Public and Situated Displays to Support Communities

This workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners working with public displays in communities to share experiences and to identify research themes and issues arising from social and community use of public and situated displays, while increasing awareness of various relevant projects and encouraging collaboration

Australia matters for America / America matters for Australia

This project explores the important relationship between the United States and Australia. Summary The United States and Australia share historical ties from the 19th century. The two countries fought alongside each other in the First World War and have been formal allies since 1951, when the countries signed the Australia-New Zealand-US (ANZUS) Treaty. The United States is the largest economy in the world while Australia is the 12th largest. The two countries deepened their economic partnership with the establishment of the Australia United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) in 2005 and currently enjoy significant cooperation in the Asia Pacific on issues of regional stability and energy security. Both are G20 nations and share key values including strong democratic institutions, the rule of law, adherence to international norms, and openness to immigration. Every year, millions of Australians and Americans visit each other\u27s countries for business, study, and tourism, encouraged by the growing commercial ties, established  student exchange programs, and sister city relationships

Taking Northern Queensland into Account: Another View of Australian Art

This paper seeks to bridge a gap in Australian art histories by examining the contribution of Northern Queensland to the Australian arts narrative. The story of the visual arts in Australia is often written from the perspective of the southern states, and the story of Queensland art is often written from the perspective of its capital, Brisbane. This is despite the early depiction of the rich flora and fauna of Far North Queensland recognised in early surveys. In examining the history of the arts from the north however, key themes emerge that characterise and challenge understandings of the visual arts in Queensland. By exploring the work of artist Clem Forbes (1938-1997) and sculptor Tom Risley (1947-2010) this paper suggests that the contribution made by artists living and working in Northern Queensland can throw light on what is distinct about the north as a vision of Australian art

Anaemia among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their mothers in Far North Queensland

Dympna Leonard studied anaemia among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and mothers in Far North Queensland. She identified high rates of anaemia in the first thousand days of life - in pregnancy and early childhood - associated with developmental disadvantage at school-age. Health services are now considering options for anaemia prevention

Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program: Inshore seagrass, annual report for the sampling period 1st June 2012 - 31st May 2013

A key component of Reef Rescue is the implementation of a long-term water quality and ecosystem monitoring program in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon. James Cook University were contracted to conduct the intertidal seagrass monitoring component and produce this report, which examines the status and trend of Reef intertidal seagrass (detect long-term trends in seagrass abundance, community structure, distribution, reproductive health, and nutrient status from representative inshore seagrass meadows) and identifies response of seagrass to environmental drivers of change

Preventable hospitalisations in regional Queensland: potential for primary health?

Objective The aims of this study were to: (1) use local health data to examine potentially preventable hospitalisations (PPHs) as a proportion of total hospital separations and estimated costs to a large regional hospital in northern Queensland, including differences associated with Indigenous status; and (2) identify priority conditions and discuss issues related to strategic local primary health intervention. Methods A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using Queensland Hospital Admitted Patient Data Collection data (July 2012–June 2014) restricted to 51 087 separations generated by 29 485 local residents. PPHs were identified from the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) and procedure codes using National Healthcare Agreement definitions. Age-standardised separation rates were calculated using Australian 2001 reference population and associated economic costs were estimated using Australian-refined diagnosis related groups. Results Eleven per cent (n = 5488) of all hospital separations were classified as PPH, and most were for common chronic (n = 2486; 45.3%) and acute (n = 2845; 51.8%) conditions. Because many acute presentations reflect chronic underlying disease, chronic conditions account for up to 76.5% of all PPHs. Age-standardised PPH rates were 3.4-fold higher for Indigenous than non-Indigenous people. Associated 2-year costs were AU$32.7 million, which was 10.7% of estimated total health care expenditure for hospital separations, and were higher for Indigenous (14.9%) than non-Indigenous (9.7%) people. Conclusions High hospitalisation rates and costs for common preventable chronic conditions represent opportunities for primary healthcare interventions. In particular, community-level health services need to be more responsive to the needs of local Indigenous families

Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program: Inshore seagrass, annual report for the sampling period 1st July 2010 – 31st May 2011

A key component of Reef Rescue is the implementation of a long-term water quality and ecosystem monitoring program in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon. Fisheries Queensland and James Cook University were contracted to conduct the intertidal seagrass monitoring component and produce this report, which examines the status and trend of Reef intertidal seagrass (detect long-term trends in seagrass abundance, community structure, distribution, reproductive health, and nutrient status from representative inshore seagrass meadows) and identifies response of seagrass to environmental drivers of change

Marine Monitoring Program: Inshore seagrass, annual report for the sampling period 1st June 2013 - 31st May 2014

A key component of Reef Plan is the implementation of a long-term water quality and ecosystem monitoring program in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon. James Cook University were contracted to conduct the intertidal seagrass monitoring component and produce this report, which examines the status and trend of Reef intertidal seagrass (detect long-term trends in seagrass abundance, community structure, distribution, reproductive health, and nutrient status from representative inshore seagrass meadows) and identifies response of seagrass to environmental drivers of change

Marine Monitoring Program: Annual report for inshore seagrass monitoring 2015-2016

The Marine Monitoring Program (MMP) undertaken in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) lagoon, assesses the long-term effectiveness of the Australian and Queensland Government’s Reef Water Quality Protection Plan (Reef Plan). The MMP, established in 2005, is a critical component in the paddock to reef monitoring modelling and reporting program (P2R) that tracks changes in regional water quality and its impact on the GBR as land management practices are improved across Reef catchments. The inshore seagrass component of the MMP assessed seagrass abundance (per cent cover), community structure, relative meadow extent, reproductive health, and nutrient status from inshore seagrass meadows at 29 locations throughout the GBR. Sites were predominately lower littoral (only exposed to air at the lowest of low tides), hereafter referred to as intertidal, although four locations also included shallow subtidal meadows. Each of the Natural Resource Management regions (Cape York, Wet Tropics, Burdekin, Mackay Whitsunday, Fitzroy and Burnett Mary) were represented, including each of the major seagrass habitat types where possible (estuarine, coastal, reef, subtidal). Environmental pressures are also recorded including within-canopy water temperature, canopy light, sediment composition as well as macroalgae and epiphyte abundance, further data obtained from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and from the MMP inshore water quality subprogram

Marine Monitoring Program: Annual report for inshore seagrass monitoring 2018–19

[Extract] This document reports on the long-term health of inshore seagrass meadows and presents the findings in the context of the pressures faced by the ecosystem. Inshore seagrass meadows across the Reef continued to decline in overall condition in 2018–19, further overturning some of the recovery experienced during a period from mid 2010 to mid 2017. The condition grade for inshore seagrass meadows has remained poor. All regions this year have an overall seagrass condition grade of poor, including a downgrade from moderate in the Burdekin region and an improvement from very poor in the Burnett–Mary region