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Decent Work, Older Workers And Vulnerability In The Economic Recession: A Comparative Study Of Australia, The United Kingdom, And The United States, Susan Bisom-Rapp, Andrew D. Frazer, Malcolm Sargeant Dec 2012

Decent Work, Older Workers And Vulnerability In The Economic Recession: A Comparative Study Of Australia, The United Kingdom, And The United States, Susan Bisom-Rapp, Andrew D. Frazer, Malcolm Sargeant

Andrew Frazer

In countries with aging populations, the global recession presents unique challenges for older workers, and compels an assessment of how they are faring. To this end, the International Labour Organization's concept of decent work provides a useful metric or yardstick. Decent work, a multifaceted conception, assists in revealing the interdependence of measures needed to secure human dignity across the course of working lives. With this in mind, in three English-speaking, common law countries - Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States - this article considers several decent work principles applicable to older workers and provides evaluations in light of …


Australia's Maritime Challenges And Priorities: Recent Developments And Future Prospects, Robin M. Warner Dec 2012

Australia's Maritime Challenges And Priorities: Recent Developments And Future Prospects, Robin M. Warner

Robin Warner

Australia, witb its lengthy coastline, vast maritime jurisdiction and multiple offshore territories, undoubtedly fits the description of a maritime nation: but it was not until the issue of Australia's Oceans Policy in 1998 Ihat a comprehensive statement of Australia's maritime challenges and priorities emerged at the Federal Government level. The Oceans Policy arliculated a diverse array of challenges and priorities relating to Australia's maritime interests, including the conservation of marine biological diversity, the maintenance of ecologically sustainable fisheries, the prevention of marine pollution, the development of lhe offshore petroleum and minerals industry, the definition or Australia's maritime juridiction and the …


The Third Way: Prevention And Compensation Of Work Injury In Victoria, Australia, Peter S. Barth, H. Allan Hunt, Alan Clayton, Ralph Mcginn, Robert W. Klein, Terrance J. Bogyo Nov 2012

The Third Way: Prevention And Compensation Of Work Injury In Victoria, Australia, Peter S. Barth, H. Allan Hunt, Alan Clayton, Ralph Mcginn, Robert W. Klein, Terrance J. Bogyo

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Workers' Compensation Insurance In North America: Lessons For Victoria?, H. Allan Hunt, Robert W. Klein Nov 2012

Workers' Compensation Insurance In North America: Lessons For Victoria?, H. Allan Hunt, Robert W. Klein

H. Allan Hunt

No abstract provided.


Does A Bill Of Rights Matter? Comparing Australia To New Zealand, Luke Mcnamara Nov 2012

Does A Bill Of Rights Matter? Comparing Australia To New Zealand, Luke Mcnamara

Luke McNamara

No abstract provided.


Time Shifting In A Networked Digital World: Optus Tv Now And Copyright In The Cloud, Sampsung Xiaoxiang Shi Aug 2012

Time Shifting In A Networked Digital World: Optus Tv Now And Copyright In The Cloud, Sampsung Xiaoxiang Shi

xiaoxiang shi

This article examines copyright principles applied in a recent Australian case concerning the legality of a consumer cloud computing service - “TV Now” - a free to air TV recording service based on the Internet. It enabled a subscriber to record a TV broadcast and then watch the broadcast later at a more convenient time. Similar decisions made by the courts in Singapore and the United States have also been considered. The ultimate purpose of this article is to explore how copyright law has been struggling to adapte to cope with the advent of new technologies for time shifting of …


Submission On Exposure Draft New Offences Criminal Code (Forced Labour, Servitude, Forced Marriage, Deceptive Recruiting), Fiona M. David Ms, Anne T. Gallagher Dr Jan 2012

Submission On Exposure Draft New Offences Criminal Code (Forced Labour, Servitude, Forced Marriage, Deceptive Recruiting), Fiona M. David Ms, Anne T. Gallagher Dr

Fiona David

Submission made in response to proposed amendments to Australian Criminal Code to include, amongst other things, offences of forced labour, servitude, forced marriage, deceptive recruitment.


Criminal Sentencing - The Geographical Lottery, David Field Dec 2011

Criminal Sentencing - The Geographical Lottery, David Field

David Field

'POSITION, POSITION, POSITION' It is one of the Holy Grails of our criminal law that: 'Where the facts and circumstances of crimes and the subjective factors of those who commit them are the same, arguably equal justice requires that there be an identity of, and not different, outcomes in the punishment that they receive.' This time-honoured axiom of 'parity in sentencing' is, however, under threat from the continued organisation of Australian criminal justice along state and territory lines. The punishment actually received for any given crime in Australia is as much the product of the precise geographical location in which …