Journal articles: 'Strategic planning Australia'

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Higginbottom, Karen, and Noel Scott. "Strategic Planning of Wildlife Tourism in Australia." Journal of Ecotourism 7, no. 2&3 (December 1, 2008): 97. http://dx.doi.org/10.2167/joe0225.0.

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Higginbottom, Karen, and Noel Scott. "Strategic Planning of Wildlife Tourism in Australia." Journal of Ecotourism 7, no. 2-3 (October 2008): 102–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14724040802140485.

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Devenish, Peter, and Tom Fisher. "Is Strategic Planning Worth the Effort? A Study of Firm Performance Versus Planning Comprehensiveness in Australia." Journal of Management & Organization 6, no. 1 (January 2000): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1833367200005472.

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AbstractThe planning-performance literature suggests that there is a weak positive correlation between strategic planning and financial performance. This study has been undertaken to determine whether this weak positive correlation is true for Australian firms.Strategic planning for the purposes of this study is arranged in three levels of planning complexity. A sample of 77 listed firms was surveyed to determine their level of planning complexity, and this was correlated with the firm's financial performance over a three year period.A range of statistical tests did not reveal any significant correlation between strategic planning at any of the three levels and the financial performance of the firm. This negative finding is generally in line with other recent studies conducted in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.However, positive correlations were found with several subjective performance measures, suggesting that respondents generally believe that strategic planning is helping their company.

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Devenish, Peter, and Tom Fisher. "Is Strategic Planning Worth the Effort? A Study of Firm Performance Versus Planning Comprehensiveness in Australia." Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 6, no. 1 (January 2000): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/jmo.2000.6.1.1.

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AbstractThe planning-performance literature suggests that there is a weak positive correlation between strategic planning and financial performance. This study has been undertaken to determine whether this weak positive correlation is true for Australian firms.Strategic planning for the purposes of this study is arranged in three levels of planning complexity. A sample of 77 listed firms was surveyed to determine their level of planning complexity, and this was correlated with the firm's financial performance over a three year period.A range of statistical tests did not reveal any significant correlation between strategic planning at any of the three levels and the financial performance of the firm. This negative finding is generally in line with other recent studies conducted in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.However, positive correlations were found with several subjective performance measures, suggesting that respondents generally believe that strategic planning is helping their company.

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Harris, Patrick, Jennifer Kent, Peter Sainsbury, Emily Riley, Nila Sharma, and Elizabeth Harris. "Healthy urban planning: an institutional policy analysis of strategic planning in Sydney, Australia." Health Promotion International 35, no. 4 (June 23, 2019): 649–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daz056.

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Abstract Rapid urbanization requires health promotion practitioners to understand and engage with strategic city planning. This policy analysis research investigated how and why health was taken up into strategic land use planning in Sydney, Australia, between 2013 and 2018. This qualitative study develops two case studies of consecutive instances of strategic planning in Sydney. Data collection was done via in-depth stakeholder interviews (n = 11) and documentary analysis. Data collection and analysis revolved around core categories underpinning policy institutions (actors, structures, ideas, governance and power) to develop an explanatory narrative of the progress of ‘health’ in policy discourse over the study period. The two strategic planning efforts shifted in policy discourse. In the earlier plan, ‘healthy built environments’ was positioned as a strategic direction, but without a mandate for action the emphasis was lost in an economic growth agenda. The second effort shifted that agenda to ecological sustainability, a core aspect of which was ‘Liveability’, having greater potential for health promotion. However, ‘health’ remained underdeveloped as a core driver for city planning remaining without an institutional mandate. Instead, infrastructure coordination was the defining strategic city problem and this paradigm defaulted to emphasizing ‘health precincts’ rather than positioning health as core for the city. This research demonstrates the utility in institutional analysis to understanding positioning health promotion in city planning. Despite potential shifts in policy discourse and a more sophisticated approach to planning holistically, the challenge remains of embedding health within the institutional mandates driving city planning.

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Pita, Zijad, France Cheong, and Brian Corbitt. "Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP)." International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences 1, no. 2 (April 2010): 28–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jsds.2010040102.

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This study examines the use of formal Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP) approaches and methodologies in Australia. The authors analyze the relationships between SISP success, SISP objectives, company size/type and SISP approaches and methodologies. The authors find that the most popular methodologies are not the most successful. Emerging methodologies, such as Fuzzy Cognitive Maps and Information Engineering, could be considered for improving the success of SISP. They also find that a combination of SISP approaches is more successful than the implementation of any one approach. This can be interpreted that the boundary lines that distinguish theoretical approaches are blurred and that SISP theory needs a new way of thinking to stay relevant for practice. In addition, many findings of significant importance to SISP practitioners, in the context of various industries, are presented.

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MARSDEN, SIMON. "PROTECTING HERITAGE ON AUSTRALIA'S COASTS: A ROLE FOR STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT?" Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management 15, no. 03 (September 2013): 1350014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1464333213500142.

