Review of Best Practice in Construction Disputes: Avoidance, Management and Resolution by Dr. Paula Gerber and Brennan J. OngLexisNexis Butterworths, New South Wales, Australia; 2013; ISBN 978-0-409-33307-7; 493 pp.; $110.

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 07514001
Author(s):  
Kathleen M. J. Harmon
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Construction Disputes ◽  
South Wales

The protocols for koala research using radio-collars: a review based on its application in a tall coastal forest in New South Wales and the implications for future research.

2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 187 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. Radford ◽  
J. McKee ◽  
R. L. Goldingay ◽  
R. P. Kavanagh
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Radio Tracking ◽  
Research Committee ◽  
Phascolarctos Cinereus ◽  
Current Form ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Pine Creek

In 1996, guidelines were produced for capture and radio-tracking protocols for koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) research within New South Wales (NSW). An integrated project commenced in 1998 to examine P. cinereus ecology and health status in Pine Creek State Forest. This project utilised intensive clinical and pathological assessment protocols on captured P. cinereus in combination with radio-tracking and ecological investigations. The methods used in this project were referred to the NSW Koala Research Committee (KRC) for review in mid 1999 due to the political profile of the study area. The KRC assessed the project protocols and reviewed the original guidelines incorporating some of the protocols used in the Pine Creek project. The outcome is a new set of protocols for P. cinereus research within NSW which are more explicit and restrictive than those applied to P. cinereus research elsewhere or to research on other species. In their current form the new guidelines require a substantial investment in time, equipment, personnel and finance; factors that may deter or restrict future, comprehensive ecological research on P. cinereus populations. They inadequately provide for some practices we believe important in minimising the invasiveness of P. cinereus capture. We propose amendments to the guidelines in the areas of personnel required, behavioural assessment, capture methods, processing safety and tracking frequency. We suggest that these amendments will render the guidelines more accessible to a broader range of projects, and easier to apply under field conditions while preserving the intent to maintain P. cinereus welfare and research best practice.

scholarly journals Group programs in corrections. Best practice meets real world

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-109
Author(s):  
Kevin O'Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Cultural Shift ◽  
Probation And Parole ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Offender Supervision ◽  
Large Organisation ◽  
Group Programs ◽  
Systematic Data Collection

The past decade has seen a very significant cultural shift in how group programs are delivered in prisons and in probation and parole settings in New South Wales, Australia. The agency responsible for custodial and community corrections services, Corrective Services New South Wales (CSNSW) is making its way from a culture of considerable autonomy, where staff largely wrote and ran group programs in the way that seemed best to them, to an organisation where systems exist for accreditation, training, supervision and systematic data collection. The transformation to model agency is not complete, but considerable progress has been made and this is borne out by the preparation and publication of a number of significant papers describing the outcomes of program interventions. This paper appraises the progress so far in the introduction of evidence-based group work and offers some reflections on the challenges faced in moving a large organisation concerned with security and offender supervision towards best practice in group rehabilitative programs.

Fetal and lamb losses from pregnancy scanning to lamb marking in commercial sheep flocks in southern New South Wales

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 2060 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. B. Allworth ◽  
H. A. Wrigley ◽  
A. Cowling
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Ultrasound Scanning ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Preferential Feeding

Perinatal lamb mortality is a major challenge for sheep producers worldwide. Lamb losses from ultrasound pregnancy scanning to lamb marking were assessed in 125 mobs of ewes sourced predominantly from sheep flocks in southern New South Wales. In total, 103 086 lambs were marked from100 165 ewes present at joining. Despite the majority of producers undertaking best-practice ewe management, including ultrasound scanning for pregnancy and preferential feeding of multiple bearing ewes, losses were similar to those reported previously (11% and 29% for singles and twins respectively). Non-Merino ewes had significantly lower losses than did Merino ewes, irrespective of ram type (13% versus 21%, P < 0.001). There was a tendency for mob size in twin-bearing ewes to influence survival, with a lower mob size (<200) having lower losses (29% versus 33%, P = 0.07). These results are discussed in the context of existing extension advice about ewe management and perinatal lamb mortality.

