For over 150 years Australia has exported bulk, undifferentiated, commodities such as wool,
wheat, meat and sugar to the UK and more recently to Japan, Korea, and the Middle East. It …

The liberalisation of agricultural trade is strongly contested as an international policy project.
In the context of the current World Trade Organisation (WTO) Doha trade round, concerns …

The issue of animal welfare has attracted much attention in Australia in recent decades.
Activists and welfare organisations have become increasingly vigorous in promoting a new …

The agricultural policy agenda has been broadened with farm policy issues now interlinking
with other policy domains (food safety, energy supplies, environmental protection …

Due to increases in water demand—caused by escalating increases in population and water
deficiency and scarcity—and due to the increase in climate change and global warming …

This book shows how domestic political institutions and the lack of time pressure have an
impact on negotiations at the WTO. It provides detailed information on WTO ministerial …

Saving the world's flora and fauna, especially high-profile examples such as chimpanzees,
whales and the tropical rain forests, is big business. Individuals and companies channel …

Australia faces seemingly impossible barriers to transitioning to agroecology. Nonetheless,
many possibilities for a distinctively Australian agroecology exist. Some Australian farmers …

Harvest labour markets in contemporary Australia present an intriguing and important
puzzle. The dominant discourse, vigorously promoted by employer associations, complains …

The Policy Agendas Project collects and organises data from official documents to trace
changes in the policy agenda and outputs of national, sub-national and supranational …