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This article examines two experiences with strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in Australia, one complete the other in progress. The first applied SEA to a plan for a liquefied natural gas hub precinct on the National Heritage listed Kimberley coast of Western Australia, and the second applies SEA to a coastal management, planning and development framework for the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef on the coast of Queensland. Both cases illustrate the approach of the Australian governments to SEA, highlighting the benefits of the approach yet certain flaws in application and process. The research consists of an extensive evaluation of the relevant legislation, its application and reform, together with a thorough literature review. Results highlight concerns in relation to the objective of SEA in Australia, its initiation and timing, consideration of alternatives, and governance. Conclusions are that SEA in Australia will be enhanced if the purpose is more explicitly focused on environmental protection, if SEA is applied early to a reasonable range of alternative sites, and if the Australian Government continues to play an active role in relation to matters of national environmental significance.

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F. Recher, Harry, Richard J. Hobbs, and Denis A. Saunders. "Vision for a Sustainable Future." Pacific Conservation Biology 9, no. 1 (2003): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc030001.

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IN 1996, the Australian Federal, State and Territory governments ratified the National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Biological Diversity (Commonwealth of Australia 1996). This strategy states that production systems must be sustainable and not result in further loss of biological diversity. Although there is a considerable amount of work addressing the issues of landscape degradation and sustainability, it is largely conducted in the absence of any clear vision of where Australia, as an environment in which we live, should be at the end of the 21st Century and beyond. That is, Australia lacks an integrated, long-term strategic plan for the future. As a nation, Australia is not alone in lacking a vision for the future. At whatever scale we choose, from global to regional, effective environmental management and the conservation of natural systems are hampered by the lack of vision and planning on the ecological and evolutionary time scales appropriate for complex and continually changing ecosystems.

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Harris, Patrick, Jennifer Kent, Peter Sainsbury, Emily Riley, Nila Sharma, and Elizabeth Harris. "Healthy urban planning: an institutional policy analysis of strategic planning in Sydney, Australia." Health Promotion International 35, no. 5 (August 29, 2019): 1251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daz089.

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Harvey, Nick, and Peter Swift. "Coastal marinas in South Australia: environmental issues and strategic planning." Australian Geographer 21, no. 2 (November 1990): 141–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049189008703010.

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Shulman, Arthur D. "AUSTRALIA RECONSTRUCTED: STRATEGIC ADVANTAGES FOR STAKEHOLDERS." Prometheus 6, no. 1 (June 1988): 167–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08109028808631848.

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Braithwaite, Jeffrey, Janelle Craig, and Anne Irwin. "Through a Dark Glass More Clearly? Health Information Managers and Strategic Planning in the 1990s." Health Information Management 25, no. 1 (March 1995): 6–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/183335839502500104.

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This article considers the application of a formal strategic planning approach to the health information management profession. After a brief discussion of the two main strategic planning models, the process adopted by the Health Information Management Association of Australia at its recent strategic planning workshop is described and the planning outcomes are outlined. The merits of explicitly expressing strategic intent through the creation of a vision of the future and the establishment of strategies and an action plan to realise the vision are discussed.

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Ahern, Susannah, Sue Evans, Ingrid Hopper, and John Zalcberg. "Towards a strategy for clinical quality registries in Australia." Australian Health Review 43, no. 3 (2019): 284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah17201.

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The healthcare value of Australian clinical quality registries (CQRs) has recently been highlighted by the Australian Commission of Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) as being similar to the benefits of CQRs reported internationally. However, the development of CQRs in Australia is currently limited by a lack of coordination and strategic planning, leading to governance and funding processes that are varied and non-sustainable. Despite this, Australia has achieved recognised success with exemplar clinical registries where funding has been sustained at least partly by public funds. To this end, Australia can learn from international CQR governance and funding models to support CQR sustainability, most notably those from European and Scandinavian countries. Further, following the release of the ACSQHC’s prioritised domains for CQRs and anticipated funding from the Medical Research Future Fund, the ACSQHC is well positioned to lead a national strategic approach for clinical registries. Together with medical leadership and engagement, operational and data management support from the jurisdictions and financial support from both the public and private sectors, a prioritised and coordinated approach may soon become a reality.

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Barr, Trevor. "The Telecommunications Policy Process." Media International Australia 96, no. 1 (August 2000): 103–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878x0009600113.

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A fundamental power shift is underway in contemporary Australia — the deconstruction of the role of the state in ownership, policy and strategic thinking for the future. In telecommunications policy, we have replaced strategic thinking for the nation with ad hoc strategic planning by an array of intensely competitive companies. This article argues that we need to widen the framework of a plethora of public-interest groups pushing narrow sectional interest to much wider inputs in the overall policy process. We need to foster imaginative attempts at constructing national plans — of many different kinds — for Australia's communications future.

