You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
None
None
Terms of reference: That the following matter be referred to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by the last sitting day in March 2001:1. The importance and value of the Western Australian Army Museum and the Fremantle Artillery Barracks.2. Whether the Fremantle Artillery Barracks is the most appropriate and suitable location for the Museum.3. The reason for the disposal of the Fremantle Artillery Barracks.4. The disposal of the Fremantle Artillery Barracks and the probity of the disposal process.5. How the Australian Defence Organisation (ADO) decides whether property is surplus to requirements and the management or disposal of surplus property.6. Sale and lease-back of ADO property.7. Any other matter related to the above-mentioned issues.
The Fluid State was cited by the High Court in Momcilovic v The Queen [2011] HCA 34 (8 September 2011)Traditional accounts of the relationship between international and national law present the interaction between the two as relatively ordered, if conflicting. This limited view of the relationship has become outmoded, as the scope of international legal regulation and the internationalised context of domestic law continue to expand. This book analyses some of the national contexts in which international law and domestic law interact and identifies the way in which attitudes to international law shift between them. Some of the questions considered are:How do perceptions of international law d...
The Australian aid program faces a fundamental dilemma: how, in the absence of deep popular support, should it generate the political legitimacy required to safeguard its budget and administering institution? Australia’s Foreign Aid Dilemma tells the story of the actors who have grappled with this question over 40 years. It draws on extensive interviews and archival material to uncover how 'court politics' shapes both aid policy and administration. The lesson for scholars and practitioners is that any holistic understanding of the development enterprise must account for the complex relationship between the aid program of individual governments and the domestic political and bureaucratic contexts in which it is embedded. If the way funding is administered shapes development outcomes, then understanding the 'court politics' of aid matters. This comprehensive text will be of considerable interest to scholars and students of politics and foreign policy as well as development professionals in Australia and across the world.
The Multilevel Politics of Trade presents a timely comparative analysis of eight federations (plus the European Union) to explore why some sub-federal actors have become more active in trade politics in recent years. As the contributing authors find, there is considerable variation in the intensity and modes of sub-federal participation. This they attribute to three key factors: the distinctive institutional features of federal systems; the nature and scope of trade policy and trade agreements; and the extent of social mobilization that accompanies a particular trade policy conversation. As a whole, The Multilevel Politics of Trade argues that sub-federal actors' interests (jurisdictional, p...
The first modern study of the law governing the external exercise of public power in the UK and the Commonwealth.