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Journal articles on the topic "Western Australia (WA)"
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Hendrie, Delia, and Duncan Boldy. "Hospital services and casemix in Western Australia." Australian Health Review 25, no. 1 (2002): 173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah020173.
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The Health Department of WA currently operates as a single integrated funder and purchaser of health services for the State. Health Service Agreements defining the level of health provision are negotiated with the various health services in WA. During the latter part of the 1990s, the funding of public hospitals for acute inpatient care moved away froma historical basis to output-based funding using a casemix approach based on Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs).Other hospital services are still mainly purchased using historical funding levels, negotiated block funding or bedday payments, with output-based funding mechanisms under investigation. WA has developed its own approach toclassifying admitted patients that recognises differences in complexity of care among episodes grouped to the same DRG. WA also has a unique cost estimation model for calculating DRG cost weights, which is based on a linear estimate of the relationship between nights of stay in hospital and the cost of hospital care for each DRG. Another emerging trendin the provision of public hospital services in WA has been the greater involvement of the private sector through the contracting of private providers to operate public hospitals. While no close examination has been undertaken of the outcomes of these changes in terms of their effect on efficiency or other relevant indicators of hospital performance,current purchasing arrangements are being reviewed following recommendations made in a report by the HealthAdministrative Review Committee. No decision has yet been made as to future changes to the funding policy of WA public hospitals.
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Vlachos, Alexandra. "Fortress Farming in Western Australia? The Problematic History of Separating Native Wildlife from Agricultural Land through the State Barrier Fence." Global Environment 13, no. 2 (June 15, 2020): 368–403. http://dx.doi.org/10.3197/ge.2020.130206.
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The Western Australia (WA) State Barrier Fence stretches 2,023 miles (3,256 kilometres) and divides Australia's largest state. The original 'Rabbit Proof Fence' fence was built from 1901–1907 to stop the westbound expansion of rabbits into the existing and potential agricultural zone of Western Australia. Starting as a seemingly straightforward, albeit costly, solution to protect what was considered a productive landscape, the fence failed to keep out the rabbits. It was subsequently amended, upgraded, re-named and used to serve different purposes: as Vermin Fence and State Barrier Fence (unofficially also Emu Fence or Dog Fence) the fence was designed to exclude native Australian animals such as emus, kangaroos and dingoes. In the Australian 'boom and bust' environment, characterised by extreme temperatures and unpredictable rainfall, interrupting species movement has severe negative impacts on biodiversity – an issue aggravated by the fact that Australia leads in global extinction rates (Woinarski, Burbidge and Harrison, 2015). The twentieth century history of the fence demonstrates the agrarian settlers' struggle with the novelty and otherness of Western Australia's ecological conditions – and severe lack of knowledge thereof. While the strenuous construction, expensive maintenance and doubtful performance of the fence provided useful and early environmental lessons, they seem largely forgotten in contemporary Australia. The WA government recently commenced a controversial $11 million project to extend the State Barrier Fence for another 660 kilometres to reach the Esperance coast, targeting dingoes, emus and kangaroos – once again jeopardising habitat connectivity. This paper examines the environmental history, purposes and impacts of the State Barrier fence, critically discusses the problems associated with European farming and pastoralism in WA, and touches on alternative land-use perspectives and futures.
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Lowther, A. D., R. G. Harcourt, and S. D. Goldsworthy. "Regional variation in trophic ecology of adult female Australian sea lions inferred from stable isotopes in whiskers." Wildlife Research 40, no. 4 (2013): 303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr12181.
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Context The primary selective forces responsible for shaping life-history traits come from the physical and biological environment in which a species resides. Consequently, the limits of a species range may provide a useful measure of adaptive potential to environmental change. The proximity of foraging grounds to terrestrial nursing habitat constrains central-place foragers such as otariid seals in selecting breeding locations. The Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) is an endangered otariid endemic to Australia, whose northern-range extent occurs at a temperate–tropical transition zone on the western coast of Western Australia (WA). Aims Currently, there is a complete absence of data on the foraging ecology of Australian sea lions in WA. We sought to address this critical knowledge gap and provide data on the foraging ecology of adult female Australian sea lions at three isolated breeding colonies in western WA. Methods We used stable-isotope ratios of carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) in the whiskers of pups as proxies to characterise feeding behaviour of 10–28% of all adult female Australian sea lions at each colony. We then compared these geographic data to (1) conspecifics at similar latitude in South Australia (SA) and (2) isotopic data collated from other studies on seabirds that inhabit the region, to place foraging behaviour of adult female Australian sea lions into context. Key results At the southernmost colonies in WA, individual animals were members of one of two distinct isotopic clusters that could be described by differences in δ15N and δ13C values. Individuals at the northernmost colony displayed δ15N values similar to those of seabirds in the same region. Across the study, isotope ratios of adult female Australian sea lions in western WA were between 3‰ and 5‰ lower than those observed at a colony at similar latitude in SA. Conclusions Gross differences in the physical oceanography between WA and SA may in part explain the differences in isotope ratios of individuals between the regions, with lower δ15N and δ13C values in WA probably reflecting the relatively depauperate conditions of the Leeuwin Current. Implications Potential regional differences in trophic structure should be considered when developing appropriate management plans for Australian sea lions and regional variation in the diet of Australian sea lion warrants further investigation.
