Australian Government Publishing Service Research Articles

Solar Energy Patents by Australian Patent Office (Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1983) pp. vi + 306, $21.95, ISBN: 0-644-02453-4

Solar Energy Patents by Australian Patent Office (Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1983) pp. vi + 306, $21.95, ISBN: 0-644-02453-4

Has the AGPS a future? Some comments on current problems

The failure of the Australian Government Publishing Service (AGPS) to achieve the goals envisaged for it in the Erwin Joint Select Committee report (1964) is reviewed. The effect of the recommendations of the federal Joint Committee on Publications' Sixth Special Report (1978) is discussed in relationship to the role of AGPS. The work of the AGPS-AACOBS Liaison Committee which links the library community with the official publisher is reviewed and defects are noted. The need for a more effective organisation of official publishing at the federal level is seen as still unresolved, especially at a time when concern for freedom of information and a more active desire for participatory democracy are becoming evident in Australia.

Book reviews

W. J. Hudson, Australia and the League of Nations. Sydney University Press in association with the Australian Institute of International Affairs, Sydney, 1980, pp. 224. $22.50. H. Kenway, H. J. W. Stokes and P. G. Edwards (eds), Documents on Australian Foreign Policy 1937–1949. Volume III, “January‐June 1940”. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1979, pp. lvii + 579. $26.00. J. D. B. Miller, The World of States: Connected Essays. Croom Helm, London, 1981, pp. 179. £12.50. Robert O'Neill, Australia in the Korean War: Volume I: Strategy and Diplomacy. Australian War Memorial and Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1981, pp. xxi + 548. $27.50. Ian Downs, The Australian Trusteeship Papua New Guinea 1945–75. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1980, pp. xxiv + 587. $28.00. Kym Anderson and Aurelia George (eds), Australian Agriculture and Newly Industrializing Asia: Issues for Research. Australia‐Japan Research Centre, Canberra, 1980, pp. xii + 462. $7.00. R. and A. Burnett (eds), Australia‐New Zealand Economic Relations—Issues for the 1980s. ANU Press, Canberra, 1981, pp. 183. $12.00. T. B. Millar, The East‐West Strategic Balance. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1981, pp. 199. $19.95 (cloth), $11.95 (paper). Karl W. Deutsch (ed.), Ecosocial Systems and Ecopolitics. A reader on human and social implications of environmental management in developing countries. UNESCO, Paris, 1977, pp. 368. No price given. Allan Schnaiberg, The Environment. From Surplus to Scarcity. Oxford University Press, New York, 1980, pp.464. $14.95. Gerald Foley with Charlotte Nassim, The Energy Question. Second edition. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1981, pp. 327. $6.95. R. M. M'Gonigle and Mark W. Zacher, Pollution, Politics, and International Law. Tankers at Sea. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1979, pp. xviii + 394. $22.50. J. E. S. Fawcett and Audrey Parry, Law and International Resource Conflicts. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1981, pp. xiv + 254. £20.00. John L. S. Girling, Thailand, Society and Politics. Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, 1981, pp. 306. $US24.50. Leung Chi‐keung, J. W. Cushman, Wang Gungwu (eds), Hong Kong: Dilemmas of Growth. Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University and the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, 1980, pp. 665. $12. Adam Malik, In the Service of the Republic. Gunung Agung, Singapore, 1980, pp.326. $S18.00. Donald L. Horowitz, Coup Theories and Officers Motives. Sri Lanka in Comparative Perspective. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1980, pp. xv + 240. $US21.00 (cloth), $US9.25 (paper). J. Bruce Jacobs, Local Politics in a Rural Chinese Cultural Setting: A Field Study of Mazu Township, Taiwan. Contemporary China Centre, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, 1980, pp. 247. $6.00. Frank Hardie and Irwin Herrman, Britain and Zion: The Fateful Entanglement. Blackstaff Press, Belfast, 1980, pp.x + 118. $7.95. L. G. Churchward, Australia And America 1788–1972: An Alternative History. Alternative Publishing Cooperative Limited, Sydney, 1979, pp.261. Angelika Volle, Aus—und Forthildung fur Internationale Tatigkeiten in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Europa Union Verlag GMBH, Bonn, 1980, pp. 188. No price given. O. G. Roeder and Mahiddin Mahmud, compilers, Who's Who in Indonesia. Gunung Agung, Singapore, 1980, pp.428. $S30.00. Deryck Scarr, Viceroy of the Pacific. Pacific Research Monograph No. 4, Australian National University, Canberra, 1980, pp. 334. $9.00. Stein Rokkan (ed.), Scandinavian Political Studies, Vol. 12, 1977. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo; Sage Publications, Beverly Hills, pp. 288 $US22.00.

