KM Bulbrook, TA Carey, S Lenthall, L Byers, KP Behan School of Psychology and Sociology, Central Queensland University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Centre for Remote Health, a joint Centre of Flinders University and Charles Darwin University; Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia Central Australian Mental Health Service, NT Department of Health and Families; Alice Springs, Northern T...

CAROL-JOY PATRICK Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia WAYNE FALLON University of Western Sydney, Parramatta, NSW, Australia JUDIE KAY RMIT, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia MALCOLM CAMPBELL Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia PATRICIA CRETCHLEY Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia IAN DEVENISH JUSTINE LAWSON Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, ...

Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE) and Kunjin virus disease are endemic in the tropical parts of the Northern Territory and Western Australia, but have been absent from Central Australia since 1974. In 2000, 5 laboratory-confirmed cases of encephalitis occurred over a short period in the normally dry inland region of Central Australia. The sudden occurrence of cases in March and April 2000 follow...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of congenital heart defects (CHD) in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal infants in Central Australia and to compare this with the incidence elsewhere in Australia. DESIGN AND SETTING Data on cases were obtained from patient records of the Alice Springs Hospital, Central Australia, the sole referral centre for paediatric and initial cardiac diagnostic services f...

In order to clear a new product or market, the key factor a CCP must consider is its ability to manage the risks the product or market presents including the risk of default. This would normally require: the CCP has access to accurate pricing and valuation data; a degree of contract standardisation; and sufficiently deep liquidity in the market (or in sufficiently close hedges) to facilitate de...

Australia has a huge resource of hot dry rock, most of which is located in Central Australia. As a first step towards experimental field testing of HDR development in Australia, in-situ stresses and natural fractures in Central Australia are being characterised. Preliminary results indicate that three stress regimes may co-exist in Central Australia, with maximum horizontal in-situ stress being...