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...
In this article we review the literature on the service sector relating to agricultural producers and agribusinesses. The review reveals a significant gap in the literature regarding the ‘professional agriculture services sector’. This sector comprises those...
This paper examines the impact of emission trading system, board risk management committee and firm age on firms’ responsiveness to climate change on CDP project 2011. More specifically, this study aims to investigate whether global corporation’s responses on...
This paper utilises a new computable general equilibrium (CGE) model which integrates an electricity supply model to gauge the effects of a national emissions trading scheme (ETS) on the Australian energy sector and the broader economy. The modelling results show...
The Howard Government’s commitment to supporting the male breadwinner policy model was a major barrier to the efforts of female political leaders to influence the development of a national paid parental leave scheme. Associated with this model was the argument that...
State-imposed limitations on local government revenue and expenditure represent an especially draconian form of regulation. In Australian local government, New South Wales (NSW) has a longstanding rate-pegging regime, the Northern Territory (NT) caps mining and...
Studies of market integration show that price changes are transmitted spatially through arbitrage. Transmission across differentiated agricultural products is important to investigate, but it has not been explored given its complexities for assessment. Using data...
Should governments act pro-actively with strategies to achieve local economic growth? This is a key public policy issue in regional economic development. Using an Australian region, this article presents projections that test a number of such scenarios to establish...
The economic structure of local government areas (LGAs) of the Northern Territory (NT) are mapped and analyzed using economic base theory. Using a three-stage geospatial visualization we find that: 1) Mining and agriculture are predominantly providing job...
A key aspiration for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the resource sector is to leave behind a lasting and positive legacy for local and regional communities, which is referred to here as Enduring Community Value (ECV). This paper examines the capacity of...
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