Dissertations / Theses: 'Oyster industry – New South Wales'

1

Elder, John Richard. "THE AUSTRALIAN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES & BUILDERS LABOURERS FEDERATION AND THE NEW SOUTH WALES BUILDING INDUSTRY." University of Sydney, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2155.

Full text

Abstract:

Master of Industrial Relations
Australia, during the twenty five years that followed the end of the Second World War, experienced increased prosperity and a stable industrial relations system in which the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (the federal commission) played a dominant and authoritative role. The NSW building boom which began in the latter part of the 1950s introduced new technology, concentrated building workers in the central business district of Sydney, and broadened the range of skills required of builders' labourers. The major NSW building tradesmen's union, the Building Workers' Industrial Union (NSW/BWIU), had a communist leadership. The national body of that union lost its federal industrial registration in 1948, and the NSW/BWIU moderated its behaviour after it nearly lost its own, NSW state, registration in 1957. The Australian Building Construction Employees and Builders' Labourers Federation (ABLF) had a federal award under which most of the members of its NSW branch (NSW/BLF) were employed. The leadership of both the ABLF and of the NSW/BLF were communist. The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) suffered a defection by the ABLF leadership in the early 1960s to a communist party which endorsed Marxist- Leninist policies. The BWIU leadership also left the CPA (and formed the Socialist Party of Australia) following an announced shift in policy direction by the CPA in 1969. That shift in policy abandoned the `united front' concept and adopted ultra-left policies which advocated vanguard action by small groups. The announcement by the CPA of its new policies occurred after the gaoling of a Victorian union leader which signalled the virtual collapse of the previously authoritative, and punitive, role of the federal commission. The structure and politics of society underwent enormous change during the 1960s and early 1970s which was an era of protest during which various social movements were formed. The NSW/BLF became a major participant in those protests and movements, and conducted various industrial and social campaigns during the first half of the 1970s. Those campaigns were conducted in line with the ultra-left policies of the CPA, and this isolated the NSW/BLF from its federal body and from the trade union movement generally. This thesis analyses some of the campaigns conducted by the NSW/BLF during the period 1970-1974 and the various responses by the Master Builders Association of NSW (MBA/NSW) to those campaigns. The MBA/NSW broadened its membership base during the 1950s, and the effect that its new membership structure had on its decision-making processes is also considered.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

2

Kelly, David. "Industrial relations in the New South Wales building industry, 1850-1891 conflict, co-operation & radicalism /." Connect to full text, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1678.

Full text

Abstract:

Thesis (M. Phil.)--Work and Organisational Studies, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sydney, 2007.
Title from title screen (viewed 3rd August, 2007). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Work and Organisational Studies, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sydney. Degree awarded 2007; thesis submitted 2006. Includes bibliographical references. Also issued in print.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

3

Edwards, Adam Glen. "The law and reality of the coal seam gas industry in NSW." Thesis, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uSa41cfLRA&index=9&list=PL8rZPGPMzfuK7yVuY31rWGFkHM_DF1ItU, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/13622.

Full text

Abstract:

You’ve all seen the signs at the side of the road, Stop Coal Seam Gas, so is the Sun rising or setting on the Coal Seam Gas industry. Well, I’m not quite sure yet, but I know what the problem is. The public don’t trust gas companies and the government to protect the environment. And the problem isn’t just here; it’s worldwide and getting worse. So I like to tell people my research is about sustainable development, delivering better environmental outcomes, and public engagement.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

4

McIntyre, Julie Ann. "A 'civilized' drink and a 'civilizing' industry: wine growing and cultural imagining in colonial New South Wales." University of Sydney, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5763.

