This thesis assesses the efficiency wage hypothesis using Australian industry and macro economic time series data by focussing on two questions: whether paying an above market clearing wage called the efficiency wage raises industry output and productivity, and if such a payment causes unemployment at the macro economic level. The wageproductivity or wage-output nexus is investigated using three techniques; namely a decomposition procedure used by Huang, Halam, Orazem, and Paterno (1998), an instrumental variable estimation method, and the Solow residuals approach. Further, an examination of macro economic unemployment involves developing an aggregate unemployment equation, where the Solow (1979) model is used to derive a testable hypothesis. The Solow model argues that effort, which is a function of the wage, enters the production function when the real wage is rigid. By introducing profit maximising behaviour and making further economic assumptions, the Solow condition that the effort elasticity with respect to the wage is one can be derived. The theoretical framework of Solow is useful as specifying a production function allows the possibility of aggregate data being used to assess the wage-productivity prediction. The Solow condition is also useful because it provides the basis for constructing a testable hypothesis using an unemployment equation. Solow???s theoretical framework and the Solow condition does not rely on the economic assumptions of the shirking, labour turnover, sociological and adverse selection [micro economic] efficiency wage models. Therefore, the innovation of this thesis is to treat the efficiency wage hypothesis as an imperfectly competitive model of the labour market using applied macro economic methods. Previous Australian macro economic literature in the 1970s and 1980s have argued that the wage is either harmful to employment prospects (ie unemployment is classical), or that factors such as consumption and investment are more important (ie unemployment is Keynesian). One of the aims of the thesis is to use the empirical analysis to suggest that neither of these propositions is entirely correct. Rather, an intermediate position is arrived at by arguing that there is some empirical evidence in Australian industry and macro economic time series data to suggest that the wage plays a dual function: both as a small source of productivity and also a minor cause of involuntary unemployment.

Margaret Ada Sutherland (1897-1984) is respected as one of the leading musicians in Australia in the twentieth century. She is widely recognised as having made significant contributions to the development of Australian musical composition and contemporary creative life. While a significant body of scholarly work has been completed on Sutherland and while it is varied in scope and purpose, to date, no study has been undertaken with a strong focus on the identification and examination of primary sources relating to Sutherland. Research on Sutherland and her creative life has been consistently hampered by problems such as numerous lacunae in the composer???s corpus of works and the transmission of errors from one study to the next. It is the thesis of this study that these problems can be addressed by a reevaluation of all previously-used primary documents as well as the study of newlyfound primary source material: returning to primary sources has uncovered a considerable amount of material, both by and about the composer, which has remained previously unexplored. In order to address omissions in Sutherland???s work list, the starting point for the current study is the compilation of a thorough catalogue of works which incorporates all known compositions by Sutherland. This catalogue is derived from the collation of comprehensive primary source material. Further to this, the close examination of extensive primary sources relating to Sutherland???s life and music provides insights into aspects of the contemporary musical network in which she worked and also into the particular problems she encountered as a female composer in a geographically isolated country. The diversity of her achievements is also illuminated. The resources used in this thesis provide the material which will enhance, augment, and sometimes offer new perspectives relating to the current understanding of Sutherland???s creative life. Thus, Sutherland???s contribution to Australian music can be more deeply understood.

Previous, mainly quantitative, research has indicated that information security threats and incidents are having a significant impact on the conduct of electronic business - and office automation in general - both nationally and internationally. However, as revealed by this study's extensive review of the relevant literature, our understanding of the information security situation in Australian organisations has been quite limited. There has been very little detailed research into security threats and incidents and, equally importantly, the strategies the Australian IT industry is using to deal with them.In addressing that deficiency, this study used a qualitative, case-based research methodology involving a variety of Australian organisations. The case based approach, using in-depth interviews, facilitated a thorough examination of the information security risks (threats and incidents) and enabled assessment and analysis of management actions (countermeasures) to mitigate the identified risks.The major findings with regard to this study's research issues are: The case-study organisations are generally highly reliant on IT for the conduct of their business and therefore would be heavily impacted if it was unavailable They face a variety of information security threats with viruses being the most prevalent threat. The hacking threat was not as evident as reported in the literature There are some differences between the Australian information security experience and that reported in the literature for international organisations in particular many of the very large business overseas operate on a much larger scale than those in Australia The organisations do not believe that they are specific targets for security attacks; rather they believe that are 'targets of opportunity' A wide range of countermeasures are employed; generally, the larger the organisation the greater the diversity and complexity of countermeasures. However, the majority do not have a clear link between risks and countermeasures The majority of the organisations do not have a specific security budget.Whilst Australian organisations were generally well prepared and versed on security issues, the findings indicate the need for the application of best practice across the industry as a whole. A degree of cynicism regarding the nature of the hacking threat was evident – with many participants believing that the threat is overstated. Indeed this study uncovered little direct evidence of the organisations involved being subjected to actual hacker attacks.The framework developed for this study and its findings are readily adaptable for use by industry. By following the process specified in the framework, organisations will be better able to identify both likely and unlikely threats and incidents and deploy appropriate countermeasures.

Typescript / Copies of two papers co-authored by the author, in back cover pocket / Bibliography: leaves 128-143 / 143 leaves, [60] leaves : ill., maps ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Botany, 1987

Bibliography: leaves 457-478. / xx, 478 leaves ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Psychology, 1997?

Includes bibliographies. / 2 v. ; 30 cm. + 2 sound discs (CD) / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Examines the contemporary significance of rebetika music in Adelaide, South Australia, by identifying the social and cultural processes which nurture this music in the Australian multicultural context. / V.1. Pt 1. Ch. 1. Musical style and identity: theories and methods ; Ch. 2. Rebetika music: a history ; Ch. 3. The emergence of ’roots’ music and ’soul’ music symbolic-ideological narratives ; Ch. 4. The emergence of the ’world’ music symbolic-ideological narrative ; Pt 2. The Rebetika music-making scene in Adelaide: contexts and music. Ch. 5. A historical perspective of the Greek-Australian community and its music ; Ch. 6. Contemporary Rebetika music-making events in Adelaide ; Ch. 7. The music-makers ; Ch. 8. Rebetika repertoire and programs ; Ch. 9. The musical features of Rebetika ; Pt 3. Rebetika music-making and meaning: an interpretation of contemporary Rebetika music-making practices in Adelaide. Ch. 10. Social-dances ; Ch. 11. Restaurants ; Ch. 12. Life cycle celebrations ; Ch. 13. Festivals ; Ch. 14. Concerts ; Pt 4. Diaspora Rebetika style and identity in Adelaide. Ch. 15. Epilogue. -- v.2. Rebetika music sample: music notations -- [v.3.] Rebetika music sample: audio recordings. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Music Studies, 1997

Errata page is behind title page (p. i) / Copies of author's previously published articles inserted / Bibliography: leaves 121-156 / xi, 169, 32 leaves, 70 p. : ill., maps ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Investigates several questions relating to the impact of continuous sheep grazing on the farm, structure and botancial composition of chenopod shrublands. Examines the effect of domestic livestock on ecological variables in three arid chenopod shrubland paddocks of South Australian rangelands. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Botany, 1997

Bibliography: leaves 207-242. / xiii, 242 leaves : ill. (some col.), maps ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Soil and Water, 2000?

Typescript (photocopy) / viii, 417 leaves [78] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dept. of Zoology, University of Adelaide, 1982

Typescript (photocopy) / Includes bibliographical references / 2 v. : 63 plates, ill. (3 fold.) map ; 30 cm. + 2 fold. maps in end pocket / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Geology, 1980