...Ilpo Koskinen; Nicholas Gilmore; Emi Minghui Gui Purpose This paper aims to: first, it studies expert opinions about the future of clean, decentralized energy technology in Australia; second, develop an interpretive and participatory foresighting methodology for a forthcoming study. Design...

... centred employment arrangements (Hull and Read, 2003). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Employees Manpower planning Human resourcing Australia This paper investigates a workforce policy response to emerging social and demographic trends, forecast workforce shortages, ongoing...

... and opinions vary widely there is general consensus when it comes to the identification of the defining forces that will impact on Queensland and its young people over the coming decades (Carson et al., 2000, p. 12ff). © Company 2003 Young adults Values Perception Australia...

...Helen Bartlett The consequences of population ageing for Australia are increasingly debated at a national and state level. Ageing issues on the policy agenda now reflect the need to take a broader societal approach. However, the evidence to inform policy is still lacking in a number of areas...

... are given. It is also focused on probable futures, and not on every possible future. Based on this map of the future‐developed through causal layered analysis and scenario planning – policy recommendations are developed for the Queensland Government. Australia Government policy Population...

... to be happy and in the pink of health as those whose parents lovingly watched them graduate from high school. Community planning Resource allocation Social economics Australia Social policy Demographics The late fourteenth century was a disastrous time for Europe. Successive waves of the Black...

... the age of 15 years, compared with 21.3 per cent for the general population (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2002). While the life expectancy for non‐indigenous Australians is amongst the highest in the Western world, this contrasts sharply with the life expectancy for Australia’s indigenous people...

... university in Australia. The framework recognises several distinct phases, leading from the initial gathering of information, through to the production of outputs intended as input into the more familiar activities of strategy development and strategic planning. The framework is also useful as a diagnostic...