Full text

Abstract:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
My starting point for this thesis was the absence of a foundation history of Australian wine growing conducted by an historian rather than researchers in other disciplines or the media. I have used existing work on wine history in New South Wales from 1788 to 1901 alongside a significant body of new research to create an historical argument suitable for incorporation into more broadly-themed narratives of Australian history and to inform studies of wine growing in other academic fields. My main argument is that although wine growing proved of little economic value in colonial primary production compared with nation-building commodities - such as pastoralism, wheat growing and gold - advocates of the cultivation of wine grapes believed wine growing embodied beneficial, even transformative, cultural value so they persisted in attempting to create a ‘civilizing’ industry producing a ‘civilized’ drink despite lacklustre consumption of their product and very modest profits. Several times, from 1788 to 1901, these advocates spoke out or wrote about wine and wine growing as capable of creating order in a wild or ‘savage’ landscape and within a settler society shaped culturally by shifting adaptations to both imported and ‘native’ influences in agriculture as well as alcohol production, consumption and distribution. While the methodological framework employed here falls mainly within cultural and economic history, sociological theories have contributed to findings on causation. The result is a comprehensive narrative of colonial wine growing in New South Wales enriched by links to key developments in Australian colonial history and with reference to wine growing in other British colonies or former territories.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

5

McIntyre, J. A. "A 'civilized' drink and a 'civilizing' industry wine growing and cultural imagining in colonial New South Wales /." Connect to full text, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5763.

Full text

Abstract:

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2009.
Title from title screen (viewed December 9, 2009) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of History, Faculty of Arts. Degree awarded 2009; thesis submitted 2008. Includes bibliographical references and appendices. Also available in print form.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

6

Dove, Michael Colin Geography Program UNSW. "Effects of estuarine acidification on survival and growth of the Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea glomerata." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. Geography Program, 2003. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/20485.

Full text

Abstract:

Estuarine acidification, caused by disturbance of acid sulfate soils (ASS), is a recurrent problem in eastern Australia. Affected waters are characterised by low pH and elevated concentrations of metals, principally aluminium and iron. The effects of acid and elevated metal concentrations associated with ASS, on adult Sydney rock oysters, have not been previously investigated. This study tested links between ASS-affected drainage, subsequent estuarine acidification and Sydney rock oyster production problems on the Hastings and Manning Rivers, mid north coast New South Wales. The primary objective of this thesis was to establish if estuarine acidification causes mortality and slow growth in individual Sydney rock oysters by exposing oysters to low pH, iron and aluminium using field and laboratory experiments. Water quality data showed that estuarine acidification was spatially extensive in the Hastings and Manning Rivers following heavy rainfall and was due to mineral acids originating from drained or excavated ASS. Estuarine acidification regularly affected areas used for Sydney rock oyster production following heavy rainfall. Field experiments showed that Sydney rock oyster mortality rates were significantly higher at sites exposed to ASS-affected waters compared to locations that were isolated from ASS-affected waters. Oyster mortality increased with the time of exposure and smaller oysters (mean weight = 5 g) experienced significantly higher mortality relative to larger oysters (mean weight = 29 g). This was caused by acid-induced shell degradation resulting in perforation of the smaller oysters??? under-developed shells. Additionally, Sydney rock oyster growth rates were dramatically reduced at sites exposed to ASS-affected waters and the overall mean condition index of oysters at ASS-affected field sites was significantly lower than the overall mean condition index of oysters at non-impacted sites. Findings from laboratory experiments showed that ASS-affected water alters oyster valve movements and significantly reduces oyster feeding rates at pH 5.5. Acidic treatments (pH 5.1) containing 7.64 mg L-1 of aluminium or ASS-affected water caused changes in the mantle and gill soft tissues following short-term exposure. Degenerative effects described in oysters in this study were also due to iron contained in ASS-affected waters. Iron precipitates accumulated on the shell, gills and mantle and were observed in the stomach, intestine, digestive tubules and rectum. This study concluded that Sydney rock oysters are unable to tolerate acidic conditions caused by ASS outflows and cannot be viably cultivated in acid-prone areas of the estuary.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

7

Putra, Andreas Wahyu Gunawan, University of Western Sydney, and Sydney Graduate School of Management. "Evaluating training programs : evaluating training programs for front line associates in the hotel sector in Sydney : demonstrating Kirkpatrick's model." THESIS_SGSM_XXX_Putra_A.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/723.

