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Item type: Item , Access status: Restricted , Review of the management of adverse effects associated with Panvax and Fluvax(Department of Health and Aging, Australian Government, 2011-03-10) Horvath, JohnItem type: Publication , Access status: Metadata only , Supporting Comparative Studies of Judicial Behavior: Introducing the Australian High Court Database(2026) Leslie, Pat; Robinson, Zoe; Smyth, Russell; Jacobi, TonjaComparative research on law and legal institutions depends on high-quality data infrastructure. This article introduces the Australian High Court Database?a new resource that encodes structured information on all full judgments of the High Court of Australia between 1995 and 2020, and all leave applications (Australia?s equivalent to petitions for certiorari) from 2003 to 2018. The database is built in accordance with core principles that support comparative research: it is adaptable, and comparable. By attending to jurisdictional specificity while adhering to general standards, the database supports both within-country analysis and cross-national comparison. We illustrate how the Australian High Court Database can be used to study comparative judicial behavior by analyzing judicial dissent rates across apex courts, judicial ideology, and agenda setting.Item type: Publication , Access status: Open Access , Island Hydrology and Freshwater Resources(University of Hawai'i Press, 2026-04-30) White, Ian; Falkland, TonyIsland states and territories spread across the vast Pacific Ocean are some of the most vulnerable locations in the world. Ober the past one thousand to forty thousand years their communities have demonstrated remarkable resilience to a formidable range of natural disasters such as tropical cyclones, floods, landslips, severe droughts, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and wave inundation. That resilience has been underpinned by an ability to access sufficient freshwater for survival from a variety of sources and a capacity to substitute brackish water and seawater for non consumptive use in emergencies.Item type: Publication , Access status: Metadata only , Book Review: Fresh Ink: Laura Vermeeren, 'Ink Studies: Everyday Practices of Calligraphy in Contemporary China' (2025); Luise Guest, 'Invisible Ink: Feminism and Identity in Contemporary Chinese Art' (2026)(2026-05-06) Burchmore, AlexA double review of Laura Vermeeren's "Ink Studies: Everyday Practices of Calligraphy in Contemporary China", University of Singapore Press, 2025; and Luise Guest's "Invisible Ink: Feminism and Identity in Contemporary Chinese Art", Bloomsbury Academic, 2026Item type: Publication , Access status: Metadata only , Regulatory Guidance for the Return of Raw Genomic Data to Research Participants: A Qualitative Interview Study(2026) Nielsen, Jane Louise; Wakefield, Claire E.; McWhirter, Rebekah; Johnston, Carolyn; Otlowski, Margaret; Tyrrell, Vanessa; Cowley, Mark J.; Tucker, Katherine M.; Lyons, Ruth; Gill, Anthony J.This paper reports the results of an Australian qualitative study investigating the return of raw genomic data to research study participants. Increasing numbers of participants request access to their raw genomic data, although the legal position in relation to whether data should be returned lacks clarity, particularly in Australia. Interviews were conducted with stakeholders involved in two research studies where participants have undergone whole genome sequencing: ZERO Childhood Cancer, and the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Genome Initiative. Four major themes were identified: whether raw genomic data should be returned; reasons for seeking access; risks in returning data; and processes for return. Our findings indicate that health professionals, scientists, bioinformaticians, patients and patient advocates overwhelmingly support the return of raw data upon request, with ethical imperatives providing a strong basis for this support. Many stakeholders went on to stress the importance of adequate support for participants to ensure risks associated with the return of raw genomic data are minimized, including the provision of explanation and, where necessary, counselling and clinical advice. Our findings provide a basis for arguing that adequate resourcing must be built into research projects from the outset, given expected increases in participant demand for genomic data.