Practices and Processes Used in the Return to Work of Injured New South Wales nurses: Are These Consistent With RTW Best Practice Principles?

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-79
Author(s):  
Carole James ◽  
Michelle Antoine ◽  
Maya Guest ◽  
Darren Rivett ◽  
Ashley Kable
Keyword(s):  
Return To Work ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales

scholarly journals Development of nutrition standards and therapeutic diet specifications for public hospitals in New South Wales

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Williams ◽  
Tanya Hazlewood ◽  
Glen Pang
Keyword(s):  
Best Practice ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Operating Efficiency ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Nutrition And Diet ◽  
Therapeutic Diets ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Nutrition Standards

In New South Wales (NSW), a new suite of nutrition standards for menus and specifications for therapeutic diets to be used in hospitals has been developed. These standards were required to facilitate centralised menu planning and food production, with the move to management of most hospital food services by HealthShare NSW, a state-wide business unit of NSW Health. The standards also aim to improve communication between health professionals, particularly with the increasing use of computerised meal-ordering systems. Nutrition standards have been developed for adult, paediatric and mental health inpatients, and specifications for 147 different adult and paediatric therapeutic diets. There is still significant variation in the nutrition standards for nutrition and therapeutic diets in hospitals across the Australian states, and a move to a more nationally harmonised approach would be welcome. Further research is required to examine the impact of these standards on operating efficiency and patient care outcomes. What is known about the topic? The development of nutrition standards for Australian hospitals is a new process and has not been described in the literature previously. What does this paper add? This paper provides a description of the process used in NSW to develop nutrition and diet standards, and citations of the key new documents, which could inform practitioners and policy makers in other states. What are the implications for practitioners? Hospital managers, foodservice staff, dietitians and other clinicians in NSW will need to be aware of the requirement in the new standards to ensure best practice care. Those in other jurisdictions should try to ensure movement towards more nationally consistent guidelines and standards.

scholarly journals Size Doesn’t Matter: Fundamental Requirements in Relocating a Herbarium.

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. e25991
Author(s):  
Karina Knight ◽  
Frank Hemmings ◽  
Peter Jobson ◽  
Jeremy Bruhl
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Environmental Control ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Public Access ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Research Students ◽  
The University

Relocating a natural history collection is a daunting prospect. Underpinning successful relocation is getting the fundamentals right. From the moment the seed of an idea for a new facility is planted, a raft of detailed planning and preparation issues emerge. Meticulous planning and management is essential, from initial design through to the last specimen being housed in its new location. Herbaria are complex organisms each with a core collection of specimen sheets and associated infrastructure to house them; ancillary collections such as ‘spirit’ and ‘DNA’, a library, databasing, mounting, materials, imaging, loans and exchange, facilities for environmental control, biosecurity, space for staff, volunteers, research students, and class or public access and outreach. All these elements require careful consideration for relocation regardless of the size of the collection. Timelines for relocations from initial decisions to commencement of the move vary widely. Early involvement of core herbarium staff is critical to managing risks to the integrity of the collection during a move. Success of the operation can be gauged immediately after the move and again, much later, based on feedback on the operation of the facility and whether planned expansion will meet future needs. All these considerations are important and essentially the same, irrespective of distance of relocation or size of the collection. We will discuss the fundamental issues of herbarium relocation based on two recent case studies.The Western Australian Herbarium moved from its 1970s home to a modern, purpose-built, best practice facility incorporating innovative design features in 2011 with c. 800,000 specimens. The John T. Waterhouse Herbarium at UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales) moved c. 66,000 specimens in October 2017 from within a 1962 departmental building, to a modern, purpose-built facility, incorporating significant improvements, as part of a much larger relocation of its School. We will provide a guide to assist future relocations, both imminent (such as the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium at the University of New England (&gt;100,000 specmens), and the National Herbarium of New South Wales, &gt;1,400,000 specimens) and for those yet to be considered. This will be a presentation on behalf of the Managers of Australasian Herbarium Collections (MAHC), a network of herbarium Collection Managers in Australia and New Zealand.

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