Full text

Abstract:

Research for this project was undertaken by means of a broad and comprehensive literature search, a field study and the development of four working papers. It has been quoted,The hospitality industry appears to be facing increasing competitive pressures to improve the quality of its delivery of products and services. For many hotels, success depends largely on the availability of qualified line associates who are able to translate and consistently maintain their company's operational standards of service. Hotel companies, thus, must take training programs for front line associates seriously to accommodate the growing pressure to provide qualified associates. Consequently, many hotels now highlight training activities for front line associates as a means of providing an outstanding service for their customers. However, there is often scepticism about whether training actually pays off for organisations. Despite the importance of the topic, there appears to be little research on evaluating training for front line associates in the hospitality industry, particularly in the hotel sector. Therefore, this project is arguably pioneering in its analysis of applying the model chosen. It has demonstrated through empirical evidence the usefulness of the model to the four hotels in Sydney. This project has investigated evaluating training programs by analysing the reaction of the trainees, learning gained by the trainees, transfer of learning to the workplace by the trainees and training outcomes. The research is expected to be useful to other training practitioners and/or scholars who are interested in taking further research in the hospitality industry, particularly in the hotel sector.
Doctor of Business Administration

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

8

Chandler, Andrew James. "The re-making of a working class : migration from the South Wales coalfield to the new industry areas of the Midlands c1920-1940." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.329622.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

9

Henkel, Cathy. "Development of audiovisual industries in the Northern Rivers Region of NSW." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2002.

Find full text

Abstract:

The proposition that this thesis investigates is that the Northern Rivers region of NSW, the area from Grafton to Tweed Heads, is growing as a lifestyle and learning region with the potential for audiovisual industry activity to develop as a series of networked industry clusters. The cluster model is explored as an alternative approach to industry development that offers new opportunities for enterprise building and new options for government intervention in the cultural industries in the region. The concept of creative industries is also applied to scope new collaboration and economic development options for the cultural industries, creative arts, media and communications sectors and a new agenda for collective action amongst industry players in the region. The thesis confirms that audiovisual and creative industries' activity in the Northern Rivers region has reached a significant level in terms of representation in the workforce and economic and social benefit to the region. The research identified a total of 1,621 people involved in audiovisual industries in the region, representing a growth of 214% since 1996. The total number of people involved in creative industries in the region in 2000 was conservatively estimated to be 3,500, which is 4.1 % of the local work force, a significant figure for a non-metropolitan region. The thesis questioned the usefulness of Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data in providing an accurate picture of creative industries, and the research may be considered a pioneering work in its method of collecting data on creative industry cluster developments in Australia. The thesis concludes that the Northern Rivers region has an active, significant and growing audiovisual industry within the creative milieu of a lively and growing creative industries' sector, and has the potential to develop as a series of networked creative industries' clusters. However, considerable barriers and difficulties exist at both the local and national levels for these industries, and specific measures need to be taken urgently to support this developing sector and to provide the infrastructure and mechanisms needed to ensure that the current growth is sustainable.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

10

Mouat, Jeremy. "Mining in the settler dominions : a comparative study of the industry in three communities from the 1880s to the First World War." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29037.

Full text

Abstract:

This dissertation examines the evolution of the mining industry in three British dominions during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Adopting a case study approach, it describes the establishment and growth of mining in Rossland, British Columbia; Broken Hill, New South Wales; and Waihi, New Zealand. Separate chapters trace developments in each area, focussing on the emergence of organised labour, the growth of mining companies and the sophistication of mining operations. These underline the need to consider diverse themes, maintaining that the mining industry's pattern of growth can be understood only by adopting such a broad approach. Following the three case studies, the final chapters of the dissertation offer a comparative analysis of Rossland, Waihi and Broken Hill. The study emphasises the similarities of these three communities, especially the cycle of growth, and identifies a crucial common denominator. Despite differences in climate, in the type and nature of the ore deposit and in the scale of mining activity, all three areas experienced a common trajectory of initial boom followed by subsequent retrenchment. The changing character of the resource base forced this fundamental alteration of productive relations. In each region, the mineral content of the ore declined as the mines went deeper. In addition, with depth the ore tended to become more difficult to treat. Faced with a decline in the value of the product of their mines, companies had to adopt sweeping changes in order to maintain profitable operations. This re-structuring was accomplished in a variety of ways, but the most significant factors, common to Rossland, Broken Hill and Waihi, were the heightened importance of applied science and economies of scale. Both developments underlined the growing importance of the mining engineer and technological innovations, principally in milling and smelting operations. In addition, new non-selective extractive techniques reduced the significance of skilled underground labour. The re-structuring of the industry not only had similar causes but also had a similar effect. The comparative chapter on labour relations, for example, argues that these managerial initiatives were closely associated with militant episodes in each community. While the leading companies in Rossland, Waihi and Broken Hill successfully reduced their working costs, they all faced the same ultimate end. Their long-term success or failure reflected the skill with which they coped with the inevitable depletion of their ore body. The common experience of Rossland, Waihi and Broken Hill demonstrates the importance of placing colonial development within a larger context. Regional historians should make greater use of the comparative approach, rather than continuing to focus on the unique and the particular.
Arts, Faculty of
History, Department of
Graduate

