School of Social and Political Sciences: Recent submissions
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On the Frontlines of Change: A discursive approach to understanding real and envisioned climate adaptation pathways of drought-affected primary producers in NSW
Published 2020-01-14The most severe drought on record continues to devastate rural communities and primary producers across most of South-Eastern Australia; signalling current adaptive responses are failing to keep up with the rate of change ...Thesis, Honours -
Coastal Communities and the Currents of Vulnerability: A novel approach to Australian sea level rise adaptation research
Published 2020-01-14Sea levels are rising at an unprecedented rate. Using a novel approach in Australian sea level rise (SLR) adaptation research, this Honours thesis uses three case studies in New South Wales - Botany Bay, Lake Macquarie and ...Thesis, Honours -
The Influence of Key Political Actors on Labor Government Climate Change Policy
Published 2020-01-14The threat of anthropogenic climate change is arguably the defining issue of the 21st Century. Climate change has devastating global implications to which various authorities worldwide have responded by declaring a climate ...Thesis, Honours -
Déconstruction des constructions discursives de la Nouvelle-Calédonie: Analyse critique du discours dominant et du discours alternatif depuis 1983
Published 2020-01-14Désignée officiellement comme une « collectivité d’outre-mer à statut particulier » par la République française, la Nouvelle-Calédonie se révèle une société unique en son genre. Le sujet du statut de la Nouvelle-Calédonie ...Thesis, Honours -
Got AATitude? A quantitative analysis of refugee decision-making at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Published 2020-01-14The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) is the first level of appeal for an asylum seeker whose application has been rejected by the Department of Home Affairs. There have been allegations that appointments at the AAT ...Thesis, Honours