Organisation

University of Melbourne

Journal article

Determinants of access to chronic illness care – a mixed-methods evaluation of a national multifaceted chronic disease package for Indigenous Australians

Objectives: Indigenous Australians have a disproportionately high burden of chronic illness, and relatively poor access to healthcare. This paper examines how a national multicomponent programme aimed at improving prevention and management of chronic disease among Australian Indigenous people addressed various dimensions of access.
Report

Peers and partners: how Australia compares on climate policy


Executive Summary This briefing paper compares what the Australian government is doing on climate change with the countries most relevant and important to Australia: allies and trading partners. The paper looks at China, the UK, South Korea, and the US. Examining what peers and partners are doing on climate policy gives a practical sense of...
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Misleading the ethical consumer: the regulation of free-range egg labelling


Explains how it is that the regulation of welfare of layer hens is now largely a matter of voluntary labeling for consumer choice rather than mandatory government regulation of animal welfare in production conditions. Summary In mid-2014, Australian consumer affairs ministers announced that they would together set ‘a national, legally enforceable definition of free-range eggs’...
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Public libraries in a digital culture


This report evaluates recent and existing State Library of Queensland (SLQ) initiatives in relation to information technology and communications using ethnographic techniques. The report gathers data collected from interviews with several stakeholders and considers contemporary developments in library practices and digital media.
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Young Australians' attitudes to violence against women


The National Community Attitudes towards Violence Against Women Survey tells us that we have been able to challenge a culture that allows violence against women to occur. There have been sustained improvements since 1995 in a number of areas. However, there are other areas in which progress has been minimal, along with some concerning negative...