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

11

Krassoi, Frederick Rudolf. "Population ecology of the Sydney rock oyster saccostrea commercialis and the pacific oyster crassostrea gigas in a New South Wales estuary." 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2100/1107.

Full text

Abstract:

University of Technology, Sydney, 2001.
The study of place was often divided between the spatial interests of geographers and local historians intent on constructing heroic lineages. In the period of accelerated globalization however, discrete discourses on time and space are no longer tenable. Histories of place engage the transdisciplinary approach of recent scholarship in understanding the complexities and fluidity of the world in which we live. Places are constructed out of the enmeshing of the material, social and cultural. The reasons why people migrate both within and to particular places are also critical to the ongoing perceptions of that place, and the dynamics by which local communities operate within global networks. This thesis is an historical study of a recent sewage ocean outfall dispute between residents and the local council at Emerald Beach, in the Coffs Harbour region of New South Wales' Mid-North Coast. Alongside documentary sources, it uses oral testimony to examine the factors that contributed to people's understanding of their place, and the processes that resulted in the public contestation over that place. It argues that the positions taken in the sewage dispute cannot simply be perceived as a function of individual residents' responses within a bounded local context, but were a result of the complex processes of internal migration to the region since colonisation, and especially since the 1970s, that brought competing visions for the same place. In exploring the historical traces of the dispute, the thesis examines the first wave of non-Aboriginal migration to the coastal hinterland before turning attention to the second intensive wave of migration in the postwar period. Attention shifted away from the hinterland to the coast, and the chapters examine competing uses for the coast as local born residents, tourists and the influx of new settlers from the 1970s brought diverse dreams for the warm North Coast. In particular, the sewage conflict that grew into the direct-action protests at Emerald Beach provides clear insights into the flows of migration and settlement that led to the particular mix of people who fought for their divergent conceptions of place as critical to their lifestyle and residency. Without examining historical representations of places and events, conflict situations such as the sewage dispute at Emerald Beach cannot be fully illuminated. By demonstrating the force of internal migration on perceptions of, and contestation within place, this thesis provides one framework from which other places might be investigated.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

12

Tracey, Jacqueline Lee. "Coping with insecurity : family firms in the New South Wales logging industry." Phd thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/130339.

Full text

Abstract:

Although logging firms are at the centre of the conflict over logging native forests in Australia, little is known about them or the families which own them. This thesis provides a detailed account of a hitherto unexplored world. Its insight stems from my unique position as an insider, with a family background in logging and a role with the New South Wales Logging Association. The study combines a detailed examination of logging firms with an analysis of how they respond to the insecurities and livelihood problems that confront them. It argues a case that only by achieving the integration of the relations of production with those of family and gender can this be done. The analytical framework constructed here is informed by political economy and feminist developments in the social theory of family and work. The central concepts of political economy, such as class and labour process theories, are important in describing the structure of the industry and employment relations. However, social structures and processes other than these are important in frilly understanding how family firms operate. The relations of family and gender are explored and ideological dimensions are integrated into the overall analysis. By integrating these concepts, logging firms are differentiated in terms of variations in the family labour process and capitalist class relations by drawing upon the experiences of owners of logging firms in northern New South Wales. Realist methodologies, such as participant observation and interviewing, are used to explore the reality of the owners lives and to find out what it means to be a 'logging contractor' and a 'logging contractor's wife'.. Gender and family are defining features of the labour process. Women play an important role which varies according to the type of firm. Notions of family and kinship shape employment relations between employers and owners in complex, informal and negotiated ways. The major sources of insecurity and uncertainty for logging firms and their families are: the flexible contract system in the timber industry and the environmental movement's anti-logging campaigns. The cumulative business, family and personal effects of these are discussed. This research supports the argument for integrating capitalist class relations with those of family and gender in the analysis of family logging firms. In doing so, an in-depth analysis of the logging industry and logging firms is acquired, contributing to a better understanding of the logging industry in northern New South Wales and a reorientation of political economy.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

13

Mumford, Karen. "Wage determination and strike activity in the New South Wales coal industry : trade union and employer bargaining." Phd thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/131457.