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Lee, Jessica D. Y., and Lyle J. Palmer. "The Western Australian Twin Register: A Population-Based Register of Adult and Child Multiples." Twin Research and Human Genetics 9, no. 6 (December 1, 2006): 712–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/twin.9.6.712.
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AbstractThe Western Australian Twin Register (WATR) was established in 1997 to study the health of all child multiples born in Western Australia (WA). The Register has until recently consisted of all multiples born in WA between 1980 and 1997. Using unique record linkage capacities available through the WA data linkage system, we have subsequently been able to identify all multiple births born in WA since 1974. New affiliations with the Australian Twin Registry and the WA Institute for Medical Research are further enabled by the use of the WA Genetic Epidemiology Resource — a high-end bioinformatics infrastructure that allows efficient management of health datasets and facilitates collaborative research capabilities. In addition to this infrastructure, funding provided by these institutions has allowed the extension of the WATR to include a greater number of WA multiples, including those born between 1974 and 1979, and from 1998 onwards. These resources are in the process of being enabled for national and international access.
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Harapan, Harapan, and Allison Imrie. "Movement of arboviruses between Indonesia and Western Australia." Microbiology Australia 42, no. 4 (2021): 165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ma21047.
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Dengue virus (DENV) and chikungunya virus (DENV) are arboviruses of major public health importance. Monitoring circulation of medically important mosquito-borne viruses in the Indo Pacific region allows countries to predict disease outbreaks and prepare mitigation and control strategies. We have monitored long-term molecular epidemiology of DENV and CHIKV in Indonesia and Western Australia (WA), with febrile Western Australian travellers returning from Indonesia as sentinels. Our findings provide insights into the transmission dynamics of CHIKV genotypes and DENV serotypes, genotypes and lineages in the region and virus importation to WA. Our ongoing studies provide valuable and timely information on transmission of emerging and re-emerging arboviruses in the Indo Pacific region and furthermore provide detailed genomic data that inform our understanding of viral and epidemic virulence.
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Almutairi, K., C. Inderjeeth, D. Preen, H. Keen, and J. Nossent. "POS1442 THE PREVALENCE OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA EXTRAPOLATED FROM HOSPITALISATION AND BIOLOGICAL THERAPY USAGE DATA." Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 81, Suppl 1 (May 23, 2022): 1065.1–1065. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.4170.
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BackgroundRheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a heterogeneous chronic autoimmune disease that affects the synovial joint lining and may result in permanent joint destruction, premature death, and socio-economic burden.1 Although RA is one of Australia’s national health priority areas and gathering information about the RA burden of disease was one of the national action plans2, no published epidemiological study adequately describes RA prevalence and risk factors for frequent hospitalisations in Western Australia (WA) to date. An accurate prevalence estimate of this disease offers a framework for predicting present and growing healthcare service requirements in the future.3ObjectivesWe estimated RA period prevalence and identified risk factors of frequent RA hospitalisations, using linked administrative health and state-specific Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) datasets in WA from 1995–2014.MethodsRA prevalence was calculated per 1000 hospital separations and biological therapy users. RA patients were identified in the WA linked health dataset using ICD codes 714.0–714.9 and M05.00–M06.99. Dispensing data on biological therapy for RA were obtained from PBS records and converted to defined daily doses/1000 population/day. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyse risk factors for frequent RA hospitalisations (>2/year), controlling for sex, age, and geographic locations.ResultsA total of 17,125 RA patients were admitted to WA hospitals between 1995–2014. The total number of RA hospital separations was 50,353, averaging three hospitalisations per patient over 20 years. The RA period prevalence was 3.4 per 1,000 separations (0.34%), while the RA period prevalence based on biological therapy use was 0.36%. The corrected RA prevalence based on biological therapy usage was 0.36% and 0.72% for the 2005–2009 and 2010–2014 periods, respectively (Table 1). Female gender, age 60–69 years, and living in rural areas were all risk factors for frequent RA hospitalisations.Table 1.Total number of Rheumatoid Arthritis patients in Western Australia taking a standard dose daily (DDD) of RA biological therapy from 1995 to 2014.YearTotal RA bDMARDs utilisation (DDD/1000 population/day)WA general populationPrevalence of RA bDMARDs use in WA population (%)Number of RA patients use standard dose daily of bDMARDs at WA20030.011,952,7410.001420040.081,979,5420.0115820050.162,011,2070.0232920060.232,050,5810.0247620070.312,106,1390.0364320080.502,171,7000.051,09420090.602,240,2500.061,33820100.592,290,8450.061,36120110.632,353,4090.061,47520120.772,425,5070.081,85920130.662,486,9440.071,64920141.002,517,6080.102,510Abbreviations: bDMARDs, biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs included Abatacept, Adalimumab, Certolizumab, Etanercept, Golimumab, Infliximab, Rituximab, Tocilizumab; DDD, defined daily doses; RA, Rheumatoid arthritis; WA, Western Australia.ConclusionBased on hospital and biological therapy data, the minimal prevalence of RA in Western Australia is 0.34–0.36%, which falls within the literature range. Older female RA patients in rural areas were more likely to be hospitalised, suggesting unmet needs in primary care access.References[1] Guo Q, Wang Y, Xu D, Nossent J, Pavlos NJ, Xu J. (2018) Rheumatoid arthritis: pathological mechanisms and modern pharmacologic therapies. Bone Res. 6, 15.[2] Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2006) National indicators for monitoring osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoporosis. pp. 55. AIHW, Canberra.[3]Hanly JG, Thompson K, Skedgel C. (2015) The use of administrative health care databases to identify patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Open access rheumatology: research and reviews. 7(6), 69-75.AcknowledgementsThe authors thank the data custodians of Hospital Morbidity Data Collection, Emergency Department Data Collection, the Death Registrations and staff at the Western Australian Data Linkage Branch to assist in the provision of data. Special thanks to the University of Western Australia to support KA with an Australian Government Research Training Program PhD Scholarship and the Australian Rheumatology Association WA for Research Fellowship Award.Disclosure of InterestsKhalid Almutairi: None declared, Charles Inderjeeth Speakers bureau: Eli Lilly, David Preen: None declared, Helen Keen Speakers bureau: Pfizer Australia, Abbvie Australia, Johannes Nossent Speakers bureau: Janssen
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Lewis, Elaine, Catherine Baudains, and Caroline Mansfield. "The Impact of AuSSI-WA at a Primary School." Australian Journal of Environmental Education 25 (2009): 45–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0814062600000392.
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AbstractThis paper presents the findings of the first stage of research on the impact of the Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative (AuSSI) at an independent primary school in Western Australia. A longitudinal (20 year) case study is being conducted, utilising data related to Education for Sustainability (EfS) at the school from 1990-2009. 2005 was a critical year for the school because it marked the beginning of participation in the Sustainable Schools Initiative pilot in Western Australia (AuSSI-WA). The research investigates elements of EfS in operation at the school pre- and post- AuSSI-WA, as well as student and teacher outcomes after involvement in the Initiative. An analysis of the initial data suggests that participation in AuSSI-WA enabled the school to engage with a growing commitment to EfS in the context of a whole - school approach.
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May, Tom W. "Where are the short-range endemics among Western Australian macrofungi?" Australian Systematic Botany 15, no. 4 (2002): 501. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sb01041.
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There are 491 Western Australian (WA) basidiomycete macrofungi, most of which are found also in eastern Australia (78.4%) or overseas. Only 52 (10.6%) endemic WA species have been identified. Of the 32 WA endemics known from more than one location, most (25) have ranges greater than 100 km, even though they are usually represented by few collections (average 4.2). It is considered likely that further collecting will extend ranges. Only Torrendia grandis and T. inculta are known from several collections from the one restricted area, in the Kellerberrin district. Otherwise there is no conclusive evidence for short-range endemism or for any particular centres of narrow endemism for macrofungi. This also appears to be the case for eastern Australia, with the only exceptions being a few fungi of very narrow host range or very specific substratum requirements. Where sufficient collections are available to determine distribution, most Australian macrofungi seem to be very widespread. A model to explain the lack of short-range endemism in macrofungi will need to draw on detailed knowledge of the phylogeny and population genetics of macrofungi, which is currently lacking. The absence of short-range endemic macrofungi also necessitates reconsideration of conservation strategies for macrofungi, since such species are prime candidates for listing on conservation schedules.
