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This detailed account tells the background story of a privatised monopoly whose sharp practices embroiled a national government in scandal and shocked a nation that prides itself on the strength of its institutions. AWB Limited, the former Australian Wheat Board that in the 1990s was sold into the private sector, paid more than $US200m in kickbacks to the pariah regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, exploiting the provisions of the United Nations’ Oil for Food program by inflating the price of the wheat it sent there to disguise the pay-offs that secured the contracts. The ensuing uproar threatened the careers of key cabinet ministers in the Howard government and contributed to the rise and subsequent election victory of the Australian Labor Party’s Kevin Rudd.   There is no doubting wheat’s centrality as a commodity. Of all the basic foodstuffs, this versatile grain is a vital cog in the international trading mechanism, arousing passion and ambition in equal measure. The 60-year history of the Australian Wheat Board and its subsequent privatised incarnation is a fascinating—and much misunderstood—story that involves decision-makers at the highest level and commercial interests at their most competitive and rapacious. The board held a monopoly on Australian wheat exports for decades, seamlessly shifting into the private sector in 1995. Motivated by the misunderstandings surrounding this privatisation and the revelations that followed it in the mid-2000s, this volume sets the record straight with a comprehensive analysis of the genesis and development of an institution with its origins in mutuality that foundered in the perilous waters of cut-throat international trade. The author’s role as a strategic advisor in the privatisation ensures a uniquely informed perspective on a story that provides an object lesson in institutional management to governments around the world.

Australian Wheat Board. --- Wheat trade -- Australia. --- Wheat trade -- Government policy -- Australia. --- Wheat trade. --- Wheat trade --- Business & Economics --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Environmental Sciences --- Industries --- History --- Government policy --- History. --- Australian Wheat Board --- Environment. --- Political science. --- Environment, general. --- Political Science. --- AWB --- Australia. --- Wheat industry --- Grain trade --- Environmental sciences. --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Environmental science --- Science --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Ecology

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Challenges the traditional view of drought as a natural disaster, advocating a policy approach based on risk management.

Droughts --- Drought --- Drouth --- Drouths --- Weather --- Government policy --- Economic aspects --- Social aspects

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In 1992 Australia’s Commonwealth and State governments announced the introduction of a National Drought Policy adopting an innovative risk management approach, which received broad support from Australia’s major political parties and the policy community. This trail-blazing attempt and the experiences with the development and implementation of this policy over the past decade have intrigued the international scientific and policy communities. The present book comprises an academically focused collection of papers, which the Editors hope will provide others moving in a similar direction with the benefit of experience. The work highlights the successes and challenges of a move from disaster to risk management in responding to drought. As such it will be a valuable and useful addition to the international literature on drought preparedness and response.

Droughts --- Risk management --- Government policy --- Insurance --- Management --- Drought --- Drouth --- Drouths --- Weather --- Environmental management. --- Environmental economics. --- Climatic changes. --- Environmental pollution. --- Human Geography. --- Environmental Management. --- Climate Change Management and Policy. --- Environmental Economics. --- Climate Change. --- Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. --- Anthropo-geography --- Anthropogeography --- Geographical distribution of humans --- Social geography --- Anthropology --- Geography --- Human ecology --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Pollution --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental quality --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Economics --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Environmental aspects --- Economic aspects --- Climate change. --- Water pollution. --- Human geography. --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water --- Fresh water pollution --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Water pollution --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Global environmental change

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Economics --- Meteorology. Climatology --- Water supply. Water treatment. Water pollution --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Social geography --- sociale analyse --- economie --- waterverontreiniging --- milieubeleid --- milieuzorg --- geografie --- klimaatverandering --- Australia