Full text

Abstract:

The New South Wales (NSW) coal industry has been one of the most strike torn industries in the world, with violent and bitter battles between trade union and employer. This thesis seeks a greater understanding of the determination of wages and strike activity in this industry. The thesis is presented in two parts. Part one considers difficulties encountered when modelling the objectives of a trade union, and the outcome of bargaining between a trade union and firm. Part two applies models of the objectives of trade unions, and bargaining, to issues of wage determination, and strike activity in the NSW coal industry. The process of wage determination in the NSW coal industry is investigated using the reduced form of Svejnar's (1986) model. The major prediction of Svejnar's model, that there is a positive relationship between the industry surplus and the industry wage, is strongly supported. The results are improved upon by adapting Svejnar's model. A first-order dynamic adjustment model is used to allow for a more complicated dynamic structure than that assumed in the theoretical model. Furthermore, by taking into account some of the aspects of the bi-sectoral (open cut and underground) structure of the coal industry and the heterogeneity of its labour force, Svejnar's model is generalised from its specific reduced form. The thesis also provides a survey of the major, and more influential, models of strike activity. Some of these models are then applied to data from the NSW coal industry, resulting in three major conclusions: (i) with the exception of the Hayes' (1984) model, the theories considered do not provide acceptable explanations of strike activity in the NSW coal industry; (ii) there are common empirical relationships that are predicted by authors of very different theories; and (iii) there is a need to treat measures of strike activity as potentially different, rather than alternative, indicators of strike. An eclectic model of strikes is then developed. This eclectic model is based on Tracy's (1986) world-wise approach and was greatly influenced by: the theoretical survey of strike models; the empirical application of these models to the NSW coal industry; and familiarity with the NSW coal industry. Each of the different measures of strike activity is modelled using a common set of explanatory variables in an attempt to ascertain the commonality, or uniqueness, of the relationships determining strike activity. The results suggested that the explanations for strike frequency, the size of strike, strike intensity, and the average duration of strikes are not the same. Indeed, the only variable which was found to have a significant effect on all four of these measures of strike activity is the level of market concentration in the NSW coal industry. (This variable also had the highest elasticity, at the sample mean, of all the significant variables in the regressions for strike frequency, average duration, or strike incidence in the NSW coal industry.) The explanation for this dominance of market concentration on the results is unclear. From both empirical and theoretical perspectives, there appears to be a need to consider the role of industrial relations more fully. Despite this common theme that runs through the regressions for strike frequency, average duration, and strike intensity, it should be stressed that each of these regressions also exhibits combinations of significant empirical relationships which are unique to itself. This result rejects the use of these measures of strike activity as simple alternatives for each other.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

14

Kelly, David John. "INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN THE NEW SOUTH WALES BUILDING INDUSTRY 1850 – 1891: CONFLICT, CO-OPERATION & RADICALISM." 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1678.

Full text

Abstract:

