Volume 5 Issue 1 (1987)
-
AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY BETWEEN THE WARS
This paper is concerned with the early development of Australia‘s industrial technology infrastructure. It will attempt, in an exploratory rather than conclusive way, to establish a somewhat different perspective on…
-
JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF PLASTIC FOR YOUR WALLET: THE ‘AUSTRALIA CARD’ SCHEME
During 1985–87 the Australian Government developed a proposal for a national identification scheme. With public concern about the scheme’s implications increasing, the Australia Card Bill was defeated in the Senate…
-
INNOVATION AND HEALTH EXPENDITURES: SOME EMPIRICAL RESULTS FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGY
There is debate on whether the adoption of new medical technologies has been a contributing factor to rising health expenditures. This literature is critically reviewed and another approach is advocated.…
-
AUSTRALIAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY — THIRD TIME LUCKY
The title of this paper “Australian Manufacturing Industry — Third Time Lucky?” carries with it the implication that Australia has had two previous attempts at establishing a manufacturing industry in…
-
PATENT REFORM IN AUSTRALIA
To foster discussion this paper reproduces, with the permission of the Minister‘s office, the statement by the Minister for Science when releasing the Government’s response to the report of the…
-
INVENTION AND INNOVATION IN AUSTRALIA: THE HISTORIAN’S LENS
There is a strong body of opinion that Australia‘s present technological achievement and poor attitudes to high technology development remain essentially ’colonial‘. This notion is a misconception. An overview study…
-
THE EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY OF VERMIN CONTROL IN COLONIAL AUSTRALIA
Settlers in colonial Australia resorted initially to traditional methods of vermin control inherited from Europe, namely, trapping and hunting. The magnitude of the problem required eventually the development of novel,…
-
TRADE UNIONS, NEW TECHNOLOGY, AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY IN AUSTRALIA
Internationally, two basic strategies have been adopted for the macro-management of the industrial relations issues arising from recent technological change. The first has been one of tripartite consultative planning, whereas…