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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.

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Playlisted takes the pulse of Australian rock 'n roll. Each chapter launches from a single significant track on an illuminating musical journey - into an underrated album or an overrated career. It's neither encyclopaedic nor heavy-handed, while mixing together rock stars and pop princesses, artists and frauds.

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Principles of Internal Control is a TAFE Accounting textbook that describes the objectives and practices of internal control. The text incorporates the learning outcomes and content of the TAFE National Accounting Module NAP 717: Internal Control Principles.

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In 14 essays by Australian and New Zealand writers critiquing the new biology, and with a foreword by Mae-Wan Ho (the UK scientist leading a global attack on genetic engineering as 'bad science') 'Recoding Nature' challenges the assumptions of those preparing the world for a 'recoded' DNA future.

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Examines the role of history in key Indigenous rights cases which occurred during the era of the Howard government, when Indigenous rights and the place of Aboriginal people in the national story were repudiated in a variety of government laws and policies.

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This is a book about managing risks in a project environment. It is intended to enhance readers' understanding of the nature and presence of risk by raising the organisation's awareness of the risks it faces, and formalising the systems needed to deal with and learn from those risks.

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This text provides an account of the key issues that affect climate change policy in Australia, detailing the policy failures, the murky politics, the corruption of the policy process, the influence of the fossil-fuel industries on policy makers, and the ethical issues that underpin the debate.

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This title aims to provide a balanced and practical account of a debate that is more of often than not highly polarised and emotionally charged. It should be of keen interest to anyone wanting to know more about the GM debate, including the broader environmental and ethical issues

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Provides an insight into the way governments sell themselves, both publicly and behind the scenes, and how their expensive propaganda effort affects the political process.

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The fascinating story of how a derelict wing of Darlinghurst Gaol, home to Sydney's most notorious female criminals, became the Cell Block Theatre, the hub of Australia's avant-garde theatre, music and dance scene in the 1960s and '70s. It explores this iconic cultural site and the ground-breaking works that emerged from its rough sandstone walls.

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High-rise buildings dominate the skyline of modern cities around the world. But how do they affect urbanism and culture Are they necessary to cities Can they be made more formally engaging This examines the global phenomenon of the tall building.

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By addressing themes such as social and economic change, government policy and gender relations, this volume tackles the thematic complexities of sustainability. It attempts to understand how small rural communities have survived in the past, what factors shaped them, and how these factors will impact on their future survival.

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Follows the development of robust communities and captures the area's special features, such as its natural heritage. It also addresses the downside of urban development, including environmental degradation and social dislocation. It draws on an abundance of rich primary sources and contains many previously unpublished photographs.

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Terms of Trust is the first book-length analysis of the role of ethics in Australian government. It scrutinises what actually happens in practice against the democratic theory, and identifies the strengths and weaknesses of public-sector ethics.

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The underlying concern of this book is the issue of balancing the needs for national security with individual rights and freedoms. Hocking argues that current security legislation compromises the separation of powers and individual legal and political rights.