Master of Philosophy
Australian government policy today aims to ‘deregulate’ industrial relations. A fractured system has ensued where uncontrolled market forces disrupt both business and unions. The building industry is particularly affected by uncertainty and industrial barbarism. Precisely one hundred years ago government policy was to create order, becoming directly involved in industrial regulation. This thesis aims to understand how building unions maintained their rates and conditions in the pre-arbitration era when there were no legislative minimums, and it seeks to place their labour relations within a political and ideological context. The thesis criticises historical scholarship surrounding artisan unionism in Britain and Australia, in particular the role of building tradesmen. Positive relations between employers and employed in the industry are often described in pejorative terms with tradesmen labelled ‘aristocrats of labour’ – apolitical, middle class and lacking class-awareness. The thesis argues this view does not adequately describe the qualities of building operatives, or place their motives within a ‘deregulated’ industrial context. To demonstrate nineteenth century building industry unionism in NSW had a broader nature, the thesis looks at British trade union radicalism. It examines both changes in structure and ideology caused by growing industrialisation and competitive organisation affecting building tradesmen known as general contracting, as well as continuity and differences in ideas of social change and progress. The thesis connects the ideology of British and colonial building unions in this regard. It then turns to the lives, work and society of nineteenth century building workers in Sydney and the make-up of their organisations. The thesis seeks to understand the political and ideological aspects of Australian building unionism and the effects of general contracting and competition. Central to the discussion is the influence of the Co-operative movement, and the significance of the struggle for the eight-hour day to the labour movement. Both were progressive responses to unfettered market forces on the trade. It argues that the challenges faced by operatives in maintaining conditions led them to develop politically, creating ‘modern’ class representation and ideology. The thesis ends with a chapter that examines the evidence before the 1891 NSW Royal Commission into Strikes showing the building industry to be characterised by conflict, co-operation, and radicalism. Unionists expressed progressive ideology and industrial militancy but maintained positive relationships with certain employers for whom they provided market security. The trade-off for efforts in this respect was recognition that union rules would be the primary form of industrial regulation. Their system, however, was ultimately unsustainable because of competitive pressures, and industrial militancy against builders outside the system flourished. In conclusion, the thesis suggests that nineteenth century building workers improved and maintained industrial standards by militant unionism, and yet, at the same time, by forming co-operative relations with employers. In dealing with the corrosive effect of market deregulation that undermined control over their trade, operatives also built progressive organisations which forged working class unity and developed politically advanced ideologies of social change. Their ideas and practices were at times unsuccessful or contradictory, but building unionists were not inward-looking ‘labour aristocrats’.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

15

Hanson, Charlotte. "Regulating the known unknowns : how environmental uncertainty is addressed in the regulation of the coal seam gas industry in Queensland and New South Wales." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/109600.

Full text

Abstract:

Environmental regulation issues surrounding Australia's mining sector have received relatively little attention from environmental law scholars. 1 This neglect has meant there has not been a concerted attempt to draw lessons for environmental law and regulation from the experience of this sector. This thesis aims to contribute to that field of scholarship with an examination of the regulation of Australia's burgeoning coal seam gas (CSG) industry.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

16

Sargent, Mark. "An examination of the New South Wales electronic gaming machine industry 1995 to 2005 and its historical, regulatory, political and economic contexts." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/936130.

Full text

Abstract:

Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
This thesis examines historical, political, regulatory and economic aspects of gambling policy in New South Wales (NSW), with specific emphasis on the evolution of electronic gaming machine (EGM) gambling as a key element of the State’s fiscal policy. This includes analysis of major regulatory initiatives, including a review of contemporary parliamentary and press material surpassing any identified comparable research on gambling and EGM policy in NSW. It was established that although policy has generally been made on isolated, ad hoc bases, precedents and contexts for subsequent legislation have resulted. It is demonstrated that although these events are prima facie unrelated, they collectively form part of an expansionary progression, largely impelled by governments’ pursuits of taxation revenue. In order to investigate outcomes of this progression, empirical research on EGM gambling over the three terms of the Carr Labor Governments (1995 to 2005) was also undertaken. Access to the restricted, comprehensive NSW EGM gambling database for this period permitted a comparatively more detailed and definitive analysis of EGM gambling than has previously been possible. The empirical research adopts two alternative measures of EGM distribution. These are a conventional ‘EGM density’ measure (the ratio of population to EGMs) and the introduction of a concentration measure, the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (Herfindahl Index). This results in a novel comparative approach to assessing EGM distribution. In addition, regulatory practice and previous studies in the field have customarily relied on the use of one measure of socioeconomic status (SES), ordinarily being the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Socioeconomic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), to assess impacts. This study extends its comparative approach by also adopting a second SEIFA index. The application of Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance (RM ANOVA) testing to the data resulted in identification of statistically significant distributional differences among groups of LGAs on the basis of SES.The findings have implications for policy development, regulatory practice and further research on how these differences affect tax impacts. The thesis establishes that assessment of EGM policy and impacts is to some extent contingent on the measures used in the assessment process. This is particularly relevant to the measure of SES adopted, in which distinct differences were detected, based on the SES characteristics employed. Regarding the distributional findings, EGM gambling measures based on the Herfindahl Index approach were also found to behave differently to orthodox metrics. The importance of these methodologies lies in their applicability to the practical regulation of gambling. The thesis is a contribution to the further understanding of how public policy formulation and implementation in a policy field that is central to government fiscal planning has evolved. The findings indicate that alternative policy determinations may have resulted had different, and perhaps more comprehensive, approaches been employed. These are methodological initiatives that may be prospectively applied in the future development of gambling research and policy.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

17

"The history of the Master Builder's Association of NSW the first hundred years /." Connect to full text, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/1936.

