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Volume 143 - December 2006 - Nutrition & Health/Public Transport/The Scanlon Project

Globalisation, Coca-colonisation and the 'diabesity' epidemic - Paul Zimmet The Need for a New Nutrition Science - Marl Wahlqvist Childhood obesity: an adult problem? - Terry Dwyer New cereals to help fight diseases of affluence - David Topping & Matthew Morell The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet - Manny Noakes & Peter Clifton Managing the risk of food-borne illness - Tom McMeekin Some parting thoughts - John Zillman 'Road Pricing' - an idea whose time has come? - Max Lay Climate variability and change - Michael Manton Long-term planning to meet the water 'crisis' - Barry Sanders Sorting out Australia's waste disposal - Ian Duncan Australia's physical infrastructure to 2050 - Jon Stanford Meeting the wider challenges - Peter Crawford Role of the private sector in water supply - Vaughan Beck

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Volume 142 - September 2006 - Australian Technology

Unlocking Australia's technological potential - Peter North Improving productivity through IT innovation - Ross Fowler Profitable exploitation of Australian technology - Bruce Grey Innovation in the mineral industry - Jim May Advanced technologies: pliers and fence wire - Martin Thomas Bumps and grinds: the electricity markets - Gavan McDonell Government assistance programs - Geoffrey Vaughan Thirty million-plus Australians by 2050? - Vaughan Beck Future furels for the Asia-Pacific region - Greg Tegart Climage change: a risk management issue - Brian Sadler

Volume 141 - June 2006 - Engineering Education, Key Articles

Engineering, innovation and entrepreneurship - Peter Farrell Generational change and its impact on engineers - Archie Johnston Engineering education - a personal perspective - David Boger Looking back to look forward - Mark Wainwright A personal view of engineering education - Roger Tanner New issues of mastery and globalisation - John Simmons Five years to complete a basic engineering education - Rob Evans & Iven Mareels Why aren't we training more engineers? - John Sheridan Engineering and Australia's future in the 21st century - Jim Fox Building the world of tomorrow - today - John Nutt Science a century, products a duck - Chris Mallett

ATSE Focus Volume 140 - March 2006 - Climate Change, Key articles

Global climate change: it's time to get serious - Barry Jones How did carbon dioxide become a satanic gas? - Hugh Morgan The complexities of modelling climate change - Michael Manton Scientists, policy and climate change - Barry Carbon Greenhouse issues - a West Australian perspective - Roy Green The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - John Zillman Energy options and greenhouse consequences - Peter Cook Climate change - a layman's view - Sir Arvi Parbo Manipulating Australia's energy resource mix - John Sligar Dealing with Australia's nuclear waste - Ian Duncan Australia's regulatory system for gene technology - Sue Meek

Volume 139 - January 2006 - GM Technology, Key articles

Australia must reap the benefits of GM technology - John Radcliffe The future of GM crops and foods in Australia - Danny Llewellyn Genetically modified crops in Australia and abroad - Tony Fisher Adoption of GM food should be encouraged in Australia - Greg Constable The long road ahead for GM foods in Australia - Chris Hudson Is Australia ready for GM foods? - Ken Buckle Biotech pickle - risky or worthy investment? - Jennifer Wythes Responsible research - regrettable outcome - Tom Higgins Nuclear Energy is not the Answer - Ian Lowe The limitations of nuclear energy - Bill Charters