Our Research – “One Nation and Indigenous Reconciliation”, Dr Simon Burgess in B. Grant, T. Moore & T. Lynch (Eds.), The Rise of Right-Populism: Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and Australian Politics

Hanson and her party believe in Australia: they believe in our common culture, in our identity as Australians, and in giving one another a “fair go”. They themselves, however, have not consistently afforded everyone a fair go, and their divisive and alienating...

Our Research – “Policy-Based Evidence Making in Local Government: The New South Wales’ Muncipal Merger Program” – Brian Dollery

A feature of contemporary public policymaking across the world is its widespread dependence on commercial consultants for specialised advice. While a substantial literature exists on the problems associated with ‘externalisation’ of policy advice, not least the...

Guest Lecture – Sustainability and Startups in the Medicinal Cannabis industry with Oz Medicann Group, 25 July 2018

Each year, students in MM200 Managing People and Organisations have the unique opportunity to focus their major assignment on a real life case study. UNE Business School invites the case study organisation onto campus for our annual Guest Lecture, and as always,...

Our Research – “Population Size or Population Density? An Empirical Examination of Scale Economies in South Australian Local Government, 2015/16” – Tran, Kortt and Dollery

Advocates of amalgamation typically claim that substantial scale economies flow from municipal mergers, which generate larger local government entities by population size. We examined whether economies of scale exist in council outlays by analysing the expenditure...

Our Research: “Does Municipal Sustainability Influence the Impact of European Union Investment Programs? The Case of Portuguese Local Government”, Caldas, Ferreira, Dollery and Marques

The assessment of the impact of European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) on Portuguese local government and which factors determine it is important given the magnitude of funds involved. As part of this larger question, this paper considers whether the...

Our Research: “One person’s drain is another’s water supply: Why property rights, scope, measurement and hydrology matter when it comes to Integrated Water Resources Management”, Crase, Cooper, Dollery and Marques

The expansion of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) philosophies has given rise to some improvements in decision making. However, the limits of IWRM also need to be recognised. This paper is used to scrutinise the need for integrated decisions when...

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