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Spencer, R. D. "The development of strategic policy planning in Victoria, Australia: a review." Town Planning Review 56, no. 1 (January 1985): 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/tpr.56.1.p138q16330n56w60.

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Maginn, Paul J., and Stephen Hamnett. "Multiculturalism and Metropolitan Australia: Demographic Change and Implications for Strategic Planning." Built Environment 42, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 120–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.2148/benv.42.1.120.

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Coffey, Brian. "Strategic policy, planning and assessment for sustainability: insights from Victoria, Australia." Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal 4, no. 1 (May 10, 2013): 56–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sampj-03-2012-0012.

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to assess recent strategic sustainability policy, planning and assessment efforts in Victoria, Australia.Design/methodology/approachAn interpretive approach to policy analysis provides the methodological foundation for the analysis. Evidence is drawn from the analysis of policy texts and semi‐structured interviews.FindingsSustainability attracted considerable policy attention in Victoria during the first decade of the 21st century, with stated ambitions for Victoria to become “the sustainable state” and “world leaders in environmental sustainability”. In pursuing these ambitions, Victoria's efforts centred on hosting a summit, articulating medium‐term directions and priorities, releasing a whole of government framework to advance sustainability, and establishing a Department of Sustainability and Environment, and a Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability. However, the evidence indicates these efforts would have benefited from greater public engagement and input, stronger governance arrangements, and a broader conceptualisation of sustainability.Practical implicationsThe evidence presented highlights the implications associated with efforts to promote sustainability through strategic policy and planning processes.Originality/valueThis paper provides an informed, yet policy relevant, analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and possibilities associated with pursuing sustainability at the sub‐national level. It also highlights the ways in which policy objectives can be frustrated by failing to establish the solid foundations necessary for building a robust approach to promoting sustainability. The value of progressing sustainability within a strategic improvement cycle is also highlighted.

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Albrechts, Louis. "Shifts in Strategic Spatial Planning? Some Evidence from Europe and Australia." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 38, no. 6 (June 2006): 1149–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a37304.

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Smith, John. "The AHA?s ideas on health policies for Australia." Australian Health Review 21, no. 2 (1998): 38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah980038.

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In late 1997 the Australian Healthcare Association (AHA) began a process ofreviewing and updating its ideas on health care in Australia. One importantactivity comprised a strategic planning workshop in February 1998, which wasattended by members of the National Council. Experts from government andother health associations also participated, and their support was greatlyappreciated.Preliminary ideas arising from the deliberations are summarised in a discussionpaper which has been widely distributed for comment (AHA 1998). Thefollowing is a condensed version, although the scope is hardly affected.

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Bisley, Nick. "Australia and Asia’s Trilateral Dilemmas." Asian Survey 54, no. 2 (March 2014): 297–318. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2014.54.2.297.

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Asia’s middle powers face a trilateral dilemma stemming from their relationships with the U.S. and China. This paper uses the Australian example to examine the dilemma. It shows that Australia has bound itself to the U.S. because of domestic political factors, cost considerations, a belief that it can keep its interests separate, and its perception of regional threats. The paper then argues that others are likely to resolve their trilateral dilemmas in ways that make the regional strategic dynamic more competitive.

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Bisley, Nick, and Benjamin Schreer. "Australia and the Rules-Based Order in Asia." Asian Survey 58, no. 2 (March 2018): 302–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2018.58.2.302.

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In response to a more-contested Asia, Australia has placed the ‘rules-based order’ at the heart of its declaratory strategic policy. This move signals Australia’s commitment to this order, to its alliance with the United States, and to a more active strategic role in the region. However, a failure to match rhetoric with action risks undermining Australia’s strategic interests by emboldening China and reducing Australia’s value as an American ally.

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Hanslow, David J., Jocelyn Dela-Cruz, Bradley D. Morris, Michael A. Kinsela, Edwina Foulsham, Michelle Linklater, and Tim R. Pritchard. "Regional Scale Coastal Mapping to Underpin Strategic Land Use Planning in Southeast Australia." Journal of Coastal Research 75, sp1 (March 3, 2016): 987–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/si75-198.1.

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Ruming, Kristian. "Public Knowledge of and Involvement with Metropolitan and Local Strategic Planning in Australia." Planning Practice & Research 34, no. 3 (March 27, 2019): 288–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2019.1590771.

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Malekpour, Shirin, Rebekah R. Brown, and Fjalar J. de Haan. "Disruptions in strategic infrastructure planning – What do they mean for sustainable development?" Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 35, no. 7 (February 5, 2017): 1285–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2399654417690735.

