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Financial And Social Well-Being Performance After Privatisation Of The Port Of Brisbane: A Case Study, Mudiyanselage Upali Ranjith Jayasundara, Greg Jones, John Sands

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

Available literature has failed to provided a satisfactory expalination to the contradiction between ‘the theory of the firm’ and ‘stakeholder theory’ predictions related to financial and socialwellbeing performance of public versus private firms. Limited literature has evaluated the financial and social-wellbeing performance of privatised ports in Australia. This study investigates the potential impact of the privatisation of the Port of Brisbane Corporation (PBC) to the Port of Brisbane Proprietary Limited (PBPL) on its financial and social-wellbeing performance. Mixed methods research is employed following the theory of the firm, investigating the relationship between the change of ownership and financial and social-wellbeing …

Determinants Of Pro-Environmental Behaviours – A Cross Country Study Of Would-Be Managers, Asit Bhattacharyya, Kumar Biswas, Abdul Moyeen

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

Purpose: This cross-cultural based paper aims to provide an understanding of the determinants contributing to adopting pro-environmental behaviour by ‘would-be managers’ represented by MBA students studying in two highly carbon emitting yet contrasting countries – India and Australia. The paper particularly examines the effects of personal values, moral obligation, attitudes, and subjective norms on pro-environmental behavior of such would-be managers. Design/methodology/approach: In predicting the pro-environmental behavior of would-be managers, a conceptual model was developed by combining Schwartz’s (1992) value theory and Homer and Kahle’s cognitive hierarchy model of value-attitude-behaviour (VAB). Data was collected from 476 respondents consisting of 342 MBA …

Intergenerational Transmission Of Body Mass And Obesity Status In Australia, Adrian James, Silvia Mendolia, Alfredo R. Paloyo

Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)

We are grateful to two anonymous reviewers and the editor, Professor Garry Barrett, for comments and suggestions that improved the manuscript. In particular, we would like to acknowledge their openness to the use of "people‐first language" when talking about persons with obesity. Likewise, we are thankful to seminar participants at the Center for Health Economics at Monash University and the Asian Development Bank. We also benefitted from conference and workshop participants at the International Health Economics Association Conference in Basel, the Workshop on the Economics of Health, Inequality, and Behavior at Macquarie University, and the Applied Econometrics Workshop at Victoria …

A Crisis Of Underinsurance Threatens To Scar Rural Australia Permanently, Chloe Lucas, Christine Eriksen, David M. J. S Bowman

Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)

Australia is in the midst of a bushfire crisis that will affect local communities for years, if not permanently, due to a national crisis of underinsurance. Already more than 1,500 homes have been destroyed - with months still to go in the bushfire season. Compare this to 2009, when Victoria's "Black Saturday" fires claimed more than 2,000 homes in February, or 1983, when the "Ash Wednesday" fires destroyed about 2,400 homes in Victoria and South Australia, also in February. The 2020 fire season could end up surpassing these tragedies, despite the lessons learned and improvements in preparedness. One lesson not …

Active Lives South Australia Health Economic Analysis - An Evidence Base For Potential Of Health Promotion Strategies To Reduced Public Health Costs With Meeting Of Adult Physical Activity Guidelines. A Report Prepared For Sa Office Of Recreation, Sport And Racing And Sa Health., Simon Eckermann, Michelle Crisp, Andy Willan

Australian Health Services Research Institute

No abstract provided.

Aroc Annual Report – The State Of Inpatient Rehabilitation In Australia In 2019, Tara L. Alexander, Frances D. Simmonds, Jacquelin T. Capell, Lewis J. Green

Australian Health Services Research Institute

This is the 14th comprehensive annual report describing discharge episodes from subacute inpatient rehabilitation programs provided by Australian facilities that are members of the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC).

A Profile Of Patients Receiving Palliative Care In Australia For July – December 2019, Samuel F. Allingham, Samuel J. Burns, Linda M. Foskett, Sabina P. Clapham, Barbara A. Daveson, Kathy Eagar, Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) is a national program that aims to improve the quality and outcomes of palliative care in Australia. This is achieved via a standardised clinical language that supports a national data collection. This report provides a high level profile of 26,586 patients who received palliative care during July to December 2019 and had their pain, symptom, family / carer and psychological / spiritual issues assessed as part of routine clinical care.

A Profile Of Patients Receiving Palliative Care In Western Australia For July – December 2019, Samuel F. Allingham, Samuel J. Burns, Tanya Pidgeon, Natalie Joseph, Linda M. Foskett, Sabina P. Clapham, Barbara A. Daveson, Kathy Eagar, Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) is a national program that aims to improve the quality and outcomes of palliative care in Australia. This is achieved via a standardised clinical language that supports a national data collection. This report provides a high level profile of 4,631 patients who received palliative care in Western Australia during July to December 2019 and had their pain, symptom, family / carer and psychological / spiritual issues assessed as part of routine clinical care.

A Profile Of Patients Receiving Palliative Care In South Australia For July – December 2019, Samuel F. Allingham, Samuel J. Burns, Tanya Pidgeon, Natalie Joseph, Linda M. Foskett, Sabina P. Clapham, Barbara A. Daveson, Kathy Eagar, Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) is a national program that aims to improve the quality and outcomes of palliative care in Australia. This is achieved via a standardised clinical language that supports a national data collection. This report provides a high level profile of 2,204 patients who received palliative care in South Australia during July to December 2019 and had their pain, symptom, family / carer and psychological / spiritual issues assessed as part of routine clinical care.