Australian commonwealth government publishing 1964–1978

The Sixth Special Report from the Joint Committee on Publications of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia reviews the Australian Government Publishing Service and its Role in Commonwealth Printing and Publishing from its conception in the 1964 Erwin Report to 1978. The creation of a central publishing service is fully vindicated by its achievements in publishing and design standards, and particularly by the establishment of government book-shops which greatly improve public accessibility to official publications. Rapid expansion of government publishing does not cover statutory bodies, except for their parliamentary reports. Over-centralization of mail order services and poor performance are severely criticized. The involvement of the Australian Government Publishing Service (AGPS) with print procurement for needs other than publications and with the Government Printing Office have been unsatisfactory, and operational separation and greater independence of the publishing and printing functions are recommended, with formal supervision and eventual oversight by a Board of Review and the Joint Committee on Publications, on parallels drawn from the USA and Canada. Pricing and sales policies of the AGPS are reviewed, and recommendations made for closer contact with Australian library and bibliographic authorities, improved bibliographic control and exchange arrangements, clarification of copyright in government publications, and a computer retrieval system for information for the Commonwealth Parliament. This paper critically examines the main recommendations of the Report, emphasizing those aspects which have a wider and practical relevance to the organization, position and performance of centralized government publishing systems elsewhere, as well as questioning some of the Joint Committee's conclusions. In particular, it draws attention to the illogicality of imposing administrative retrenchments on an expanding and essentially demand-oriented service.

Insolvency: The Regular Payment of Debts. The Law Reform Commission of Australia. [Report No. 6, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. 1977. 156 pp. No price given.]: Handbook on Bankruptcy and Deeds of Arrangement Law and Practice, being a third edition of Ivan Cruchley's Handbook on Bankruptcy Law and Practice. By Michael Crystal and Brinsley Nicholson. [London: Oyez Publishing. 1978. xli

Insolvency: The Regular Payment of Debts. The Law Reform Commission of Australia. [Report No. 6, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. 1977. 156 pp. No price given.]: Handbook on Bankruptcy and Deeds of Arrangement Law and Practice, being a third edition of Ivan Cruchley's Handbook on Bankruptcy Law and Practice. By Michael Crystal and Brinsley Nicholson. [London: Oyez Publishing. 1978. xli

ANTIBIOTIC‐RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIA*

Australian Veterinary JournalVolume 55, Issue 11 p. 536-536 ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIA* H. McL Gordon, H. McL GordonSearch for more papers by this author H. McL Gordon, H. McL GordonSearch for more papers by this author First published: November 1979 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-0813.1979.tb07024.x † *Surveillance for the prevention and control of health hazards due to antibioticresistant enterobacteria. Reprt of a WHO meetin. World Health Organization Technical Report Series, 1978, No. 624. WHO Publications, Australian Government Publishing Service, P.O. Box 84, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600. AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume55, Issue11November 1979Pages 536-536 RelatedInformation

Bibliography of tourism research in Australia: (TSM) Department of Industry and Commerce (available from the Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, Australia), 0-642-03760-4, 1978, 80 pp. $3.00.

Bibliography of tourism research in Australia: (TSM) Department of Industry and Commerce (available from the Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, Australia), 0-642-03760-4, 1978, 80 pp. $3.00.