Full text

Abstract:

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2007.
Title from title screen (viewed 25th October, 2007). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to Work & Organisational Studies, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sydney. Degree awarded 2007. Includes bibliographical references. Also issued in print.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

18

Baas, Susan Catherine. "Protecting New Zealand construction subcontractors." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11976.

Full text

Abstract:

Non-residential construction projects typically involve a large number of parties and a complicated "pyramid" of contractual relationships. At the top of the project an owner or developer commonly employs a head contractor, who employs specialist contractors, who employ subcontractors, who finally employ workers and material suppliers. Funds for the project are fed in at the top and are intended to trickle down to those at the bottom. However, evidence indicates that this often does not happen and that those at the bottom - most significantly subcontractors - suffer substantial losses. Many countries attempt to reduce subcontractors' losses through legislative intervention. The Canadian common law provinces apply both a statutory "builder's lien", which allows an unpaid subcontractor to register a charge against construction land, and supplementary holdback and trust requirements. By contrast, New South Wales, Australia and the United Kingdom apply a "quick and dirty" form of adjudication in an attempt to reduce the delays in payment disputes. New Zealand is currently investigating the form of legislation that it should enact and has modelled the Construction Contracts Bill on New South Wales adjudication measures. This thesis examines the Canadian, New South Wales and United Kingdom systems for protecting subcontractors, as well as the New Zealand Construction Contracts Bill. It describes these different systems, and applies Cooter and Ulen's perfect contract analysis in an attempt to compare them. It concludes that the New South Wales approach is the most favourable, particularly because of its attempts to reform areas of the construction industry beyond just the problems that subcontractors face. However, it also notes that this approach has very high transaction costs, to such an extent that some proposed reforms may never come to fruition. It therefore recommends that New Zealand take a cautious approach in copying these measures. In addition, the thesis recommends that New Zealand researchers take more time to examine North American builder's lien systems. Protecting construction subcontractors is a complicated issue and the best solution for New Zealand will result from a careful consideration of the many different systems, both before any legislation is enacted and afterwards.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

19

Hooton, Fiona Art History &amp Art Education College of Fine Arts UNSW. "The impact of the counterculture on Australian cinema in the mid to late 20th century." 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/41008.

Full text

Abstract:

This thesis discusses the impact of the counterculture on Australian cinema in the late 20thcentury through the work of the Sydney Underground Film group, Ubu. This group, active between 1965 -1970, was a significant part of an underground counter culture, to which many young Australians subscribed. As a group, Ubu was more than a rat bag assemblage of University students. It was an antipodean aspect of an ongoing artistic and political movement that began with the European avant-garde at the beginning of the 20th century and that radically transformed artistic conventions in theatre, painting, literature, photography and film. Three purposes underpin this thesis: firstly to track the art historical links between a European avant-garde heritage and Ubu. Experimental film is a genre that is informed by cross art form interrelations between theatre, painting, literature, photography and film and the major modernist aesthetic philosophies of the last century. Ubu's revolutionary aesthetic approaches included political resistance and the involvement of audiences in the production of art. Their creative wellspring drew from: Alfred Jarry, Dadaism, Surrealism, Futurism, Fluxus, Conceptual and Pop art. This cross fertilization between the arts is critical to understanding not only the Australian experimental movement but the history of contemporary image making. The second purpose is to fill a current void of research about early Australian Experimental film. This is a significant gap given it was a national movement with many international connections. The counterculture movement also contains many major figures in Australian art history. These individuals played their parts in the Sydney Push, Oz magazine and the activities of the Yellow House and have since become important multi arts practitioners and commentators. Thirdly, the thesis attempts to evaluate Ubu's political and social agenda for the democratization of film appreciation through their objectives of: production, exhibition, distribution and debate of experimental film both nationally and internationally. Ultimately the group would succeed in these objectives and in winning the war on repressive censorship laws. Their influence has informed the practice of many of Australia's current film heavy weights. Two key films have been selected for analysis, It Droppeth as the Gentle Rain (1963) and Newsfront (1978). The first looks forward to Ubu's contemporary practices and political agenda while the second demonstrates their longer term influences on mainstream cinema.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