Role Of Area-Level Access To Primary Care On The Geographic Variation Of Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Distribution: A Multilevel Analysis Of The Adult Residents In The Illawarra—Shoalhaven Region Of Nsw, Australia, Renin Melkias Baby Selvi Toms, Xiaoqi Feng, Darren J. Mayne, Andrew D. Bonney

Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute

Background: Access to primary care is important for the identification, control and management of cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRFs). This study investigated whether differences in geographic access to primary care explained area-level variation in CMRFs. Methods: Multilevel logistic regression models were used to derive the association between area-level access to primary care and seven discrete CMRFs after adjusting for individual and area-level co-variates. Two-step floating catchment area method was used to calculate the geographic access to primary care for the small areas within the study region. Results: Geographic access to primary care was inversely associated with low high density lipoprotein (OR …

How A Stone Wedged In A Gum Tree Shows The Resilience Of Aboriginal Culture In Australia, Caroline Spry, Brian J. Armstrong, Elspeth H. Hayes, John A. Webb, Kathryn Allen, Lisa Paton, Quan Hua, Richard Fullagar

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B

Trees marked by Aboriginal cultural practices are a distinctive part of the Australian landscape. A recent discovery on Wiradjuri country in New South Wales shows some of these “culturally modified trees” may be much younger than anybody thought...

Using The Delphi Process To Identify Priorities For Dietetic Research In Australia 2020‐2030, Judi Porter, Karen E. Charlton, Linda C. Tapsell, Helen Truby

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B

Aim This research aimed to use a consensus process to develop a framework and definition for nutrition and dietetic research, and to identify dietetic research priorities for Australia for the period 2020 to 2030. Methods A three‐round Delphi process was selected to enable dietitians with demonstrated research expertise to contribute to the national priority development. All Fellows of the Dietitians Association of Australia, Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitians and research leaders were invited to participate (n = 84). The questionnaire was distributed electronically using a 7‐point Likert scale. Rounds 1 and 2 asked participants to comment on the proposed research framework, …

Humans Coexisted With Three-Tonne Marsupials And Lizards As Long As Cars In Ancient Australia, Scott Hocknull, Anthony Dosseto, Gilbert Price, Lee Arnold, Patrick Moss, Renaud Joannes-Boyau

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B

When people first arrived in what is now Queensland, they would have found the land inhabited by massive animals including goannas six metres long and kangaroos twice as tall as a human. We have studied fossil bones of these animals for the past decade. Our findings, published today in Nature Communications, shed new light on the mystery of what drove these ancient megafauna to extinction.

Australia Needs A National Fire Inquiry - These Are The 3 Key Areas It Should Deliver In, David David Bowman, Ross A. Bradstock

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: Part B

Australia's bushfire crisis has been unprecedented, so it demands an unprecedented national response. Never before has such a large area been burnt by multiple fires in a single fire season, including bushland in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.

Employment Change In Mining And Manufacturing In Australia, 2010/11 – 2015/16: Dissecting The Subnational Patterns And Concentrations, Shanaka Hereth, Kankesu Jayanthakumaran

Faculty of Business and Law - Papers

This paper recognises Krugman’s (1991) core-periphery model and analyses the reallocation of employment across the Australian metro and nonmetro regions over the period 2010/11-2015/16. The differences were interpreted using shift-share analysis and industry-specific location quotients, and patterns of change and concentrations for mining and manufacturing are highlighted, given the significance of these industries during this period. The industry-specific location quotients suggest that there was a shift in relative concentrations of mining and manufacturing industries in non-metropolitan regions. The shift-share results are consistent and suggest that regional specialisation and regional competitiveness are characteristic of employment change in metro regions. In nonmetropolitan …

Building Momentum: An Urban And Regional Geography Of Municipal Food Waste Composting, Timothy P. Wall

Social Sciences - Honours Theses

Abstract The economic and environmental consequences of household food waste have become widely recognised in popular and policy spheres. This is particularly so in consumer societies. Because 40% of landfill, by weight, is made up of household food waste (Kane, 2020) there are also growing concerns about the environmental and economic costs to regional and urban municipalities. Such concerns are also combined with interest about how to better value food waste as a resource. As household food waste continues to increase, municipalities in many consumer societies have taken steps towards implementing food composting strategies as part of diversification strategies to …

Ppe Unmasked: Why Health-Care Workers In Australia Are Inadequately Protected Against Coronavirus, Alicia Dennis, Jane L. Whitelaw

Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities - Papers

In Victoria, more than 1,100 health-care workers have now been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Some 11% of active cases are workers in the health-care sector. Health-care workers are reported to be among those fighting for life in Victorian intensive care units.

Did The End Justify The Means? An Exploration Of How Australian Newspapers Portrayed People With Disability When Reporting On The National Disability Insurance Scheme (Ndis) And What People With Disability Say About The Coverage., Shawn Burns

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 2017+

This thesis is about media coverage of disability. Specifically, it is concerned with four issues, namely (1) the extent to which Australian newspapers provide people with disability a voice when reporting on issues that directly affect them; (2) the language adopted by journalists and media organisations when reporting on disability; (3) whether that language is traditional or progressive (that is, does it present disability as a significant part of the human condition or fallback on stereotype and negative models of disability); and, most importantly, (4) what people with disability think about their representation in Australian news media.

The thesis uses …