching of the English language.

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Addresses the fundamentals of life-cost studies in the built environment. It includes the time-value of money, discounted cash-flow analysis, differential price-level movement and affordability fluctuations. Contemporary issues such as occupancy costs, sustainability implications and value adding are also addressed.

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Aimed at the lighting student and lighting designer, this explains the fundamentals of lighting, providing applicable knowledge on the subject.

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Recently introduced legislation and other proposal from government ministers threaten Australians' right to vote. Brian Costar and Colin A. Hughes argue that rather than watering down democratic rights we need to strengthen the key features of our electoral system.

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After genetic engineering, nanotechnology may well prove to be the 21st century's great leap forward in scientific knowledge. This book explains the emergent technology and explores the possibilities for its application. Australian title.

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Written by a professor of economics who wonders what it would be like to apply key economic principles to raising his own three gorgeous children, this title shows that bringing together the hard questions of economics with the chaos, mess and love that children inspire is a wonderful combination.

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This work offers a new view of suffrage-era feminism in Australia, located in rich cultural, social and political context, which also presents a new view of the decades around federation.