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The vision of sustainable development remains difficult to realize in practice. Processes of strategic planning for public infrastructure represent a major challenge, as, in many cases, they return unsustainable investment solutions. Research offers certain planning methodologies to improve the prospects of sustainable investments. However, very little is understood about how planning processes are undertaken in practice, and what problems in the procedural aspects of planning – termed “planning disruptions” in this paper – lead to deviations from the vision of sustainable development in infrastructure investments. This study scrutinizes the current scope of planning methodologies through the empirical case of a water supply augmentation in Melbourne, Australia. We derive a typology of planning disruptions which offers initial ingredients for a diagnostic tool to explore planning problems in the context of sustainable development. We also suggest making the current scope of planning methodologies more robust, by developing interventions that explicate and prepare for potential disruptions.

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Liu, Weihua, and Yufan Hao. "Australia in China's Grand Strategy." Asian Survey 54, no. 2 (March 2014): 367–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2014.54.2.367.

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This paper examines China’s strategic interests in Australia. From the security perspective, Beijing hopes that Australia will be a constructive factor for its peaceful rise. On the economic side, Beijing hopes that the bilateral relationship will ensure sufficient and sustainable resources and energy supplies from Australia for China's domestic needs.

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Schreer, Benjamin. "Why US-Sino strategic competition is good for Australia." Australian Journal of International Affairs 73, no. 5 (June 26, 2019): 431–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2019.1632261.

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WIJEWARDENA, HEMA, and ANURA DE ZOYSA. "THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL PLANNING AND CONTROL ON PERFORMANCE OF SMEs IN AUSTRIALIA." Journal of Enterprising Culture 09, no. 04 (December 2001): 353–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218495801000195.

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Although there has been some discussion in the academic literature on the relationship between planning and performance of small and medium enterprises(SMEs), no prior research has attempted to capture the control aspect of planning and its possible impact on performance. Furthermore, most of the studies on this aspect have been concentrating on long-range strategic planning with little attention being devoted to financial planning based on annual budgeting. Therefore, based on the results of a study involving a questionnaire survey of budgetting and budgetary control processes of 473 manufacturing SMEs in Australia, this paper attempts to provide an analysis of the impact of both financial planning and control of the sample firms on their performance. The results reveal that greater comprehensiveness in both financial plannig and control processes leads to higher sales performance of these firms.

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Wilde, W., and Paul Swatman. "Federal Government Policy and Community Objectives in Regional Telecommunications: A SISP-Based Study of Ballarat." Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research 1, no. 1 (April 1, 2006): 16–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jtaer1010003.

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The decline of regional Australia in terms of wealth and population during the two decades since 1980 has compelled the Federal Government to intervene. In 1997 the Australian Federal Government devoted in excess of $A460 million to a grant award scheme called the Regional Telecommunication Infrastructure Fund (RTIF) in which regional communities identified local telecommunication problems and applied for funds to correct them. Our project examines, through the lens of a conceptual framework extended from and informed by Strategic Information Systems Planning (SISP), the effectiveness of the mechanism of this and similar schemes. The primary purpose of this paper is to present a study of the experience of Ballarat in relation to the Australian RTIF programme.

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Alves, Dora, and Desmond Ball. "Maintaining the Strategic Edge: The Defence of Australia in 2015." Pacific Affairs 74, no. 3 (2001): 464. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3557792.

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Podbornova, Ekaterina S. "Strategic planning in energy saving at industrial enterprises of Russia." Vestnik of Samara University. Economics and Management 13, no. 3 (November 22, 2022): 44–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.18287/2542-0461-2022-13-3-44-49.

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Our country has been and remains one of the leaders in the world's energy industry. Russia's energy needs are fully met by its own resources. Annual export volume of mineral fuel, oil and petroleum products is about 600700 million tons in conventional terms. Currently, the situation with exports is complicated by sanctions and the geopolitical situation in Russia and in the world. Only taking into account the embargo imposed by the U.S., Britain, Australia and Canada, export losses are more than 40 million tons. In addition, Russia is the world leader in proven reserves of natural gas, its volume more than 50 billion cubic meters. At the same time, it should be noted that such high indicators and sufficient resource potential are present at an extremely low level of energy efficiency. Thus, the volume of energy costs for the production of the average Russian producer is about twice as much as the global average. On this basis, the need to improve the quality of strategic planning and to promote targeted activities in the field of energy conservation in industry in the Russian Federation becomes obvious. Such activities will have not only positive economic, but also social, political, environmental and other types of effects. The most energy-consuming branch of industry in Russia is the processing industry, which is about 30 % of all final energy consumption. Another 70% of the energy saving potential is represented by metallurgy, chemical and oil refining and other industries.

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Mitchell, Tim, and Janine Barrow. "The evolution of strategic environmental assessments for oil and gas developments—an approvals practitioner's perspective." APPEA Journal 52, no. 2 (2012): 680. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj11094.