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R. Ghori, K. Ameed. "Emerging unconventional shale plays in Western Australia." APPEA Journal 53, no. 1 (2013): 313. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj12027.
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Production of shale gas in the US has changed its position from a gas importer to a potential gas exporter. This has stimulated exploration for shale-gas resources in WA. The search started with Woodada Deep–1 (2010) and Arrowsmith–2 (2011) in the Perth Basin to evaluate the shale-gas potential of the Permian Carynginia Formation and the Triassic Kockatea Shale, and Nicolay–1 (2011) in the Canning Basin to evaluate the shale-gas potential of the Ordovician Goldwyer Formation. Estimated total shale-gas potential for these formations is about 288 trillion cubic feet (Tcf). Other petroleum source rocks include the Devonian Gogo and Lower Carboniferous Laurel formations of the Canning Basin, the Lower Permian Wooramel and Byro groups of the onshore Carnarvon Basin, and the Neoproterozoic shales of the Officer Basin. The Canning and Perth basins are producing petroleum, whereas the onshore Carnarvon and Officer basins are not producing, but they have indications for petroleum source rocks, generation, and migration from geochemistry data. Exploration is at a very early stage, and more work is needed to estimate the shale-gas potential of all source rocks and to verify estimated resources. Exploration for shale gas in WA will benefit from new drilling and production techniques and technologies developed during the past 15 years in the US, where more than 102,000 successful gas production wells have been drilled. WA shale-gas plays are stratigraphically and geochemically comparable to producing plays in the Upper Ordovician Utica Shale, Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale and Upper Devonian Bakken Formation, Upper Mississippian Barnett Shale, Upper Jurassic Haynesville-Bossier formations, and Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Shale of the US. WA is vastly under-explored and emerging self-sourcing shale plays have revived onshore exploration in the Canning, Carnarvon, and Perth basins.
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Howard, David. "Geological Survey of Western Australia: AusAEM20-WA update." Preview 2021, no. 211 (March 4, 2021): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14432471.2021.1905965.
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Ball, Colleen. "Homebirth in WA: Why women make this choice." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2014. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1277.
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Background: Homebirths in Western Australia (WA) account for approximately 0.8% of all births. Two consecutive reports from the Perinatal and Infant Mortality Monitoring Committee found increased rates of perinatal mortality in homebirths and recommended a prospective cohort study to assess mortality and morbidity outcomes for women with planned home births in WA. The Homebirth in WA Study, of which this thesis is a component, has been funded by a directed research grant.
Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the specific reasons why women in WA choose homebirth. Research on homebirths is focused on perinatal outcomes and comparisons of satisfaction between hospital and homebirth. Based on these comparisons, assumptions are made as to why women choose to have a homebirth or make this choice. There is a paucity of research directly addressing the reasons why women make this choice.
Methods: This is a quantitative prospective observational study. Pregnant women planning a homebirth in WA were invited to participate in the study. Women recruited into this study (n=135) were asked about their obstetric history and associated satisfaction with their previous birth experience, and were asked to select from any of 27 options as being their reasons for choosing homebirth, with the option to provide additional reasons of their own. They were also asked to select the three most important reasons. Women were asked to rank their perception of how important it is for them to have a homebirth, their perception of the safety, their level of confidence and the support they have received from their spouse and family and friends for their choice. The women were also invited to share further comments.
Results: The majority of women (n=107) received care from the Community Midwifery Program and the remainder (n=28) from privately practicing Midwives. In this study 50 women were nulliparous and 85 multiparous. Women who previously had a homebirth reported a higher level of satisfaction (4.7/5) for the birth experience, compared to women who had hospital births (2.3/5). Avoiding unnecessary intervention was the dominan reason for choosing home birth in 95.5% of participants, regardless of parity, education or previous birth experience; this was followed by the comfort and familiarity of the home (93%) and the freedom to make their own choices (86%). Avoiding unnecessary intervention ranked the highest of the 3 most important reasons. Women reported a high level of support for their choice from their spouse (4.65/5) and substantially less from family and friends (3.68/5). They ranked the safety of homebirth highly and had a high level of confidence. The women who elected to share further comments referred most frequently (28%) to GP’s and obstetricians not presenting homebirth as an option, and also made frequent reference to their negative attitude in relation to the women’s choice. Women also commented on the negative attitudes encountered from family and friends, and additional references reflected their attitudes regarding intervention.
