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"Supermabo orders"? : an analysis of the federal scheme for protection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage
(1997-03) Budavari, Rosemary Margaret.
The principal piece of Commonwealth legislation for the protection of Aboriginal' heritage is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (Cth) (the Heritage Protection Act);2
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Reporting child abuse
(1979) Connors, Jane Frances.
Every child has the right to grow up free from physical maltreatment.
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Refugees and Australia's immigration law
(1986-10) Oakey, Alan H. E.
An examination of the Acts and Regulations of the Commonwealth of Australia (1) discloses that only five Acts (2) and three sets of Regulations (3) maKe reference to the term "refugee".
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Synthetic Strategies for Electrochemically-Enabled Peptide Backbone Modifications
(2026) Ahirwar, Saurabh Kumar
Late-stage peptide backbone modifications using electrochemistry are an underexplored area in peptide chemistry. The peptide backbone has been reported to influence solubility, aggregation and folding patterns and hence a new, green and economically viable method to incorporating backbone modifications would be a valuable addition to the suite of available tools for peptide synthesis. In this thesis, we repurpose two existing peptide backbone-protecting groups as electroauxiliaries that are compatible with general Fmoc-solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) conditions. These auxiliaries enable a new pathway for diverse and orthogonal late-stage backbone modifications under mild conditions. In this work: Chapter 1 provides a general introduction, covering existing methods for chemical and electrochemical modifications of peptides. The literature on peptide-modifying electroauxiliaries is discussed in detail, along with the importance of macrocyclisation and bioconjugation. Chapter 2 introduces two benzylic backbone protecting groups, and their electrochemical activity was evaluated by mounting them on small dipeptides and examining their redox-behaviour using cyclic voltammetry. Once electroactivity was established, SPPS-compatible, Fmoc-protected amino acids were synthesised to introduce the electroauxiliaries into larger peptides. Chapter 3 investigates the reactivity of the backbone electroauxiliaries in more detail using hydrophobic pentapeptides. Both the electroauxiliaries were installed into model peptides and conditions for their anodic methoxylation to forge peptide N,O-acetals were optimised. The optimal conditions were then used to screen the effects of different functional groups (amino acid screening) on the anodic oxidation. Several nucleophilic alcohols were used as co-solvents to generate a library of functionalized N,O-acetals. These intermediates were then subjected to further chemical modifications to enable facile, permanent modifications at the peptide backbone. The functionalities on N,O-acetals were further leveraged for bioconjugation and macrocyclisation reactions. Chapter 4 presents preliminary results on the design and incorporation of a new electroauxiliary and its influence on the electrochemical activity of the pentapeptide model. This chapter also discusses the unique reactivity of sulfur in the context of electrochemical modifications of peptides. Chapter 5 summarises the electrochemical strategies developed for late-stage peptide backbone modifications. The chapter also outlines future directions for exploring the use of these electroauxiliaries as turn-inducers and for extending the methodology to larger peptides and proteins. Finally, chapter 6 presents all experimental details and characterisation data for the products described in chapters 2, 3, and 4.
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Regulation of space activity : is an authority necessary?
(1983-10) Billingsley, A. J.
The concept of an outer space authority has a long history in terms of mankind's attempts to exploit and explore outer space.
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Self-determination in modern Africa : the case of Eritrea.
(1980-08) Blay, Sam.
Africa is today engaged in an extremely difficult adjustment to the age of post-European colonialism.
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Quis custodes custodiet?" Who will guard the guardians? : towards breaking the recurring pattern of corruption within Australian police services - following the New South Wales Royal Commission into Police corruption
(1999-06) Gibson, Daniel
This paper examines the recurring pattern of corruption in Australian Police Services. It focuses on the New South Wales Royal Commission into Police Corruption and subsequent legal and structural reforms which were intended to make police more accountable and less susceptible to corrupt practices. It also draws analogies to other States throughout Australia and overseas which indicate that police corruption is not confined to New South Wales but rather is a widespread problem which has been inadequately dealt with by law reformers, Police Services, and politicians for decades. This paper considers the reforms introduced in New South Wales and their likely impact on police practices. It also considers whether or not police corruption is an issue that is capable of being adequately dealt with by legal or even structural change. This paper outlines many of the underlying social issues which have fostered police corruption and accepts that, even after the reforms introduced by the Royal Commission, few have been adequately addressed. Findings suggest that new police officers are mostly honest, ethical and idealistic. It is generally after working the streets for a few years that officers become disillusioned and cynical (and corrupt practices are accepted). This process, in which organisational commitment and job satisfaction is eroded, is caused by a number of factors; many of which cannot be adequately addressed through legal and structural reform. These factors include inappropriate expectations being placed on police officers by the Police Service and society in general, the unwillingness of the Service as a whole to accept its own limitations and to be open and honest about what it can and cannot achieve, continuing exposure to what police officers believe is a failing criminal justice system, and constant media criticism which is perceived as being biased and inaccurate. The paper finds that, despite its importance, there are very real limits on the effectiveness of formal law reform in eradicating (or even significantly reducing) police corruption. This is particularly so given the nature of police work and difficulties associated with supervising police discretion. For this reason despite their cost, Royal Commissions are far more effective in exposing corrupt practices than they are at initiating necessary change. Ultimately individual police officers, the Police Service, and the public must address the fundamental social issues which cause police disillusionment and erode organisational commitment if lasting reforms are to take place. It is not, and never has been enough, to simply enmesh police officers in a system of institutional controls and hope that this will promote accountability and professional conduct.