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Recent impact assessments for large-scale developments in Australia have brought a new focus and evolution in thinking in the application of strategic environmental assessments (SEA). The opportunity to provide a robust strategic-planning framework to facilitate certainty in approvals outcomes and timeframes is balanced by the risks of mis-aligned regulatory and external stakeholder expectations for data, engineering definition, process and condition-setting that may set onerous precedents. The need to consider the commercial reality of longer-term strategic assets and the associated confidentiality considerations is particularly important. While the concept of SEA is facing renewed interest in Australia with regulatory signals that it will continue to be made more standard in approach, it is certainly not a new science. Indeed, it is well established in international approvals circles, with some jurisdictions (e.g. the SEA Directive in the European Union) providing valuable insights. If planned well, SEA can deliver positive approvals outcomes with up-front definition of development zones and forward environmental protection objectives. This extended abstract provides a practitioner’s perspective on the merits of SEA for the oil and gas industry, referencing lessons learnt at domestic and international levels. Selected case studies and practices from other jurisdictions are outlined, with emphasis on providing a practical solution. The present approach to identify best practice objectives for SEA application for achieving optimal benefits for industry, government and community stakeholders are reviewed. The role of strategic assessment in the context of regional offsets planning is also considered.

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Raikwar, Aishwarya Singh, and Dr David T. Easow. "Convergence of India & Australia in the Indo-Pacific: Opportunities in Blue Economy & Maritime Tourism." YMER Digital 20, no. 12 (December 26, 2021): 606–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.37896/ymer20.12/58.

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The region of Asia-Pacific became the fastest growing tourist destination in the world during the past decade. India’s position is critical for countries like Australia, Japan, and the United States. This piece aims to emphasize the importance of diplomacy in international relations and maritime tourism. Australia works in practical, long-term initiatives with regional partners, and India is one such partner. The evolving strategic engagement among India and Australia is the consequence of developments in Asia-Pacific geopolitics in the first decade of the 21st century. The continuing COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected both the economy and the tourism sector. In India and Australia, the Indo-Pacific region is increasingly viewed as a significant strategic arena. In various regions of the world, tourism is seen as a means of peace and stability. The author emphasizes the importance of cooperation and suggests measures for growth and development in the region through blue economy and maritime tourism.

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Mackenzie, Brian, Simon Ashton, Adrian Larking, and Zhikai Cai. "CURRENT OUTLOOK ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF PETROLEUM EXPLORATION IN AUSTRALIA." APPEA Journal 34, no. 1 (1994): 821. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj93062.

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The paper presents selected findings from a study aimed at:promoting a general awareness of the economic realities of petroleum exploration in Australia;providing economic guidelines for strategic planning in the Australian energy sector;assessing the impact of current Australian taxation and royalty policies.The database for this appraisal includes $14.8 billion (Note 1) of petroleum exploration expenditures made in Australia to 1987, and 311 possible economic petroleum fields discovered as a result of those expenditures. The study methodology assesses this historical record in the context of present-day economic and technological conditions.Results initially are presented for an anticipated set of base case conditions, representing the average performance of all companies which have undertaken petroleum exploration in Australia. The economic potential of searching for onshore and offshore fields is then contrasted.Time trend findings for both onshore and offshore exploration indicate a substantial deterioration in economic performance from the pre–1968 era, through 1969–77, to the most recent 1978–87 study interval. The main cause is found to be a strong and persistent decline in the average size of economic fields discovered.The combined impact of Commonwealth income tax, federal excise, resource rent tax, and State and Commonwealth royalties, on the incentive to invest in petroleum exploration and field development is shown to be decidedly negative. When attention is focused on the most recently examined interval, 1978—87, the current tax and royalty systems contribute to rendering uneconomic the Australia-wide exploration performance.Finally, several suggestions are provided with a view to restoring the wealth creating potential of petroleum exploration in Australia.

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Warner, David. "Shale gas in Australia: a great opportunity comes with significant challenges." APPEA Journal 53, no. 2 (2013): 476. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj12087.

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Australia could have shale gas resources several times bigger than the existing conventional gas resource base, which is estimated at about 5,300 BCM (190 TCF) by Geoscience Australia (GA). The Australian Government has no estimate of potential shale gas resources. The US Department of Energy (EIA) in 2011 estimated Australian shale gas resources to be 400 TCF. The quantity of this estimate is supported by an Australian study—which estimates resources of 600 TCF—conducted by Advanced Well Technologies (AWT) in conjunction with DSWPET. While there are significant technical differences between the shale gas plays in the US and Australia, it is too early to tell if the technical differences are barriers. There are also significant differences in the commercial landscape. The lack of capacity in Australia has lead to much higher costs for drilling and fracture stimulation than in the US. The size of the domestic gas market is much greater in the US and its existing infrastructure allows for production to come onstream quickly. In Australia this infrastructure is not present in most areas and the domestic market cannot support another large gas development. Perhaps the greatest challenge to this great opportunity is politics. There is a public, hence political,perception that all gas sources have the same gasland problems. These perceptions can be changed. First, the petroleum industry and governments need to understand the potential size of the gas resource and the possible strategic opportunity for Australia. Also these parties need to recognise that the shale gas resources are often located away from areas of high social and environmental impact. Once these factors are understood by these parties, factual information about the environmental impact of shale gas plays in comparison with coal seam methane and other alternative gas supplies can be factored into gas resource planning.

