Hot Topics
This is where we will list interesting and thought provoking news issues, with links to help you understand all sides of the argument.
LOCAL ISSUES
Western Sydney Parklands
Nature Conservation Council of NSW
http://www.nccnsw.org.au/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=1334&Itemid=330
Cyclists Action Movement West
http://camwest.pps.com.au/
Cooperative Research Centre for Irrigation Futures
(University of Western Sydney)
http://www.irrigationfutures.org.au/
Western Sydney Regional Organization of Councils (WSROC)
http://www.wsroc.com.au/
Parliamentary proceedings
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/PARLMENT
/hansArt.nsf/V3Key/LA20051011041
Green Web Sydney
http://www.greenwebsydney.net.au/index.cfm
Australian Policy Online - news and research from leading Australian research centres and institutes
http://www.apo.org.au/index.shtml
Westlink M7 motorway
http://www.ministers.dotars.gov.au/ja/
releases/2003/july/joint9_2003.htm
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/11/
1068329561393.html
ADI site
http://www.npansw.org.au/web/journal/200106/cover.htm
http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/assessingdev/
pdf/03-3988_notice_consent.pdf
http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/asp/pdf/srep30am_infosheet.pdf
http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/assessingdev/pdf/03-3988_planning_report.pdf
http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/asp/pdf/stmarys_eps2000.pdf
http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/plansforaction/pdf/9_travel.pdf
ISSUES FOR AUSTRALIANS
Government
Australian Federal Government
http://www.australia.gov.au
Parliament of Australia E-Briefs
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/hotissues.htm
Hansard - House of Representatives
These are the official records of the debates of the Australian parliament. Weekly issues are produced and eventually bound into sessional sets with indexes to subjects and speakers. Daily Hansard is available on the internet the day after sitting. 1981 to present.
http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/hansreps.htm
Hansard - Senate
1981 to present.
http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/hanssen.htm
New South Wales Government
http://www.nsw.gov.au/
Parliament of New South Wales
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/common.nsf/V3Home
Elections
Federal
Australian Electoral Commission
http://www.aec.gov.au/
Electoral Council of Australia
http://www.eca.gov.au/systems/
ABC News
http://www.abc.net.au/elections/
New South Wales
New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC)
http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/
Local Government (NSW)
New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC)
http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/
Industrial Relations
Workplace Authority
http://www.workplaceauthority.gov.au
Australian Council of Trade Unions
http://www.actu.asn.au/
Your Rights at Work campaign
http://www.rightsatwork.com.au/
Business Council of Australia
http://www.bca.com.au/
Australian Industrial Relations Commission
http://www.airc.gov.au/
Industrial Relations Commission (New South Wales)
http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/irc
Australian Policy Online - news and research from leading Australian research centres and institutes
http://www.apo.org.au/index.shtml
Stem Cell Research
Health Insite
http://www.healthinsite.gov.au/topics/Stem_Cell_Research
Key Ethical Issues in Embryonic Stem Cell Research
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/CIB/2002-03/03cib05.pdf
ABC
http://www.abc.net.au/science/slab/stemcells/default.htm
Australian Stem Cell Centre
http://www.stemcellcentre.edu.au/
The Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/specials/stemcelldebate/index.html
National Health and Medical Research Council
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/health_ethics/embryos/stemcells/index.htm
Mandatory Detention
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/HUMAN_RIGHTS/children/mandatory_briefing.html
Rural Australians for Refugees
http://www.ruralaustraliansforrefugees.org/
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
http://www.immi.gov.au/media/fact-sheets/index.htm
Parliament of Australia, Parliamentary Library (Briefing paper)
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/2000-01/01cib08.htm
World Refugee Survey 2008
http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?
id=2114&subm=19&ssm=29&area=About Refugees
United Nations High Commission for Refugees
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
NSW Council for Civil Liberties
http://www.nswccl.org.au/issues/refugees.php
Climate change
http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/international/kyoto/index.html
http://www.aph.gov.au/Library/Pubs/rn/2004-05/05rn32.htm
http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/issues/climate-change
http://www.environment.gov.au/
http://www.weblaw.edu.au/weblaw/display_page.phtml?
WebLaw_Page=Environmental+Law
http://www.garnautreview.org.au/CA25734E0016A131/pages/home
Internet content filtering
NetAlert
http://www.netalert.org.au/
Report on Filtering
http://www.netalert.gov.au/advice/publications/reports/
a_study_on_server_based_internet_filters.html
Australian Library and Information Association Policy Statement
http://www.alia.org.au/policies/content.regulation.html
Electronic Frontiers Australia
http://www.efa.org.au/
Filtering in libraries
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/public_libraries/
policies/library_council_guidelines.html
Olympic Games
International Olympic Committee
A searchable archive of press releases and news stories from 1999 to the present
http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/search/
Official site summer games
http://en.beijing2008.com/
International Olympic Committee
http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/beijing/index_uk.asp
Australian Institute of Sport
http://www.ais.org.au/
Australian Olympic Committee
http://www.olympics.com.au/
Information and links about Beijing for visitors
http://www.beijingpage.com/
Vancouver 2010
Official site winter games
http://www.vancouver2010.com/en
International Olympic Committee
http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/vancouver/index_uk.asp
Information and links about Vancouver for visitors
http://www.vancouver.ca/visitors.htm
Paralympic Games
International Paralympic Committee
http://www.paralympic.org/