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Refugee procedures in Australia : current practices and reform
(1990-09) Thomson, Peter.
The sub-thesis is divided into two parts. Part I, Refugees andAustralia's Migration Laws, outlines the current determination of refugee status procedures and access to judicial review of refugee decisions.
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A review of the state immunity act of Canada
(1984-03) Buckley, Timothy O'Gorman.
Topics of public international law traditionally have been the preserve of public international lawyers.
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Recent developments in state practice in restricting the entry of refugees and asylum seekers
(1991-02) Long, Yan.
The 1980s have been seen as the era of the new asylum seeker.1 Unlike the 1950s, 60s and early 70s, when asylum seekers were mostly only border crossers, and the few directly arriving in the West were overwhelmingly from Eastern Europe, these new asylum seekers come from all parts of the globe. Growing numbers come from Asia, Africa and Latin America, and arrive by sea and by air to claim asylum incountries far away from their homelands, principally in Western Europe, North and Australia
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Section 80 of the constitution : judicial interpretation and the intentions of the founders
(1989-03) Nicholson, Jennifer H.
Section 80 of the Australian Constitution provides: "The trial on indictment of any offence against any law of the Commonwealth shall be by jury, and every such trial shall be held in the State where the offence was committed, and if the offence was not committed within any State the trial shall be held at such place or places as the Parliament prescribes".
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Selected aspects of the South African fisheries policy
(1990-11) Sizani, Richard Khaliphile.
In the eyes of the majority of the members of the international community, the mere mention of South Africa brings to the fore the topical issues of apartheid and economic sanctions.
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Some aspects of term Euro-Loan and syndication under English law
(1984-03) Gabriel, Peter
The purpose of this thesis is to attempt to put into legal perspective some aspects of term euroloan transactions and syndications in the euromarket.
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Self determination and the Torres Strait Islands
(1989-12) Newman, Terry.
In August 1987, Mr George Mye, then Chairman of the Island Coordinating Council (ICC)1, wrote to the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Bill Hayden, advising him that the Torres Strait Islanders wished to seek "sovereign nationhood status".
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Some problems of nationalization under the Commonwealth constitution
(1966) Davies, Gwilym John.
First the term 'nationalization' must be defined. In arriving at a definition I have been guided by what appears to be common usage rather than by any more sophisticated notions put forward by political theorists.
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The right to development as an emerging human right
(1982-05) Rich, Roland.
A Resolution passed on 10 March 1982 by the Commission on Human Rights requested a Working Group of government experts to continue work on a draft Declaration on the Right to Development.'*'
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Sentencing young offenders in the children's courts of Sydney
(1974-08) Gamble, Helen.
This is a study of the sentencing of young offenders in the three children’s courts of Sydney.
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Rights and legal interests : an analytical interpretation of the justifications for the use of force
(1993-09) Bendull, Mathias Harald.
Few topics have attracted as much attention, though periodically varying in intensity, as the resort to armed force in international relations. Increasingly indifferent to pictures of war brutality, thrilled by the technology of warfare and frightened to death by the looming danger of nuclear confrontation, human beings have repeatedly proposed the abrogation of interstate uses of force.
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Secrecy provisions in Commonwealth legislation
(1987-02) McGinness, J. G.
The reform of official secrets legislation has been the subject of serious discussion in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries since the 1960's.
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Sir Garfield Barwick and the Constitution
(1978-09) Burns, Ross Michael.
Since the Engineers5 Case\ the standard approach to the characterization of Commonwealth laws has emphasized that if a law operates upon or affects a subject matter of Commonwealth legislative power, the purpose behind the lav;, its motive cr its object, are irrelevant.

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