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What is it about Australian history Students dismiss the subject for being boring while politicians and concerned parents fret over their lack of historical knowledge. This work taps into heated national debates on education and the History Wars, but takes a fresh perspective by talking to the children and teachers.

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The first book to explore the complexities of homelessness in Australia and the future policies likely to improve the situation.

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This practical book is an indispensable guide to writing history. It advises writers on how much research is necessary, how to manage notes and files, when you should start writing, whether to use the first person, and whether to structure your work chronologically or thematically. It offers tips on how to write a compelling narrative.

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Looks at the administrative and leadership style of former Prime Minister John Howard's fourth and final term in government (2004-2007). Organised into three sections, this book reflects on key governance issues such as privatisation, the management of the Howard Government's Senate majority, and issues relating to accountability and ethics.

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Looks at the administrative and leadership style of Prime Minister John Howard's second and third governments. This work features key policy issues including education, immigration, GST, and the republican debate.

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Based on a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) designed for both military personnel and non-specialists across the globe, Key Concepts in Military Ethics is structured as a series of mini-chapters that cover a huge range of topics and issues: moral dilemmas, military and civilian interactions, freedom of the press, peacekeeping, terrorism and humanitarian intervention.

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2003 marks the twentieth anniversary of the first case of HIV-AIDS in Australia. Working from an extensive array of documents and interviews with key participants, Australia's response to the epidemic is examined to establish why it has been one of the most effective responses in the world.

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In this challenging and provocative book, Tom Frame, one of Australia's best-known writers on religion and society, examines diminishing theological belief and declining denominational affiliation. He argues that Australia has never been a very religious nation but that few Australians have deliberately rejected belief.

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Since the 1980s, Australians have had a system of universal health care that they largely take for granted. But the road there wasnt easy. Making Medicare is a comprehensive account of the Australias long, tortuous and unconventional path towards universal health care as it was established, abolished and introduced again and of the reforms that brought it into being.

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Voluntary, arts, housing and campaigning organisations, and other professional groups are all part of Australia's expanding 'third sector' - non-profit-making organisations. This book sets out the essential elements of management needed to make these organisations successful. It provides a practical overview for busy managers and board members.

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This innovative historical biography traces the lives of a unique Australian Aboriginal family whose Russian ancestry can be traced to the ancient Russian Czars, while their Aboriginal ancestors are descended from the chiefs of the Ngadjon people of the Atherton Tablelands.

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International law does not seem immediately relevant to domestic Australian politics and law, let alone to our everyday lives. This book shows that international law has a growing significance for trade, human rights, crime, terrorism and climate change.

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No-one in the Australian government or army could have predicted that in the 25 years following the end of the Cold War army personnel would be deployed to Rwanda, Cambodia, Somalia, Bougainville, East Timor, Afghanistan, Iraq and the Solomon Islands. In a constructive critique of the modern Australian Army, On Ops examines the transformation that has taken place since 1999.

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Opens with the sudden death of cricket legend David Hookes, late one night in January 2004. From there, this work surveys all that flowed from that fateful event - the sometimes hysterical reaction of the public and the media, and the reaction of friends and family of Hookes and the man charged with responsibility for his death, Zdravko Micevic.

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In a dark and pessimistic time, A Passion for Peace is a timely and uplifting work. Written in an engaging and optimistic style, combining poetry and prose, this book is both practical and philosophical, showing how a creative use of power can contribute to peace with justice in any context or country.

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Traces the history of the development of photovoltaics, charts the current research priorities, and shows how solar energy is being tapped in a variety of innovative cases.

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Provides a comprehensive resource on public sector accountability for those who work in the public service, elected representatives and students of the public sector. It's a wide-ranging, up-to-date resource on the practices and institutional arrangements of public sector accountability and the principles that drive public sector reforms in Australia.

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Asks why we have become so wrapped up in our homes. It explores the ways we are distorting our lives in the pursuit of prestige and tax- free caital gains as we play the real estate game with mindless passion. The great Australian dream of owning a home seems to have become the great Australian nightmare.

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Explores some of Australia's major ethical challenges. Written in the midst of rapid social and environmental change and in a time of uncertainty and division, it offers powerful stories and arguments for ethical choice and commitment. The focus is on reconciliation between Indigenous and 'Settler' peoples, and with nature.

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Traces the history of Aboriginal people along Sydney's Georges River from the early periods of British and Irish settlement to this day. This title offers an approach to Aboriginal history in an urban setting in Australia.

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Extraordinarily, it was men born in the former Russian Empire that constituted the most numerous group in the First Australian Imperial Force, after those of Anglo-Celtic background. This book, a history of Russin multiethnic communities in Australia, follows the hidden lives of these Anzacs through and beyond the war.