Conclusion: Women choosing homebirth in WA do so to avoid unnecessary intervention and have the freedom to make their own choices in the surrounds of the home. They receive limited support for their choice from GP’s and obstetricians as well as friends and relatives. This study underscores the reaction of some women to the current rates of obstetric intervention.
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Bahn, Susanne T. "Producing safety : exploring occupational health and safety values in action within the WA civil construction industry." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2008. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/221.
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This thesis explores working and learning practices in the context of safety within the Civil Construction Industry (CC Industry) of Western Australia (WA) and specifically focuses on the relations between organisational safety values and current working practices, primarily focusing on the instrumental power of managers in organisations to produce safety. The thesis examines the values in action that permeate the workplace culture and mediate the daily practices of people working in this industry, and ultimately how they impact upon the minds and bodies of employees. The study provides insight into the working practices and discourses within this industry by exploring the space between rhetoric and reality. specifically in terms of managing actions. Patterns in the data illuminate particular relations between values and practices that can mediate improved regimes of occupational, safety and health (OS&H) practices within organisations in the CC Industry. This study was supported by the Civil Contractors Federation WA (CCF) enabling high-level access and reciprocal practical outcomes for the CC Industry.
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Martinovich, Tony. "Factors influencing the incidence rates of injuries and accidents among seafarers and rig workers providing support to the WA offshore oil and gas industry." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2013. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1084.
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The aim of this study was to identify, discuss and make recommendations regarding causal factors associated with injuries and accidents among seafarers and rig workers providing support to the WA offshore oil and gas industry. These incidents cause significant personal and economic burdens for employees, employers and the community in general.
A sample of 484 participants were recruited from a workforce of 9800 employees (approximately 5%). Participants were stratified into 2 cohorts; those who had suffered injury (286 – study group) and those who had not (198 - controls).
Data from the study group were stratified into oilrig workers and vessel seafarers. A one-way analysis of variance revealed that the injury incidence rate for the seafarers in the study group was significantly higher (mean 14.4 injuries) in the first quarter of each multi week work period ( "swing") (P=0.001), compared to means of 4.125 and 2.44 and 4 for the subsequent quarters. For the oil rig workers, the mean injury incidence rates across the four quarters remained similar.
It was recommended that a safety officer be assigned to each vessel to support workers for the 1st quarter of each swing. Implementation of this practice has been trialled in another study leading to a reduction in the number of incidents over a 12 month period (Brown, 2009). Other factors that influenced injury incidence rates were age and level of experience, with younger and less experienced workers being more injury prone. Encouraging older, experienced workers to mentor younger employees and to manage their workload according to their physical capabilities will be a useful intervention. The implementation of these recommendations will reduce the injury incidence rate of this unique cohort of employees thus reducing the economic burden of injuries and accidents to the employee, the employer and the community in general.
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Law, Geoffrey Ka Hoo. "Teacher empowerment : an interpretive study of the experience of Asian migrant teachers in Western Australia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2350.
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This research was prompted by arguments about the importance of empowerment in professional praxis of school practitioners and related legislations, namely, the Better Schools’ reform in 1987 and the WA Charter of Multiculturalism in 2004, and by persistent feelings of disempowerment and inefficacy I had experienced as an Asian migrant school practitioner in WA Government schools. Attributing cause to others is always easier than looking to ourselves for the root of our problems. Guided by the innovative concept of a research multi-paradigmatic design space, I adapted methods from the interpretivist-constructivist and critical paradigms, and embarked on a process of critical self-reflection aimed at gaining an understanding of my feelings of disempowerment and inefficacy.Complementing this autoethnographic study, selfreflections of three other Asian migrant school practitioners were included to gauge the degree of consonance of feelings amongst us as I shared my lived experience with them. The sharing of our experiences over a four-year period revealed that lack of respect and support from key stakeholders of the school system had been one of the root causes of our negative feelings, and that this perception was related to cultural dissonance between our collectivist Asian culture and the more individualistic culture of WA school communities.A natural response to the findings was a search for ways of minimizing the cultural dissonance. This research is as much a self-initiated change as a ‘political outreach’ aimed at instigating further discussion and debate as a catalyst for system-wide policy initiative to address the issue of cultural dissonance which is considered to be a key to reducing of feelings of disempowerment and inefficacy amongst Asian migrant teachers in WA Government schools. This research has been an emancipating and enlightening personal experience but it was not without limitations and problems.
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Venn, Darren Peter. "A changing cultural landscape Yanchep National Park, Western Australia /." Connect to thesis, 2008. http://portalapps.ecu.edu.au/adt-public/adt-ECU2008.0012.html.
