Globalisation and the Population Dynamics of Australia

Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 17:09

Photo of Bryan RodgersProfessor Bryan Rodgers from ANU's Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute (ADSRI) has been appointed the Independent Scientific Advisor to the Vietnam Veterans’ Family Study.

Professor Rodgers is a leading researcher in inter-generational effects at ADSRI as well childhood adversity and adult mental health, long-term sequelae of parental divorce and relationships of alcohol consumption with anxiety, depression and cognitive function.


Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 11:22

Public support for more defence spending is a 20-year low and more than 70% of Australians oppose tax increases to pay for more defence spending, according the results of the latest ANUpoll published today in The Canberra Times.

The fourth ANUpoll provides insight into what the Australian public thinks about defence and defence-spending ahead of the expected release of the Government’s Defence White Paper. It found a majority of Australians believe that defence is now stronger than it was ten years ago.


Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 11:24

Public support for more defence spending is a 20-year low and more than 70% of Australians oppose tax increases to pay for more defence spending, according the results of the latest ANUpoll published today in The Canberra Times.

The fourth ANUpoll provides insight into what the Australian public thinks about defence and defence-spending ahead of the expected release of the Government’s Defence White Paper. It found a majority of Australians believe that defence is now stronger than it was ten years ago.


Wednesday, March 4, 2009 - 12:17

Toyota Public Lecture
Speakers include: Dr Elizabeth Sullivan (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, University of New South Wales), Associate Professor Heather Booth (Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, ANU), Professor Francesca Merlan (School of Archaeology and Anthropology, ANU), Dr Nicholas Biddle (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU), Dr Will Sanders (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU), Professor Paul Memmott (Aboriginal Environments Research Centre, University of Queensland). Further details.