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Survey on the deterrent effects of drug law enforcement being run by UNSW

Submitted by DPMP on Fri, 25/09/2015 - 4:16pm

The Australian government expends an estimated $1.7 billion on responding to illicit drugs every year, with policing comprising 64% of this expenditure. One core assumption underpinning this investment is that police can deter, discourage or prevent drug offending. It is argued that drug laws and enforcement of those laws will reduce involvement in drug use and trafficking. But, there remains very limited research into the extent or nature of deterrent effects. One cause of this gap is methodological.

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Victorians want Baillieu state government to act on climate change, clean energy

Submitted by takver on Sun, 11/03/2012 - 1:09am

Most Victorians want more action on climate change and renewable energy from the Baillieu State Government according to a new public opinion survey commissioned by Environment Victoria.

The survey was conducted in late December 2011 and early January 2012 involving a series of questions to over 1000 people in Victoria conducted by Essential Media, a professional market survey company. The primary results show that 76 percent of Victorians expect the State Government to take action to reduce greenhouse pollution rather than leaving tackling climate change to the federal sphere of politics. There is also massive support for the implementation of renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, and just 22 per cent believe the 2km wind farm veto is fair.

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Lets raise website security awareness!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 12/04/2011 - 11:00am

We are a team of students from Melbourne University currently conducting a survey on website security and usability to assess the awareness of it and hopefully promote it in future. Did you know that 841,785 websites hacked in Australia in 2010 alone and that anti-virus does not always protect you against this? This needs to change.

The survey can be found on http://www.datacurve.com/website-integrity-security.html

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