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Steensma, Auke. "A statutory review of adjudicators’ determinations under the Construction Contracts Act 2004 (WA) by the State Administrative Tribunal and the Courts of Western Australia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70731.
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The Construction Contracts Act 2004 (WA) commenced on 01 January 2005. From 2005 until 30 June 2017, the Construction Contracts Act 2004 (WA) was used by those seeking a resolution to payment claim disputes within the Western Australian construction industry on 1822 occasions. The statutory legislation provides three mechanisms that give rise to access in the Courts of Western Australia and the State Administrative Tribunal. This research will examine the three mechanisms.
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Fozard, Roxanne. "Ghostcards of WA: An exhibition of oil paintings on linen – and – Repositioning the Denkbild: A painting investigation into deaths in custody in 21st century Western Australia: An exegesis." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2017. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2155.
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Having a personal connection through several family members to the life and work of Ngaanyatjarra Elder Mr Ward, I found his death in custody in outback Western Australia unsettling and incomprehensible. As the circumstances of his death were revealed, I became aware of glaring omissions in the telling of his story and the circumstances that led to his death. Through my engagement with the subsequent media reporting, official documents and personal conversations, I recognised a profound lack of understanding of difference and otherness within a shared history and space in Western Australia. The initial aim of my project was to investigate the incomprehensible through the lens of Ngaanyatjarra Elder Mr Ward’s death; however, ethically, this proved a difficult path to negotiate. Through my research, I came to understand that the continued use of the dominant language of the coloniser, which is embedded in social practices and academic discourse is, in part, continuing to perpetuate white privilege. The ethical problems raised inspired me to develop an approach, which although oblique, would nevertheless enable fresh insight into otherness and difference in a multi-cultural society. The particular concern of this practice-led research project is not to exploit the trauma of others but to raise awareness of this social space through my work, giving rise to new understandings and possible relations.
This research gathered key texts from Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno, to facilitate the transfer of the written form of Denkbild, a literary device manipulating the codes of language to visualise the process of thought, into a painting practice. The Denkbild (thought-image) is a Euro-centric genre of exploratory philosophical writing, crafted in response to a society witnessing tremendous change as a result of the devastating impact of WWI and WWII. Through this creative project, the challenge was to re-activate the Denkbild through painting and accompanying text to investigate deaths in custody and interrogate the connected issues of ethics, politics and inequality, which is written into the shared spaces of Western Australia. The Denkbild is then developed further with the addition of Henri Lefebvre’s threedimensional spatial application of dialectical thinking and the creative practice of selected Australian artists. Through this addition, the binary dialectical framework of the Denkbild is expanded to reflect contemporary thinking on the concept of space as a social product. This perspective emerges to enable fresh insight into Aboriginal understandings of space as representing an ‘eternal now’, such that a mutual understanding of space is manifested. My painting practice reflects and informs this transition, as I moved from the painting studio to selected locations to record information and experiences that developed my research position.
To achieve the project’s aims, I engaged in reflexivity and praxis as the methodological tools to guide my research. Through painting, my research extended across interdisciplinary fields including visual arts practices, philosophical history and literature, to interrogate a spatial dynamic, revealing marginalised insights and connecting interrelationships between sites. For the purpose of this research, the paintings, exhibitions and exegesis function on two levels: as an avenue into mediation of Western Australian culture and as a methodological approach to visual art practice. My research culminated in the exhibition, Ghostcards of WA 2017 at the Spectrum Project Space, ECU, Mount Lawley. This project is significant as it renews the Denkbild to further the unique relationship between conceptual and representational categories that binds together experience, object and practice to form an interrogative tool for critical inquiry. In the application of this method to a Western Australian context, new thinking is encouraged through the inclusive reading of space and the collapsing of misunderstandings perpetuated in historicism through a shared recognition of the inherent value of space/sites which— far from being incomprehensible, reactive, nostalgic and solipsistic—are comprehensible, active, prescient, abundant and social.
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Collard, Len. "Boorda noonakoort Wedjela, quarppa Nyungar wangkai noonakoort geenurzg, wa, kia = Later you white fellow, good Nyzcngar speaker, you see, won't you, yes : an analysis of Nyungar influence in South West Western Australia." Thesis, Collard, Len (1996) Boorda noonakoort Wedjela, quarppa Nyungar wangkai noonakoort geenurzg, wa, kia = Later you white fellow, good Nyzcngar speaker, you see, won't you, yes : an analysis of Nyungar influence in South West Western Australia. Masters by Coursework thesis, Murdoch University, 1996. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/40882/.
