Another alien terrestrial planarian in the United Kingdom: Australopacifica atrata (Steel, 1897) (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Continenticola)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4604 (3) ◽  
pp. 575 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUGH D. JONES
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Chicken Liver ◽  
Copulatory Apparatus ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Dead Mouse ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
The Uk

Black terrestrial planarians, 5 mm to 3 cm long, have been found in five locations in the United Kingdom, the earliest in 2015. They are identified as Australopacifica atrata (Steel, 1897), a species originally described from New South Wales, Australia. A detailed systematic discussion of original and later descriptions, all of which are of external features only and with no morphological details, is given in support of this identification. Sectioned specimens show partly mature ovaries and ventral testes though none show any development of the copulatory apparatus. They reproduce freely by fission. They appear to be generalist scavengers, having been found feeding on a dead slow worm, a dead mouse, an earthworm and also on rotten fruit. In captivity they feed on chicken liver, squashed slugs and earthworms. It is assumed that they have been inadvertently introduced to the UK and distributed through horticultural activity. 

Health service reform; the perceptions of medical specialists in Australia (New South Wales), the United Kingdom and New Zealand

1997 ◽  
Vol 167 (4) ◽  
pp. 201-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rod J Perkins ◽  
Keith J Petrie ◽  
Patrick G Alley ◽  
Peter C Barnes ◽  
Malcolm M Fisher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Health Service ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Medical Specialists ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
South Wales

Parliamentary Privilege in New South Wales

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-26
Author(s):  
Stephen Frappell
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
New South ◽  
Common Law ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
South Wales ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Individual

The law of parliamentary privilege in New South Wales is the sum of certain immunities, rights, and powers enjoyed by the individual Houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, together with their members and committees, as constituent parts of the Legislature. The law is complex. It is liberally interspersed with uncertainty and ambiguity. It is also distinctly different from the law of privilege in other Australian jurisdictions, including the Commonwealth, and also from overseas jurisdictions. It is singular in the degree to which it relies on the common law, without recourse to statutory expression or to the historical privileges of the Houses of Parliament in the United Kingdom. Nevertheless, in some respects, the Parliament of New South Wales has been remarkably successful through the courts, and through its own procedures, in asserting the powers and rights of members under the banner of parliamentary privilege, notably in relation to orders for the production of State papers.

Distribution of field birth-sites of lambing ewes

1990 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 759 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Alexander ◽  
D Stevens ◽  
LR Bradley
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Random Pattern ◽  
Site Distribution ◽  
Environmental Features ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Major Study ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Marked Preference

This paper reports on birth-site distribution of Merinos and some British breeds in 34 lambing paddocks in a major study over 5 lambing seasons at Armidale New South Wales, and in minor studies during single lambing seasons, 2 in New South Wales and 3 in the United Kingdom. The observed distribution of birth-sites is related to topographic and other environmental features of the paddocks. In level, or nearly level paddocks, Merinos tended to lamb in a random pattern, but in sloping paddocks their birth-sites were consistently aggregated in the areas of greatest elevation. British breeds (Suffolks and Cheviots in New South Wales, and Welsh Mountain, Scottish Blackface, North Country Cheviots and Greyface in the United Kingdom) showed a pronounced tendency to lamb near the margins of paddocks, and a less marked preference for an elevated site. It is suggested that lamb mortality could be significantly reduced by the use of paddocks that provide shelter at preferred elevated positions, or along and within the paddock margins.

scholarly journals “My box of memories”: An Australian Country Girl Goes to London

2021 ◽  
pp. 53-66
Author(s):  
Ian Willis
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Research Project ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
South Wales ◽  
The 19Th Century

In 1954 a young country woman from New South Wales, Shirley Dunk, ex- ercised her agency and travelled to London. This was a journey to the home of her fore- fathers and copied the activities of other country women who made similar journeys. Some of the earliest of these journeys were undertaken by the wives and daughters of the 19th-century rural gentry. This research project will use a qualitative approach in an examination of Shirley’s journey archive complemented with supplementary interviews and stories of other travellers. Shirley nostalgically recalled the sense of adventure that she experienced as she left Sydney for London by ship and travelled through the United Kingdom and Europe. The article will address questions posed by the journey for Shirley and her travelling companion, Beth, and how they dealt with these forces as tourists and travellers. Shirley’s letters home were reported in the country press and reminiscent of soldier’s wartime letters home that described their tales as tourists in foreign lands. The narrative will show that Shirley, as an Australian country girl, was exposed to the cosmo- politan nature of the metropole, as were other women. The paper will explore how Shirley was subject to the forces of modernity and consumerism at a time when rural women were often limited to domesticity.

scholarly journals Evaluating Programs to Counter Violent Extremism: The Example of Case-Managed Interventions

Proceedings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Adrian Cherney
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Linear Process ◽  
Case Note ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Client Participation ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Client Change ◽  
Violent Extremism ◽  
The Uk

In recent years, there has been a proliferation of programs aimed at preventing radicalization and disengaging known violent extremists. Some programs have targeted individuals through the use of case management approaches and the development of individual intervention plans (e.g., the Desistance and Disengagement Program and the Channel program in the UK; the Australian New South Wales Corrections Proactive Integrated Support Model—PRISM—and state-based division initiatives in Australia). There is a broad consensus in the literature that the evaluation of such initiatives has been neglected. However, the evaluation of case-managed interventions to counter violent extremism (CVE) is challenging. They can have small caseloads which makes it difficult to have any comparison or control group. Client participation can vary over time, with no single intervention plan being alike. This can make it hard to untangle the relative influence of different components of the intervention on indicators of radicalization and disengagement. In this presentation, results from primary research that set out to evaluate case-managed CVE interventions in Australia and develop evaluation metrics are presented. This research involves the examination of interventions implemented by New South Wales corrections and state police. The effectiveness of these interventions was assessed against a five-point metric of client change. Client change overtime was analyzed using case note information collected by the various interventions on client participation. Results show that client change is not a linear process and that the longer an individual is engaged in a case-managed intervention, the more likely they are to demonstrate change relating to disengagement. Specific case studies are used to illustrate trajectories and turning points related to radicalization and to highlight the role of case-managed interventions in facilitating disengagement. Key elements of effective interventions include the provision of ongoing informal support. Investment in capturing case note information should be a priority of intervention providers. Different challenges confronted by case-managed CVE interventions are highlighted.

Validation of the formation and appearance of annual marks in the otoliths of yellowtail (Trachurus novaezelandiae) and blue mackerel (Scomber australasicus) in New South Wales

1999 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 389 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Stewart ◽  
Douglas J. Ferrell ◽  
Neil L. Andrew
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Age Estimation ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Early Summer ◽  
Age Class ◽  
South Wales ◽  
In Captivity

Yellowtail (Trachurus novaezelandiae) and blue mackerel (Scomber australasicus) were captured off the coast of New South Wales, marked with oxytetracycline, and kept in captivity for 1 year. The fish were periodically sampled to validate the use of their otoliths for age estimation. Opaque marks were formed during the year in the otoliths of yellowtail apparently aged 0 to 7 years and in apparently 1-year-old blue mackerel. These marks were formed in winter for both species, but did not become visible until early summer in some fish. There was an association between the growth rate of the otolith and the detection of opaque marks. Within an age class, fish with the fastest growing otoliths tended to have their most recently formed opaque marks visible earliest. These relationships between growth rate and the probability of correctly assigning an age class have important implications for ageing fish. Extra keyword: ageing

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