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Too hot to talk about: Why is Australia still debating climate change?

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Crikey’s Bernard Keane, Dr Will Grant, Tony Kevin, Simon Grose and Dr onacloV tackle the big questions about climate change in an event to be live streamed on the Internet this Wednesday at 12.30pm.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Economics and Finance, Environment, Health, Politics, Public Policy, Science

Rising Stamp Duty dampens the housing market

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Stamp duty reduces house sales and lowers house prices, according to new research from The Australian National University.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Economics and Finance, Public Policy

ANU sweeps 2009 Australian Teaching and Learning Awards

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

ANU recognised in the 2009 Teaching and Learning Awards.

Filed under: On Campus, Awards, ANU College of Business and Economics, ANU, Business and Economics, Economics and Finance, Staff, Students

Trade and Industry Conference

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Conference: Trade and Industry in Asia Pacific: History, Trends and Prospects.

Filed under: On Campus, Coming up, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Economics and Finance

Is Australia’s good governance in peril?

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

The question of whether Australia’s good governance is in jeopardy will be addressed by three of the nation’s leading experts in policy advice and law making, as part of a public forum at The Australian National University.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics, Economics and Finance, Politics, Public Policy

Fiji and Tonga in spotlight for update

Monday, October 19th, 2009

With the world’s gaze firmly fixed on the Pacific after the recent series of tsunamis and earthquakes, leading experts from Australia, Japan, and New Zealand will gather to cast their eyes over some of the most critical issues relating to Fiji, Tonga and the wider Pacific Islands.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Economics and Finance, Education, Environment, Pacific, Politics, Public Policy

Auditors pass the ’stress test’: study

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

If the Global Financial Crisis was a ‘stress test’ for the auditing of companies’ financial statements then Australian auditing has performed well, despite a recent warning, but there is still room for improvement, according to a new study.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics, Economics and Finance

Japan relationship requires radical rethink: report

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Corporations, business associations and governments need to work together to draft a new blueprint for cooperation between Australia and its largest trading partner, Japan, according to a new ANU report.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia, Business and Economics, Economics and Finance, International Relations and Diplomacy, International Systems Asia, Public Policy

ANU Research School of Business an Australian first

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

The Australian National University has established the first research school in Australia dedicated to business.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics, Economics and Finance, Education, Staff

One year after the Garnaut Review

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Professor Garnaut will analyse the past year’s history of policy-making on climate change and assess the prospects of the world developing a satisfactory response to the risks of dangerous human-induced climate change.

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ANU Poll probes attitudes to economy, GFC

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

A narrow majority of Australians favour government spending to stimulate the economy in response to the Global Financial Crisis, but two-thirds of the public are concerned about the effects that the debt will have on future generations, according the results of the latest ANUpoll.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Economics and Finance, Politics, Public Policy

Examining China’s place in a new world

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Over 300 people gathered at ANU last week for the annual China Update, hosted by the Crawford School of Economics and Government in the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific.

Filed under: On Campus, News Briefs, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU, Asia, Business and Economics, Defence Policy and Strategy, Economics and Finance, Environment, International Relations and Diplomacy, Politics

University gender gap favours women

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Australian women are more likely to be enrolled in university than men, and the gender disparity is likely to continue to grow, according to new research.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Economics and Finance, Education

Size does matter: Tall people earn more

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

An additional five centimetres of height is worth around $950 per year to the average man, according to ANU research.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Business and Economics, Economics and Finance

Property bubble set to burst: academic

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

The boost to the first home buyers’ grant is encouraging Australians to jump into the ‘sinking ship’ of an over-priced property bubble about to deflate, according to an ANU academic.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics, Economics and Finance, Politics, Public Policy

Smith to deliver inaugural Crawford-Nishi lecture

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Fifty-two years after the signing of the Australia-Japan Commerce Agreement marked the beginning of modern Australia-Japan relations, Minister for Foreign Affairs Hon. Stephen Smith MP, will deliver the inaugural Crawford-Nishi Lecture on Australia-Japan Relations on this week.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Asia, Economics and Finance, Executive, International Relations and Diplomacy

Featured Blog - Stephen Howes on a new global agreement on climate change

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

Professor Stephen Howes from the ANU Crawford School of Economics and Government, looks at how to improve the odds for an international climate change agreement post-Kyoto.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics, Economics and Finance, Environment

Featured Blog - Frank Jotzo on emissions confusion

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Environmental and Resource Economist Dr Frank Jotzo from the the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, in a post on the East Asia Forum Blog today, sorts through the confusion about emissions trading versus a carbon tax.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU, Business and Economics, Economics and Finance, Environment, Public Policy, Staff

$2 million for new scholarships

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Undergraduate students will be able to apply for new scholarships worth $2 million in total under a partnership ActewAGL, ACTEW and ANU.

Filed under: On Campus, News Briefs, ANU, Administration, Business and Economics, Economics and Finance, Engineering and Information Technology, Students

In agreement

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Are investor agreements between rich and developing countries handing too much power to those holding the purse strings?

Filed under: ANU Reporter, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Economics and Finance

The point of difference

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

An Anglo-American model of market–oriented corporate regulation is often held out as a prescription for developing countries. But does such a unified model exist? One academic argues that the reality is more complex, and the consequences worth exploring before prescribing transplant solutions.

Filed under: ANU Reporter, ANU College of Business and Economics, Economics and Finance

World slumps affect state elections: Study

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

State and territory governments tend to be unfairly rewarded and punished for the condition of the global economy, according to research that looked at the results of state elections from 1916 to 2006.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Economics and Finance, Politics

‘Get real’ and move beyond mitigation: academic

Friday, September 12th, 2008

If you want to ‘get real’ on climate change, more work needs to be done on practical and sensible adaptation measures that will help the public plan for an uncertain future, according to an academic.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Business and Economics, Economics and Finance, Environment, Politics, Public Policy

Wood supply threatened by plantation carbon farming

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Carbon storage in wood products will not guarantee that plantation resources will be allocated to processing rather than the carbon market under the Government’s proposed emissions trading scheme, according to researchers.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Science, Business and Economics, Economics and Finance, Environment, Politics, Public Policy, Science

Six easy lessons in: Fair Trade

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Is the Fair Trade movement the best hope of fair business dealings for traditionally disadvantaged peoples around the world?

Filed under: ANU Reporter, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Economics and Finance

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