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Australia’s unique forests are a major natural asset in terms of biodiversity conservation, the global carbon cycle, fresh water supplies, and the maintenance of environmental and social values. Forests are also a key economic asset to Australia, providing essential timber and wood products and recreation, and employing thousands of people in the forestry and tourism industries. What policy and regulatory measures are in place to conserve Australia’s forests? This book examines how the Australian government and the community as a whole are trying to strike a balance between forest conservation and sustainable forest management through such measures as the reserve system and regional agreements. Issues addressed also include illegal logging overseas, forest products certification, and the heated debate over logging Tasmania’s old growth forests. How do we produce renewable timber for present and future generations, but also preserve our forests’ environmental, social and economic values?

Forest conservation --- Forest policy --- Forests and forestry --- Forestry law and legislation --- Forest law --- Forest protection --- Timber laws and legislation --- Forest management --- Forest resource policy --- State and forestry --- Economic policy --- Conservation of forests --- Forest preservation --- Preservation of forests --- Nature conservation --- Deforestation --- Law and legislation --- Government policy --- Conservation --- Control --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Agriculture --- Natural resources --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Environmental aspects --- E-books

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Poverty persists in Australia despite the opportunities available in such an affluent country. How is poverty in Australia defined? What is absolute poverty as opposed to relative poverty, and who are the affected groups in our community? What are the causes of poverty? At a time when the national economy has avoided the major impacts of a global recession, why do so many Australians still experience financial hardship, housing stress and income inequality? Almost 1 in 6 Australians of working age is reliant on income support - does Australia's welfare system provide a safety net or promote we

Emergency management. --- Natural disasters. --- Storms. --- Weather. --- Poverty --- Public welfare --- Poor --- Social isolation --- Marginality, Social --- Exclusion, Social --- Marginal peoples --- Social exclusion --- Social marginality --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Culture conflict --- Sociology --- People with social disabilities --- Isolation, Social --- Social psychology --- Alienation (Social psychology) --- Social distance --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Subsistence economy --- E-books --- Australia --- Climate. --- Ahitereiria --- Aostralia --- Ástralía --- ʻAukekulelia --- Austraalia --- Austraalia Ühendus --- Australian Government --- Australie --- Australien --- Australiese Gemenebes --- Aŭstralii︠a︡ --- Australija --- Austrālijas Savienība --- Australijos Sandrauga --- Aŭstralio --- Australské společenství --- Ausztrál Államszövetség --- Ausztrália --- Avstralii︠a︡ --- Avstraliĭski sŭi︠u︡z --- Avstraliĭskiĭ Soi︠u︡z --- Avstraliĭskii︠a︡t sŭi︠u︡z --- Avstralija --- Awstralia --- Awstralja --- Awstralya --- Aystralia --- Commonwealth of Australia --- Cymanwlad Awstralia --- Državna zaednica Avstralija --- Government of Australia --- Ḳehiliyat Osṭralyah --- Koinopoliteia tēs Aystralias --- Komanwel Australia --- Komonveltot na Avstralija --- Komonwelt sa Awstralya --- Komunaĵo de Aŭstralio --- Komunejo de Aŭstralio --- Kūmunwālth al-Usturālī --- Mancomunidad de Australia --- Mancomunitat d'Austràlia --- Negara Persemakmuran Australia --- New Holland --- Nova Hollandia --- Osṭralyah --- Ōsutoraria --- Persemakmuran Australia --- Samveldið Ástralía --- Usṭralyah --- Usturāliyā --- Whakaminenga o Ahitereiria --- Κοινοπολιτεία της Αυστραλίας --- Αυστραλία --- Аўстралія --- Австралия --- Австралија --- Австралийски съюз --- Австралийският съюз --- Австралийский Союз --- Комонвелтот на Австралија --- Државна заедница Австралија --- אוסטרליה --- קהיליית אוסטרליה --- أستراليا --- كومنولث الأسترالي --- オーストラリア

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Although people of various political persuasions and financial means regularly espouse the need for Australia to reform its social security framework, what is considered a fair approach is open to debate. The current federal government has committed to reforming the welfare and family assistance payment system to foster responsibility and provide positive programs and incentives for people to move out of welfare dependency. The test for any government in a welfare state, however, lies in addressing the challenges facing workforce participation in a way that makes a serious and long-lasting difference. How does Australia reduce welfare dependency without punishing the poor? Issues for debate in this book include long-term unemployment benefit levels, disability support pension eligibility, ‘welfare to work’ schemes, and income management. Is fixing the welfare system the hardest job of all?

Public welfare --- Social change --- Social security --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Australia --- Social policy.

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Experimentation, pushing boundaries and testing your own limits is a part of growing up, however there are many potentially unsafe situations in which teenagers may find themselves at risk and their safety compromised by making harmful personal choices. Everyone has the right to feel safe and to live without fear, this includes travelling alone at night on public transport, going out partying with friends, even accessing the internet at home. What are the strategies and precautions you can take to maximise your feelings of safety and reduce your actual exposure to injury or assault? Risk taking can be fun and positive, but sometimes taking unhealthy risks may affect your wellbeing and cause you harm. Common teenage risk-taking behaviours include: fighting, truancy, alcohol and drug use, dangerous driving, risky sexual behaviour, and deliberate self-harm. This book is a useful guide for teenagers, parents and teachers to understand the issues around risk-taking behaviours and personal safety. How can young people be encouraged to make safer choices?

Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence --- Social adjustment in adolescence --- Public safety --- Safety, Public --- Human services --- Adolescent psychology --- Prevention.

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Increasingly, Australians are caring more about the origins and values of the foods they consume. This book addresses two often misunderstood agricultural production methods - organic farming and genetic modification. Organic food is grown and produced without using synthetic chemicals such as pesticides and artificial fertilisers; so what are the actual ethical, environmental and nutritional differences between organic and conventionally-produced food? Are organics healthier? Genetic modification is a science-driven crop and animal breeding method which has attracted controversy and confusion in recent years. Which foods are GM, how are they labelled and regulated in Australia, and are there any proven environmental or health-related side-effects? This book serves you up an abundance of information with which to make more informed food choices.

Natural foods. --- Genetically modified foods. --- GM foods --- Genetically engineered foods --- Food --- Food, Natural --- Health foods --- Natural food --- Organic food --- Organic foods --- Organically grown foods --- Whole foods --- Wholefood --- Biotechnology --- Natural foods --- Genetically modified foods --- Nutrition --- Food law and legislation --- Foods --- Dinners and dining --- Home economics --- Table --- Cooking --- Diet --- Dietaries --- Gastronomy --- Food, Pure --- Food industry and trade --- Pure food --- Commercial law --- Consumer protection --- Produce trade --- Alimentation --- Health --- Physiology --- Dietetics --- Digestion --- Food habits --- Malnutrition --- Health aspects --- Study and teaching (Secondary) --- Law and legislation --- teaching resource collection