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References and Further Information


These links, suggested by Monash University's National Centre for Australian Studies, complement the topics and themes addressed on the Environment page and in Contemporary Australia study notes.

Environmental Issues

ABC News Online - Latest Environmental Issues
http://www.abc.net.au/news/environment/default.htm

ABC Online - The Public Record on the Environment
http://www.abc.net.au/public/indexes/environment-meta-index.htm

Australian Policy Online - The Environment
http://www.apo.org.au/environment.shtml

Social Change Online - Environmental Campaigns
http://media.socialchange.net.au/environ.html

Australian Parliamentary Library -
Resources on Environment and Natural Resources
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/sci/scienv.htm

ABC Radio National Earthbeat
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/earth/default.htm

Environmental Agencies

Department of Environment and Heritage
http://www.ea.gov.au

Landcare Australia
http://www.landcareaustralia.com.au

National Heritage Trust
http://www.nht.gov.au

Murray Darling Basin Commission
http://www.mdbc.gov.au

Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology
http://www.bom.gov.au

World Wide Fund for Nature Australia
http://www.wwf.org.au

Greening Australia
http://www.greeningaustralia.org.au

Green Net Australia
http://www.green.net.au

The Kyoto Protocol

Australian Parliamentary Library -
The Kyoto Protocol, Issues and Developments through to Conference of the Parties (COP7), September 2002
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/SCI/kyoto.htm

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Submission to Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Inquiry into the Kyoto Protocol, August 2000
http://www.dfat.gov.au/environment/climate/jscot_sub.html

Population Debate

The Public Record - Population Issues, ABC News Online
http://www.abc.net.au/public/indexes/features/population.htm

ABC Radio National 'Australia Forum' - Population Debate
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bigidea/stories/s596388.htm

Australian Greens - Population Policy
http://www.greens.org.au/policy/careforearth.htm

ABC - Sydney or the Bush?
http://www.abc.net.au/nsw/stories/s394778.htm

Sydney or the Bush Home Page
http://www.sydneyorthebush.com/history.htm

Parliamentary Library Internet Guide - Rural Issues
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/rural/index.htm

Professor Geoffrey Blainey's Boyer Lecture 2001 on The Great Divide
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/boyers/stories/s420929.htm

ABC Radio National Bush Telegraph - Rural and Regional Issues
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/telegraph/default.htm

ABC Online - Country Viewpoint
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/viewpoint/default.htm

Centre for Public Policy Research - Globalisation and cities
http://www.public-policy.unimelb.edu.au/events/global_challenge.html

ABC Rural
http://www.abc.net.au/rural

Radio National - Barton Lecture - Cities or the Bush?
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/sunspec/stories/s257448.htm

National Museum of Australia - Suburbia
http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions_and_events/museum_themes2/nation/suburbia

National Trust conference on Suburbia
http://www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/suburbia2.html

ABC New South Wales - Suburbia on Steroids
http://www.abc.net.au/nsw/stories/s491318.htm

Emerging Australian Demographic Trends
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/2001/May01/Salt.htm

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