Volume 1 Issue 1 (1983)
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THE ECONOMICS OF URANIUM ENRICHMENT
A number of factors which determine the demand for enrichment services are identified and projections of enrichment capacity and requirements to the year 2000 are discussed. An outline of the…
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN AUSTRALIA: AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, 1854-1930
Australian history has been conspicuously short on the examination of the history of technical subjects and of the role technological development has played in the country’s evolution. As early as…
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DIVERSITY, ECONOMICS AND THE AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY
Diversity of newspaper outlets and diversity of newspaper ownership are both generally conducive to economic efficiency within the newspaper industry. A review of the economics of newspaper publishing reveals two…
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THE TRANSFER OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY TO WESTERN PACIFIC DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
This paper reviews recent evidence on technology transfer to the rapidly growing Western Pacific region, where most developing countries have adopted relatively liberal policies towards the importation of technology and…
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND WELFARE IMPLICATIONS OF TRANSBORDER DATA FLOWS
All countries are finding their economic growth determined increasingly by investment in information technology. In the ultimate analysis, the welfare effects will be determined by which industries are strengthened or…
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BROADCASTING IN THE 1920s : GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE INTERESTS
Australian broadcasting has always been subject to government regulation. This paper identifies fundamental changes in regulatory rules in the formative years of the 1920s and relates them to the interests…
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THE INTERNATIONAL REALPOLITIK OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Reasons are considered for growing government intervention in scientific and technological progress, justifications for such interference and variations in the objectives sought by developed nations through their science and technology…
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AUSTRALIA’S DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED TECHNOLOGY – SOME ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION
This article assesses the extent of Australia’s dependence on imported technology and discusses the effects this way have had on domestic research and development expenditure. Drawing upon recent studies of…
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INFORMATICS AND LAW REFORM
The Chairman of the Australian Law Reform Commission identifies science and technology as one of the main factors necessitating reform of the law in Australia. The way in which informatics,…