Tensions between acceptance of policies aimed at creating a multicultural society and
British (Anglo or Anglo-Celtic) Australians concerned about loss of their privileged position …

A key element of a successful tourism industry is the ability to recognise and deal with
change across a wide range of behavioural, environmental and technological factors and …

Australia has in the past decade seen a decline in political support for multicultural values.
However, public opinion on multiculturalism is contradictory rather than antipathetic: strong …

Racism has become a fact of life in Australia over the past decade or so, yet there are
relatively few studies of its nature or extent, and still fewer on its geography. Using a social …

In a context where 46 countries now consider their fertility rate to be too low, attention is
turning to the need for policy actions to increase fertility rates. This article discusses the …

Australia's 'old‐old'population is growing even faster than the total aged population and
despite improved incomes, living conditions, health risk behaviours and health care this will …

The Australian growth experience appears to be a three‐act phenomenon with higher per
capita income and living standards before 1890 and after 1940, disconnected by a 50‐year …

This paper examines theory and evidence from recent studies into the contributions to
economic growth of expenditure on education and on research and development …

Accounts of the future of the welfare state are often presented in crisis terms. Some
commentators identify globalization as a force that has already led to a major retreat by the …

The spatial dimension of Australia's demography has received limited research attention.
This is despite evidence of unprecedented concern among policy makers over perceived …