Heat, health, and humidity in Australia's monsoon tropics: a critical review of the problematization of 'heat' in a changing climate

Exposure to heat has killed more people in Australia than all other natural hazards combined. As the climate warms, temperatures are projected to rise substantially, increasing the impact of heat stress and heat illness nation-wide. The relation between heat and health is profoundly complex, however, and is understood differently across multiple sectors. This paper thus provides a critical review of how heat is currently measured and managed in Australia, highlighting how humidity, exposure, and exertion are key elements that are not consistently incorporated into 'problematizations' of heat. The presence or absence of these elements produces different spatial and temporal geographies of danger, as well as different governance practices. In particular, the invisibility of humidity as having a significant impact on heat and health shapes whether Australia's tropical monsoon zone is visible as a region at risk or not, and whether prolonged periods of seasonal heat are treated as dangerous. Similarly, different populations and practices become visible depending on whether the human body (its exposure, exertion, cooling, and hydration) is included in accounts of what constitutes 'heat.' As a result, the outdoor, manual workforce is visible as a population at risk in some accounts but not others. A brief review of key policy areas including housing, public health and work health and safety is presented to demonstrate how specific problematizations of heat are critical to the identification of, and response to, current and future climatic conditions. This has implications for how populations, places, and practices are constituted in the region

Commonwealth Policy On The Management Of Land Affected By Unexploded Ordnance

Made available by the Northern Territory Library via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT)

Defence white paper 2016

Executive Summary This Defence White Paper explains how the Government is investing in Australia’s defence capabilities to strengthen Australia’s security in the more complex strategic environment Australia will face in the years ahead. The Government’s policy is to align Australia’s defence strategy with capabilities and resourcing, grow our international defence partnerships to support shared security interests and invest in the partnership with Australian defence industry to develop innovative technologies and deliver essential capabilities. Because decisions about our defence capabilities taken now will determine our capacity to manage the challenges of the future, it is important that defence decision making and planning take a clear long-term view. This Defence White Paper looks out to 2035 to identify where and what sorts of security challenges are likely to arise and what capabilities Defence – the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the Department of Defence – will need to meet them. While Australia has effective defence capabilities to draw on to meet current security challenges, significant under-investment in Defence in the past and the deferral of decisions about future major capabilities need to be fixed. Defence’s capability plans have become disconnected from defence strategy and resources, delaying important investments in Australia’s future security and frustrating Australian defence industry. In April 2014, the Government announced that it would deliver a new Defence White Paper to align Defence’s strategy, capability and resources. This Defence White Paper is based on a comprehensive review of Australia’s strategic environment, including the changes underway in the Indo-Pacific region, encompassing the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, and across the world and the implications of these changes for Australia and for Defence. This includes an assessment of the different challenges created by the complex dynamics between states and the ongoing threat posed by non-state actors, including terrorists that seek to launch attacks internationally, regionally and within Australia. A fully-costed Force Structure Review underpins the Defence White Paper. The Force Structure Review assessed Defence’s future capability needs and developed the force structure required to achieve Australia’s defence objectives . An Expert Panel supported the development of the Defence White Paper together with a comprehensive consultation process which incorporated input from across Government, Australian defence industry, the Australian public, the United States, New Zealand and our other international partners. The Defence White Paper sets out in three sections the elements of the Government’s defence policy in response to this comprehensive analysis and consideration: Strategy, Capability, and Resources

Defence Department and the higher defence machinery : functions and organisation.

At head of title: Commonwealth of Australia.; "December 1947"; Electronic reproduction. Canberra, A.C.T. : National Library of Australia, 2010

Papua New Guinea 1:500 000 [cartographic material] : vegetation and timber resources /

Various eds. Map series of Papua New Guinea showing types of forest and vegetation. Also showing districts, patrol posts, towns, roads, tracks, airfields and communication stations. Relief shown by spot heights and contours.; Each sheet has individual sheet and publisher's number.; Includes adjoining sheet index, and feet and meter conversion ladder.; Australian spheroid

Financial instructions to commanding officers, militia units /

Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.aus-vn2013025; FERG copy from Ferguson First World War, 1914-1919 pamphlet collection

Papua New Guinea 1:500 000 [cartographic material] : cross-country movement /

Various eds. Map series of cross-country movement for military purposes in Papua New Guinea showing international, administrative and district boundaries, transportation, water features and populated places. Relief shown by spot heights and hachures.; Each sheet has individual sheet and publisher's number.; Includes adjoining sheet index, and feet and meter conversion ladder.; Australian spheroid

Papua New Guinea 1:500 000 [cartographic material] : settlement and communication /

Various eds. Map series of Papua New Guinea's population settlements showing international, administrative and district boundaries, transportation, water features and populated places. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Each sheet has individual sheet number and publisher's number.; Includes adjoining sheet index, and feet and meter conversion ladder.; Australian spheroid

South-East Asia [cartographic material] /

Thematic map series of Southeast Asia showing various military-related themes.; At head of title: Confidential.; "Compiled and drawn by JIB(A)".; "Based on China, Burma and India, Series-1102, Edition 3-AMS".; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn81028. Map P: Ethnic groups -- Map Q: Climatic data -- Map R: Relief -- Map S: Natural concealment from air observation -- Map T: Drainage characteristics -- Map U: Major ports, airfields and main supply routes -- Map V: Cross-country movement for vehicles -- Map W: State of ground (May to October) -- Map X: State of ground (November to April)

[China and Mongolia] /

Map of China and Mongolia showing boundaries, roads, railways, cities and towns.; "AHQ/MISC/1706".; "D-37".; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn6289619; NLA copy 2 has province names, capitals and boundaries highlighted in ballpoint pen