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Quelopana, Aldo, Javier Órdenes, Rodrigo Araya, and Alessandro Navarra. "Geometallurgical Detailing of Plant Operation within Open-Pit Strategic Mine Planning." Processes 11, no. 2 (January 26, 2023): 381. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr11020381.

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Mineral and metallurgical processing are crucial within the mineral value chain. These processes involve several stages wherein comminution is arguably the most important due to its high energy consumption, and its impact on subsequent extractive processes. Several geological properties of the orebody impact the efficiency of mineral processing and extractive metallurgy; scholars have therefore proposed to deal with the uncertain ore feed in terms of grades and rock types, incorporating operational modes that represent different plant configurations that provide coordinated system-wide responses. Even though these studies offer insights into how mine planning impacts the ore fed into the plant, the simultaneous optimization of mine plan and metallurgical plant design has been limited by the existing stochastic mine planning algorithms, which have only limited support for detailing operational modes. The present work offers to fill this gap for open-pit mines through a computationally efficient adaptation of a strategic mine planning algorithm. The adaptation incorporates a linear programming representation of the operational modes which forms a Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition, nested within a high-performing stochastic mine planning algorithm based on a variable neighborhood descent metaheuristic. Sample calculations are presented, loosely based on the Mount Isa deposit in Australia, in which a metallurgical plant upgrade is evaluated, showing that the upgraded design significantly decreases the requirement on the mining equipment, without significantly affecting the NPV.

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Galligan, Anne. "Service and Access: The Role of the National Library of Australia." Media International Australia 96, no. 1 (August 2000): 163–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1329878x0009600118.

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The cultural politics associated with the National Library of Australia (NLA) as a storehouse of the national textual capital is today infused with a symbolism and rhetoric that exert considerable power in any discourse concerning the cultural state of the nation. The role of the National Library is of particular interest in that it is a service institution, but also a major cultural institution, a strategic element in the Commonwealth government's cultural policy. According to policy documents, the National Library exists to record the Australian cultural heritage, to provide a ‘crucial resource in the formation of our culture and national identity and provide a foundation for further advancement of the nation’. Within the National Library there have been a series of philosophic shifts and changes to future planning and development strategies in response to various government policy imperatives and economic contingencies. This paper will investigate the external and internal pressures and philosophies that work to change or reinforce the position of the National Library of Australia as a major cultural institution.

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Stone, Nick. "Coming in from the interprofessional cold in Australia." Australian Health Review 31, no. 3 (2007): 332. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah070332.

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In Australia, implementation of interprofessional education (IPE) has been slow compared with peer countries. One cause is an apparent uncertainty about where and how to situate IPE at policy levels. Without a clear articulation of related needs, vision and purpose, IPE has largely remained isolated from the strategic planning and funding cycles necessary for implementation as ?core business? across various sectors, systems and levels. This paper draws on international developments and research to emphasise the need to complement innovative IPE practice with supporting policy, specifically to optimise the quality of future health care delivery. Major forces for change are identified, as well as some residual barriers and possible strategies to bring IPE ?in from the policy cold? in Australia.

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Hosono, Shinichi. "Towards a comprehensive strategic partnership between Australia and Japan: Japan's perspective." Australian Journal of International Affairs 60, no. 4 (December 2006): 590–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357710601007059.

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Voros, Joseph. "A generic foresight process framework." Foresight 5, no. 3 (June 1, 2003): 10–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14636680310698379.

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A generic foresight process framework is outlined, based on prior independent work by Mintzberg, Horton and Slaughter. The framework was developed as part of work carried out by the author during the introduction of foresight into the formal strategic planning of a public‐sector university in Australia. The framework recognises several distinct phases, leading from the initial gathering of information, through to the production of outputs intended as input into the more familiar activities of strategy development and strategic planning. The framework is also useful as a diagnostic tool for examining how foresight work and strategy are undertaken, as well as a design aid for customised foresight projects and processes. Some observations and reflections are made on lessons learned from a two‐and‐a‐half year engagement as an organisationally‐based foresight practitioner.

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Benvenuti, Andrea, and Moreen Dee. "The Five Power Defence Arrangements and the reappraisal of the British and Australian policy interests in Southeast Asia, 1970–75." Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 41, no. 1 (December 21, 2009): 101–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022463409990270.

