Principles of Australian Quarantine

Efficacy of Australian quarantine procedures against the mosquito Aedes aegypti.

Methods employed by Australian quarantine officers to control Aedes mosquitoes in containers were tested against all stages of Aedes aegypti. Saltwater emersion killed all larvae but not pupae or eggs that were briefly exposed. Swimming pool chlorine, methyl bromide fumigation, and permethrin (2% active ingredient) spray provided 100% mortality of eggs, larvae, and pupae. Aerosol sprays incorpo...

Etymologia: Quarantine

A Principles Based Approach to Cadastral Reinstatement for Australian Jurisdictions

Cadastral reinstatement is the process whereby a cadastral surveyor re-establishes and describes the position of boundaries created by earlier actions. Previous boundary reinstatement cases are examined and the principles on which the courts made their decisions are identified. These principles are synthesised into a simple set of guidelines that may be applied by cadastral surveyors to practic...

Towards Design Principles for Nesting in Australian Watershed Management

Despite the complexity of watershed management, policy-makers in Australia and other countries have given little systematic attention to the challenge of learning how to organise it effectively. Meanwhile, evidence has emerged that community-based organisational systems with enduring success in addressing complex problems of natural resource management are likely to consist of ‘multiple layers ...

Quarantine Stressing Voluntary Compliance

A 1-day table-top exercise in San Diego, California, in December 2004 emphasized voluntary compliance with home quarantine to control an emerging infectious disease outbreak. The exercise heightened local civilian-military collaboration in public health emergency management. Addressing concerns about lost income by residents in quarantine was particularly challenging.