AIoT-CitySense: AI and IoT-Driven City-Scale Sensing for Roadside Infrastructure Maintenance by Abdur Rahim Mohammad Forkan, Yong-Bin Kang, Felip Marti, Abhik Banerjee, Chris McCarthy, Hadi Ghaderi, Breno Costa, Anas Dawod, Dimitrios Georgakopolous, Prem Prakash Jayaraman

“…This paper presents AIoT-CitySense, an AI and IoT-driven city-scale sensing framework, developed and piloted in collaboration with a local government in Australia. AIoT-CitySense has been designed to address the unique requirements of roadside infrastructure maintenance within the local government municipality. …”
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Contribution of Australia as the u.s. major non-NATO ally in helping Ukraine resist russian military aggression in 2014 – 2023 by Olga Zernetska, Elena Myronchuk

“…Conclusions. The government of Australia considers the Russo-Ukrainian war as having significance beyond European security, taking on global importance. …”
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Setting research priorities for effective management of a threatened ecosystem: Australian alpine and subalpine peatland by Jessica A. Rowland, Jessica C. Walsh, Matthew Beitzel, Renee Brawata, Daniel Brown, Linden Chalmers, Lisa Evans, Kathryn Eyles, Rob Gibbs, Samantha Grover, Shane Grundy, Rebecca M. B. Harris, Shayne Haywood, Mairi Hilton, Geoffrey Hope, Ben Keaney, Marie Keatley, David A. Keith, Ruth Lawrence, Maiko L. Lutz, Trish MacDonald, Elizabeth MacPhee, Nina McLean, Susan Powell, Diana A. Robledo‐Ruiz, Chloe F. Sato, Mel Schroder, Ewen Silvester, Arn Tolsma, Andrew W. Western, Jennie Whinam, Matthew White, Anita Wild, Richard J. Williams, Genevieve Wright, Wade Young, Joslin L. Moore

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Preventive health resource allocation decision-making processes and the use of economic evidence in an Australian state government—A mixed methods study by Jaithri Ananthapavan, Gary Sacks, Marj Moodie, Phuong Nguyen, Rob Carter

“…This study aimed to explore the resource allocation decision-making processes for preventive health interventions in the New South Wales (NSW) Government in Australia, and specifically examined the barriers and facilitators to the use of economic evidence from the perspective of multiple government departments. …”
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Building Capability and Capacity: The Establishment of an Oncology Unit in the Solomon Islands by Desmond Yip, Andrew Soma, Nalini Pati, Wendy Spencer, Beth Hua, Rooney Jagilly

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Preventive health resource allocation decision-making processes and the use of economic evidence in an Australian state government-A mixed methods study. by Jaithri Ananthapavan, Gary Sacks, Marj Moodie, Phuong Nguyen, Rob Carter

“…This study aimed to explore the resource allocation decision-making processes for preventive health interventions in the New South Wales (NSW) Government in Australia, and specifically examined the barriers and facilitators to the use of economic evidence from the perspective of multiple government departments.…”
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Self-determination of Indigenous education policies in Australia: the case of the Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people by Rosnon, Mohd Roslan, Abu Talib, Mansor, Wan Abdul Rahman, Nik Alia Fahada

“…Besides that, government of Australia should take an important and positive step approach towards the recognition of Indigenous Education rights through the adoption of the UNDRIP in their practice and constitution to recognize Indigenous languages, cultures and Indigenous knowledge in the education system in line with mainstream society.…”
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Repurposing open‐source data from weather radars to reduce the costs of aerial waterbird surveys by Rebecca M. Rogers, Jeffrey Buler, Timothy Clancy, Hamish Campbell

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Wildlife conservation through traditional values: alarming numbers of crocodile attacks reported from Timor-Leste by Sebastian Brackhane, Yusuke Fukuda, Flaminio M.E. Xavier, Vitorino de Araujo, Marcal Gusmao, Josh Trindade, Demétrio do Amaral de Carvalho, Rui Dos Reis Pires, Grahame Webb

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Comparing the unified protocol for transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders to prolonged exposure for the treatment of PTSD: Design of a non-inferiority randomized controll... by W. Lau, K. Chisholm, M.W. Gallagher, K. Felmingham, K. Murray, A. Pearce, N. Doyle, S. Alexander, H. O'Brien, A. Putica, J. Khatri, P. Bockelmann, F. Hosseiny, A. Librado, M. Notarianni, M.L. O'Donnell

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Machine learning-based integration of large-scale climate drivers can improve the forecast of seasonal rainfall probability in Australia by Puyu Feng, Bin Wang, De Li Liu, Fei Ji, Xiaoli Niu, Hongyan Ruan, Lijie Shi, Qiang Yu

“…The performance of the model was evaluated by comparing it with an officially used forecasting model, the SOI (Southern Oscillation Index) phase model (SP) operated by Queensland government in Australia. Results indicated that the random forest (RF) model outperformed the SP model in terms of both distinct forecasts and forecasting accuracy. …”
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Freight Logistics: A New Area for Cooperation Between Korea and Australia? by Peter J. Rimmer

“…The governments of Australia and the Republic of Korea recognize the importance of freight logistics in improving national competitive advantage. …”
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Transition in the societal value and governance of water resources in Australia and China by Jing Wei, Yongping Wei, Fuqiang Tian, Yonglan Xiong, Hongchang Hu

“…This paper aims to reveal the co-evolutionary dynamics in the transition processes of the societal value of water resources and the network configurations of water governance in Australia and China in different socioecological contexts. …”
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An Analysis of the Recording, Reporting, and Use of School Attendance Data in Australia by Matthew Oliver White

“…This policy analysis highlights the multilateral achievement of the Commonwealth, state and territory governments in Australia to nationally align the collecting and reporting of school attendance data. …”
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Communications in the time of a pandemic: the readability of documents for public consumption by Catherine Ferguson, Margaret Merga, Stephen Winn

“…Methods: Online documents from the World Health Organization (WHO), and the governments of Australia, the UK and the US were assessed for readability using an online instrument that calculated scores for the Flesch Reading Ease Score, the SMOG Index and the Readability Consensus Grade Level. …”
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Who does Australia Lock Up? The Social Determinants of Justice by Ruth McCausland, Eileen Baldry

“…Crime rates are generally decreasing and governments in Australia (as elsewhere) have committed to reducing recidivism. …”
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Interdisciplinary Relationships, Influence, and Aspirations for Smart Heritage in Local Government by David Batchelor, Marc Aurel Schnabel

“…It draws on interviews with smart city and heritage advisors from three local governments in Australia. It finds a case-by-case working relationship between the disciplines, which indicates an emergent-yet-tenuous Smart Heritage discourse. …”
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On the transcreation, format and actionability of healthcare translations by Medha Sengupta, Anthony Pym, Yu Hao, John Hajek, Maria Karidakis, Robyn Woodward-Kron, Riccardo Amorati

“…This study analyses healthcare resources created by governments in Australia with a view to identifying formatting and other visual features that would benefit from transcreation. …”
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The role of Australian local governments in creating a healthy food environment: an analysis of policy documents from six Sydney local governments by Belinda Reeve, Anne Marie Thow, Phil Baker, Jessica Hresc, Serena May

“…Conclusions: Local governments in Australia are implementing policies to support improved nutrition. …”
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Participatory budgeting - the Australian way by Nivek K. Thompson

“…Even though the Canada Bay Citizens’ Panel process is not yet complete, it is already clear that its impact will be felt, not only on the budget of the City of Canada Bay, but more broadly as an exemplar for local governments in Australia thinking about engaging their citizens.…”
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