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As a number of Aboriginies (be they Koori, Tiwi or Palawah) and non Aboriginal Australian Historians have recently claimed, it is now time that formally recorded history recognise Nyungar, Koori, Nunga or Murri and other indigenous interpretations of Australian histtories. this thesis sets out to contribute to the process of offering a Nyungar interpretation of history...
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Buselich, Kathryn. "Creating transactional space for sustainability: a case study of the Western Australian Collaboration." Thesis, Buselich, Kathryn (2007) Creating transactional space for sustainability: a case study of the Western Australian Collaboration. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/494/.
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Progressing sustainability requires a more networked approach to governance?an approach that connects otherwise segmented policy areas and fosters greater communication among governments, stakeholders and citizens. Of particular importance is the development of discursive spaces in which diverse actors are able to explore the differing knowledge, perspectives and values raised by the challenge of sustainability. This thesis develops the notion of transactional space to bring into focus the processes of reflection, dialogue and mutual learning that effective sustainability discourse involves. In the first part of the thesis I review literature on the theory and practice of participation, deliberation and collaboration, giving particular attention to the ways in which these processes have potential to create space for a depth of exchange and enable participants to engage with the tensions inherent in complex policy issues. While many authors point to the importance of negotiating difference in these processes, the literature reveals that, in practice, this type of exchange tends to be overlooked or underdeveloped. I therefore argue in this thesis that critical, reflective dialogue plays a key role in generating greater understanding among participants, more comprehensive understanding of policy issues, and more integrative and shared approaches, and for these reasons must be actively developed.
The case study in the second part of the thesis explores this concern for developing reflective exchange in practice. The formation of the Western Australian Collaboration in 2002 - a partnership of non-government organizations from a range of social and environmental perspectives committed to 'a just and sustainable Western Australia'- represented an opportunity to examine the development of participatory and collaborative processes for sustainability. The thesis presents a case study of the WA Collaboration's development over 2002-2006 to illustrate the potential such networks and open forums offer for transformative exchange around sustainability. It describes the intensive process conducted with the Steering Committee to cultivate a culture of reflection and learning in the organization, and the practical initiatives the process helped to generate.
The thesis concludes with a discussion of the lessons learnt and key principles and practical considerations relevant to fostering transactional space. The WA Collaboration experience and the review of literature reveal a tendency in practice to privilege action and outcomes over reflection and learning. Furthermore, despite the necessity for a depth of engagement with complex policy issues, funding systems and policy environments often fail to allow the time and resources needed to support genuine dialogue and collaborative work. The thesis provides the concept and principles of transactional space as a means of helping to address this imbalance. They are designed to encourage practitioners to create opportunities for critical, reflective dialogue in a range of deliberative settings.
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Buselich, Kathryn. "Creating transactional space for sustainability : a case study of the Western Australian Collaboration /." Buselich, Kathryn (2007) Creating transactional space for sustainability: a case study of the Western Australian Collaboration. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/494/.
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Progressing sustainability requires a more networked approach to governance?an approach that connects otherwise segmented policy areas and fosters greater communication among governments, stakeholders and citizens. Of particular importance is the development of discursive spaces in which diverse actors are able to explore the differing knowledge, perspectives and values raised by the challenge of sustainability. This thesis develops the notion of transactional space to bring into focus the processes of reflection, dialogue and mutual learning that effective sustainability discourse involves. In the first part of the thesis I review literature on the theory and practice of participation, deliberation and collaboration, giving particular attention to the ways in which these processes have potential to create space for a depth of exchange and enable participants to engage with the tensions inherent in complex policy issues. While many authors point to the importance of negotiating difference in these processes, the literature reveals that, in practice, this type of exchange tends to be overlooked or underdeveloped. I therefore argue in this thesis that critical, reflective dialogue plays a key role in generating greater understanding among participants, more comprehensive understanding of policy issues, and more integrative and shared approaches, and for these reasons must be actively developed.
The case study in the second part of the thesis explores this concern for developing reflective exchange in practice. The formation of the Western Australian Collaboration in 2002 - a partnership of non-government organizations from a range of social and environmental perspectives committed to 'a just and sustainable Western Australia'- represented an opportunity to examine the development of participatory and collaborative processes for sustainability. The thesis presents a case study of the WA Collaboration's development over 2002-2006 to illustrate the potential such networks and open forums offer for transformative exchange around sustainability. It describes the intensive process conducted with the Steering Committee to cultivate a culture of reflection and learning in the organization, and the practical initiatives the process helped to generate.