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Working from recently declassified Australian and British government files, this paper examines the archival evidence on policy thinking in London and Canberra towards the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) during the period 1970–75. The article argues that one of the main reasons for the Heath government's decision to deploy a token military force in Southeast Asia as part of a multilateral defence arrangement with Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore was the desire to uphold these Commonwealth connections. By contrast, Canberra was beginning to question the value of such arrangements in a rapidly changing Southeast Asian strategic environment.

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Ian, Chambers, Roberts John, Urbaniak Suzy, Gibson David, Durant Graham, Cerini Bobby, Maulloo Aman, et al. "Education for Sustainable Development: A Study in Adolescent Perception Changes Towards Sustainability Following a Strategic Planning-Based Intervention—The Young Persons’ Plan for the Planet Program." Sustainability 11, no. 20 (October 20, 2019): 5817. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11205817.

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In 2016, the United Nations (UN) launched the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework for sustainable development and a sustainable future. However, the global challenge has been to engage, connect, and empower communities, particularly young people, to both understand and deliver the 17 SDGs. In this study, we show the benefit of a strategic planning-based experiential learning tool, the Young Persons’ Plan for the Planet (YPPP) Program, to improve the underlying competencies of Australian and Mauritian adolescents in increasing understanding and delivering the SDGs. The study was conducted with 300 middle to senior high school students, in 25 schools throughout Australia and Mauritius, over an 18-month period. The intervention included the development of research, strategic planning, management, STEM (Science Technology, Engineering, Maths) and global competency skills in the students, to enable them to build and deliver regional and national SDG plans. Research methods included pre- and post-intervention testing of the attitudes of these students to sustainable development outcomes and compared these attitudes to subsets of scientists and the Australian national population. Our results, from both qualitative and quantitative evidence, demonstrate significant improvements in these adolescents’ appreciation of, and attitudes towards, the SDGs and sustainable outcomes, across a range of key parameters. The results from the 76 students who attended the International Conference in Mauritius in December 2018 demonstrate significant improvements in mean levels of understanding, and attitudes of the students towards the SDGs awareness (+85%), understanding/engagement (+75%), motivation (+57%), and action orientation/empowerment (+66%). These changes were tested across a range of socio-demographic, geographic, and cultural parameters, with consistent results. These findings have significant implications for the challenge of sustainable education and achieving community engagement and action towards the SDGs in Australia and Mauritius, particularly for young people. As the intervention can be replicated and scaled, the findings also highlight the opportunity to extend both the research and this type of experiential learning intervention across both broader geographies and other generation and community segments.

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Ruming, Kristian J. "Urban consolidation, strategic planning and community opposition in Sydney, Australia: Unpacking policy knowledge and public perceptions." Land Use Policy 39 (July 2014): 254–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.02.010.

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Siffleet, Joanne, Tessie Abbott, Anne Bourke, and Sue Peter. "Enhancing the quality and safety of the nursing model of care: planning for a new children’s hospital in Western Australia." International Practice Development Journal 4, no. 1 (May 12, 2014): 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.19043/ipdj.41.011.

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Introduction This paper will describe how the ideas gained during a study tour to investigate models of care have influenced the ways in which nursing has been transformed in preparation for the move to a new, purpose built paediatric hospital. Background Princess Margaret Hospital in Perth, Western Australia, is on track to relocate to new, purpose built premises in November 2015. While this is an exciting prospect, it has thrown the spotlight on several factors in nursing that were already on the strategic agenda when the move was proposed in 2010. Increased clinical demands on specialty nursing, including paediatrics, arising from the global nursing shortage, have been well documented, notably in the context of increasing patient acuity and complexity, the drive towards shorter hospital stays, and a number of health reforms (Australian Government Productivity Commission, 2005). Adding a new hospital to this mix made more pressing the imperative to develop and implement a contemporary nursing model of care.

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Masters-Awatere, Bridgette, Patricia Young, and Rebekah Graham. "State agencies and researchers engaging with indigenous communities on climate change adaptation planning: A systematic review." MAI Journal: A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship 11, no. 1 (November 23, 2022): 3–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.20507/maijournal.2022.11.1.1.

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This systematic review centres planning, policy and/or strategic developments and implementation of climate change adaptation with Indigenous groups in Australia, Pacific Islands, Canada and the United States. We used PRISMA protocols to search five databases. The search was organised around three core areas: Indigenous people groups, climate change strategic planning, and Indigenous knowledge and active participation. A total of 6,338 articles from five databases were identified. Records were screened by title and abstract, leaving 87 articles that were assessed by full text. A total of 22 studies were included. The He Pikinga Waiora Implementation Framework was used as a matrix to analyse included articles. While studies included Indigenous groups in their research, most did not score highly for active inclusion of Indigenous knowledge, integrated knowledge translation or systems change. In general, studies had mediocre processes of inclusion that resulted in average responses and modest influence in decision-making forums.