20

Rawson, Graeme Andrew. "The influence of geology and soil characteristics on the fruit composition of winegrapes (Vitis vinifera cv: Shiraz), Hunter Valley, New South Wales - implications for regionality in the Australian wine industry." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1312930.

Full text

Abstract:

Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Geographical identity of wines and wine regions is a potent marketing took that highlights the value and uniqueness of a particular product. Many Old World viticultural countries place great importance on the role of soil properties in determining geographical identity of wines. However this view has not gained currency in Australia, which does not have the density of plantings to highlight any soil influences on wine. It is relatively intuitive to suggest that soils have an influence on wine style and quality. After all, grapevines are grown in soils and are dependent upon them for support, nutrients and water. However, although there is a voluminous world literature declaring this relationship to be true, a meticulous examination of it points to the fact that the scientific evidence is scant and that very few studies could claim to have established clear links via truly repeatable, rigorous scientific methods. Much of what has been written is either biased by preconceived notions, journalistic licence, or flawed by an inattention to the complexity of the path from soil through root, vine and grape, to wine. Previous attempts at establishing relationships between soil geography and wine have been embroiled in the complexities of the definition of the French term 'terroir'. Examination is made of the world literature on terroir and the various attempts at classifying regions based on this sometimes tenuous concept. Literature related to the classification of wines based on their labaratory-determined constituents is also examined. By using a rigorously controlled geographical approach, this thesis attempts to "bridge the gap" between the wine industry's use and misuse of the concept of terroir and the detailed soil and plant physiological research which, although extremely valuable, has not often been readily transferable to the field situation. 11 soil locations were identified and described in the Pokolbin viticultural district that had distinctly different soil properties but were: a) planted to same grape variety (shiraz) with the same age and history; b) within the same mesoclimatic area; c) having identical soil and canopy management; and d) no irrigation influences. Thus all possible environmental influences on grape composition were controlled for except for soil variation. A wide range of juice and grape composition measures were obtained at harvest from each soil location, over three successive vintages, 1994, 1995 and 1996. These included yield parameters, juice composition, pigments, phenolics, glycosyl and mineral composition. Differences in grape composition were compared between soil locations and between years to gauge the relative influence of soil versus seasonal effects. Soil properties were examined in detail and used to help explain the variation in grape composition. It was found that significant variation in grape composition existed that could only have been attributed to soil variation. In many instances the soil location effects were significantly more influential than the vintage effect, even though the three seasons studied differed considerably in climatic conditions. Multivariate analysis of the grape composition data highlighted interactions between measures that were influenced by soil location effects. Interactions between calcium and magnesium in the grape were examined in more detail, and it was shown that a positive correlation exists between these two measures. This relationship is influenced and hidden by soil properties, namely the relative proportion of calcium and magnesium in soils. The broad implications of these results are discussed with relevance to site selection of vineyards and viticultural trials, the relative importance of soil chemistry in viticulture, irrigation management, and Geographical Indications in Australia.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

21

Mason, Robert J. "Critical factors in the development and performance of food and wine trails in Australia." Thesis, 2010. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/16039/.

Full text

Abstract:

Food and wine trails are a new and exciting part of culinary tourism in Australia. Such attractions are now an integral part of tourism in all the main food and wine production states. While trails join multiple food and wine venues into linked destinations for tourists and have grown in number, they are not widely understood. There has been very little research on them in Australia or overseas. This qualitative research was undertaken in the three states of South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. The research objectives incorporated: • establishing the principal factors involved in the development and performance of food and wine trails in Australia. • understanding the economic importance of food and wine trails, • comprehending and elaborating upon critical components, • developing an awareness of the demography and expectation of tourist-consumers on food and wine trails. Finally, a principal aim was to develop a theoretical framework through which food and wine trails can be understood.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Oyster industry – New South Wales'

Create a spot-on reference in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and other styles