Aid to Papua New Guinea

Pacific ViewpointVolume 19, Issue 2 p. 172-187 ArticleFree Access Aid to Papua New Guinea A Semi­Input­Output Model for Sectoral Disbursement of Australian Aid N. D. Karunaratne, N. D. KarunaratneSearch for more papers by this authorJ. D. Stevenson, J. D. StevensonSearch for more papers by this author N. D. Karunaratne, N. D. KarunaratneSearch for more papers by this authorJ. D. Stevenson, J. D. StevensonSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 September 1978 https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.192004AboutSectionsPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat References 1Australian Development Assistance Agency, 1977, Annual Report 1975/76, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. 2Cabinet committee on planning in the Central Planning Office, 1975, Strategies for Nationhood: Programmes and Performances, September 1974, Pott Moresby. 3Chenery, H. B., and Strout, A. M., 1966, “Foreign Assistance and Economic Development”, American Economic Review, 51, 4. 4Clunies-Ross, A., 1975, “Papua-New Guinea: Severing the Cord?” Dissent, 32. 5Karunaratne, N. D., 1976, “Quantification of Sectoral Development Prospects in Papua New Guinea Using Tinbergen and Rasmussen Criteria”, The Developing Economies, 14, 3. 6Office of Programming and Co-ordination, Administrator’s Executive Council, 1971, The Development Programme Reviewed, Port Moresby. 7Parker, M. L., 1973, Papua New Guinea: An Interindustry Study, Australian National University, Canberra. 8Tinbergen, J., 1967, Development Planning, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London. 9Treadgold, M. L., 1971, “Bougainville Copper and the Economic Development of Papua-New Guinea”, Economic Record, 47. Volume19, Issue2September 1978Pages 172-187 ReferencesRelatedInformation

Essay-Comment: On the Final Report of the Royal Commission on Human Relationships—Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1977.

“Strange thing—human relationships—for a Government to set up a Royal Commission on.” That is a comment I have heard more than once. It has been accompanied by an aloofness, a slight irritability, keeping the Report at arm's length and unread. That is from one section of the public. There are many other reactions. And there are our colleagues, many of whom have said how very important the Report is, and they have read it. Midway between these and other polarized viewpoints stands the Report itself, a long important essay in societal self-awareness. No wonder it has aroused much contradictory response.

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Intellectual Capital of Michal Kalecki: A Study in Economic Theory and Policy. By G. R. Fiewel Production Functions and Aggregation. By K. Sato. (North Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1975)United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva, Switzerland. The Economics of Electricity Supply in Australia. By G. D. McColl. (Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1975.) Price and Non‐Price Competition: Dynamics of Marketing. By M. M. Metwally. (Asia Publishing House, London, 1976.) Australia, Japan and the Western Pacific Economic Relations: A Report to the Governments of Australia and Japan. Presented by Sir John Crawford and Dr. Saburo Okita. (Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1976.) Pp. IX + 325. No price stated. Money, Employment and Inflation. By R. J. Barro and H. I. Grossman. (Cambridge University Press, London, 1976.) Investigating Economics. By A. Hocking. (Australian Economics Project, Cheshire, Melbourne, 1975.) Teaching Economics. A Guide to Investigating Economics. By A. Hocking, A. Gregory and R. Wilkes. (Australian Economics Project, Cheshire, Melbourne, 1975.) A Theory of Profits. By A. Wood. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1975 Investment and Employment Decisions. By Frank Brechling. (Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1975.)

TSM Holiday peaks — The social and economic effects: Department of industry, and Commerce (Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, Australia), 1976, 63 pp. free

TSM Holiday peaks — The social and economic effects: Department of industry, and Commerce (Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, Australia), 1976, 63 pp. free

Metallogenic Map of Australia and New Guinea, 1:5,000,000. Commentary by R.G. Warren, published as Bulletin 145 for the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics by the Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1972. 180 x 250 mm., v and 85 pages (1 table, 16 maps and diagrams), folded map (850 x 1050 mm.) in back of Bulletin.

<b>Metallogenic Map of Australia and New Guinea, 1:5,000,000</b>. Commentary by R.G. Warren, published as Bulletin 145 for the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics by the Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1972. 180 x 250 mm., v and 85 pages (1 table, 16 maps and diagrams), folded map (850 x 1050 mm.) in back of Bulletin.

Foreign Reports Available on Loan

Copies of the following reportsare available free on loan from theoffice of the U.S. National Committeefor the IHD.Australia Australian Water Resources Council, Stream Gauging Information, Supplement 1970, Department of National Development, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. Australia, 39 pp., 14 maps and charts, 1972.