Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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Paris via Brussels: A three-level game analysis of the EU’s behaviour at the 2015 Paris international climate negotiations (COP21)
Published 2020-01-14The EU has been a rare example of a consistent global leadership on climate change. At a time when governments around the world are reluctant to face the challenges of climate change mitigation, the EU was widely praised ...Open AccessThesis -
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 ...Open AccessThesis -
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 -
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 ...Open AccessThesis -
DFAT’s Culture and Approach to China: Understanding the impact of organisational culture on institutional behaviour
Published 2019-06-10The Australia-China relationship is arguably Australia’s most complex and important bilateral relationship of the 21st century. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is the principal government department ...Open AccessThesis