The thesis concludes with a discussion of the lessons learnt and key principles and practical considerations relevant to fostering transactional space. The WA Collaboration experience and the review of literature reveal a tendency in practice to privilege action and outcomes over reflection and learning. Furthermore, despite the necessity for a depth of engagement with complex policy issues, funding systems and policy environments often fail to allow the time and resources needed to support genuine dialogue and collaborative work. The thesis provides the concept and principles of transactional space as a means of helping to address this imbalance. They are designed to encourage practitioners to create opportunities for critical, reflective dialogue in a range of deliberative settings.
Books on the topic "Western Australia (WA)"
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Australian Society for Reproductive Biology. conference. Proceedings of the 22th Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Reproductive Biology, September 24-26, 1990, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA. [s.l.]: Australian Society for Reproductive Biology, 1990.
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Broome, W. A. ). WA Conference on Tropical Aquaculture in the Kimberley (1999. Proceedings of the WA Conference on Tropical Aquaculture in the Kimberley, 27th-29th May 1999, Broome, Western Australia. Western Australia: Fisheries, 1999.
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PYROSEM WA (1990 Murdoch University). Papers presented at PYROSEM WA: A Seminar on Pyrometallurgical Operations in Western Australia held at Murdoch University, November 9th, 1990. Edited by Grimsey E. J, Stockton N. D, and Murdoch University. Mineral Science (Extractive Metallurgy) Programme. [Murdoch, Australia]: Murdoch University, Mineral Science (Extractive Metallurgy) Programme, 1990.
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Carruthers, D. D. Thermal design for hot climate housing: Results of research carried out for SERIWA (Solar Energy Research Institute of WA) in the School of Architecture at the University of Western Australia. East Perth, WA: Minerals and Energy Research Institute of Western Australia, 1991.
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Berg, Rosemary Van den. No options no choice!: The Moore River experience : my father, Thomas Corbett, an Aboriginal half-caste. Broome, W.A: Magabala Books, 1994.
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Western Australia. Dept. of Commerce and Trade., ed. WA 2029: Development options for Western Australia. Perth, W.A: Dept. of Commerce and Trade, 1993.
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Pye, Brendan, and Brendan Pye. Fishing GPS Locations WA Australia: Fishing GPS Markers Western Australia. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013.
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WA 2029: Development options for Western Australia (A discussion paper). Dept. of Commerce and Trade, 1993.
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All The Way To Wa Our Search For Uncle Kev. Allen & Unwin Australia, 2012.
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Papers presented at PYROSEM WA: A Seminar on Pyrometallurgical Operations in Western Australia held at Murdoch University, November 9th, 1990. Murdoch University, Mineral Science (Extractive Metallurgy) Programme, 1990.
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Bracknell, Clint. "Reanimating 1830s Nyungar songs of Miago." In Music, Dance and the Archive. Sydney University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.30722/sup.9781743328675.06.
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Miago (also spelled Migeo, Maiago, Migo or Myago) was a Nyungar (also spelled Noongar, Nyoongar or Nyoongah) man from the south-west region of Western Australia (WA) who joined the HMS Beagle’s expedition to the north-west of Australia in 1837–38 as an intermediary. His departure, exploits and return inspired the composition of two widely shared local Nyungar songs, the lyrics of which were recorded in the journal of colonist and explorer Sir George Grey. These lyrics are among the earliest records of Nyungar singing. Although the songs about Miago were widely known in the mid-nineteenth century, no musical notation was transcribed, and the melody has not been passed on to contemporary generations of Nyungar people.
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Penney, Dawn, Paul Newhouse, Andrew Jones, and Alistair Campbell. "Digital Technologies." In Technologies for Enhancing Pedagogy, Engagement and Empowerment in Education, 15–26. IGI Global, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-074-3.ch002.
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This chapter draws on research that has explored the use of digital technologies in the context of examination-based assessment in senior secondary physical education in Western Australia (WA). It discusses the potential that digital technologies present to enhance pedagogy in senior physical education teaching and extends learning opportunities in the subject. Pedagogical innovation is particularly considered in relation to linkages between traditionally distinct ‘theory’ and ‘practical’ course components and the ‘personalization’ of learning that is associated with the use of digital technologies. The use of digital technologies is identified as supporting the development of authentic, ‘integrated’ learning experiences, and greater inclusivity through enhanced recognition of different abilities at the point of summative assessment. Attention is also drawn, however, to the need to further explore issues of equity amidst the development of assessment and pedagogies utilizing digital technologies.