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Beeson, Mark, and Yong Wang. "Australia, China, and the U.S. in an Era of Interdependence." Asian Survey 54, no. 3 (May 2014): 565–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2014.54.3.565.

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Tensions in the Asia-Pacific region are rising as a consequence of the U.S. “pivot” to Asia and China’s increasingly assertive foreign policy. Other states in the region must try to reconcile potentially conflicting economic and strategic imperatives as a consequence. Australia illustrates these dilemmas. We ask what role regional institutions can play.

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Brewster, David. "Australia and India: the Indian Ocean and the limits of strategic convergence." Australian Journal of International Affairs 64, no. 5 (November 2010): 549–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2010.513369.

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Kroon, F. J., C. J. Robinson, and A. P. Dale. "Integrating knowledge to inform water quality planning in the Tully - Murray basin, Australia." Marine and Freshwater Research 60, no. 11 (2009): 1183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf08349.

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Decentralised approaches to water governance have emerged as a common approach to tackle complex environmental management issues in Australia and elsewhere. While decentralisation offers hope for a more holistic, integrated and effective approach to environmental planning decisions and solutions, challenges remain to put these ideals into practice. The present paper focuses on a key component of this approach to environmental planning and decision-making – the integration of different types of knowledge used to inform planning goals and the design of water quality management programs. The analysis draws on knowledge integration issues surrounding the water quality improvement plan in the Tully–Murray basin in north-eastern Australia. Here, government and non-government stakeholders are coordinating efforts to assess water quality condition and set management priorities for improving the quality of water entering the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage coastal lagoon. Our analysis of the kinds of knowledge and mechanisms of translation involved highlights three main points. First, the tensions between the uncertainty and bias in different types of knowledge brought to the planning table. Second, the timing of knowledge contributions that affects if and how knowledge contributions can be debated and integrated. Finally, the challenges faced by local collaborative groups to broker the translation and integration of knowledge needed to inform strategic environmental decisions and programs.

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Prenzler, Tim, and Rick Sarre. "The Evolution of Security Industry Regulation in Australia: A Critique." International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy 1, no. 1 (November 5, 2012): 38–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v1i1.72.

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This paper charts the main changes in security industry regulation in Australia from the 1980s to the present time, and provides a critique of the regulatory framework and the change process. Change has largely been driven by recurring conduct scandals, with governments obliged to introduce increasingly more stringent integrity checks and competency standards in an attempt to diminish widespread concerns about the industry. Despite the lack of strategic planning, a significant learning process is evident and a clear model of best practice has emerged. Recent enquiries show that Australia still does not have an optimal system for managing the industry but change has been in the right direction, with scope for fine-tuning to ensure more responsive and effective regulation.

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Kuller, Martijn, David J. Reid, and Veljko Prodanovic. "Are we planning blue-green infrastructure opportunistically or strategically? Insights from Sydney, Australia." Blue-Green Systems 3, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 267–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2021.023.

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Abstract Strategic placement of water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) is essential in optimising its performance and maximising co-benefits. However, little is known about the current placement and interconnectedness between WSUD assets and the performance of current planning strategies. We evaluated the placement of existing WSUDs in a highly urbanised catchment in Sydney, Australia. We used a three-step process: (1) compiling a comprehensive spatial asset database, (2) performing spatial correlation analysis between asset locations and biophysical, urban form and socioeconomic variables and (3) using a novel approach to facilitate holistic understanding through analysing asset locations compared with the outcome of the spatial suitability analysis tool (SSANTO). WSUD coverage was generally low, with clustering in some municipalities. Placement was constrained by physical variables, such as slope, limited space and varying land uses. However, placement was not detectably influenced by most socioeconomic variables. SSANTO's suitability score at asset locations was only slightly higher than average, suggesting that the placement of existing WSUD was opportunistic, rather than strategically planned. Further development and implementation of tools able to account for spatial constraints will help guide future WSUD placement as a component of green urban stormwater management.

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Da, Wei Wei. "Gender Relations in Recent Chinese Migration to Australia." Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 12, no. 3 (September 2003): 361–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/011719680301200305.

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The study frames its exploration of gender relations among recent migrants from the People's Republic of China to Australia from theory in two fields: migration studies and gender roles. Based on interviews of recent Chinese migrants to Australia, findings suggest that gender role performances are strategic and flexible. Women actively engage in international migration. The mobility of women is contingent on their education, occupation, language skill and networks. Neither do conventional migration models or gender role theories render clear explanations of the gender roles exhibited by women migrants in the sample. Rather, the impact of migration on gender relations is multifaceted, individualized and cultural. Women's expectations of men involved elements of tradition, modernity and some degree of ambivalence. The findings suggest the importance of considering the social context, culture and social class of migrants in the home country when discussing the gender relations of migrants in the process of settlement in the host country. The study calls for country/culture-specific approach and suggests a fresh way of studying gender relations among the Chinese in a globalizing era.

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