Australian states and Northern Territory acreage update at APPEA 2008

2008 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 381
Author(s):  
Bill Tinapple
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Land Access ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Seismic Acquisition ◽  
Data Provision

This is the annual presentation of what’s happening in onshore and coastal waters exploration in Australia’s states and the Northern Territory. The main focus of these jurisdictions’ annual report at the APPEA conference is upstream petroleum acreage opportunities. Exploration for geothermal energy resources will also be covered. There are many and diverse exploration opportunities in onshore frontier and producing Australian basins available for explorers in 2008, including geothermal energy exploration opportunities. The number of onshore Australian acreage applications has been steadily increasing in recent years and this has resulted in higher levels of drilling and seismic acquisition, but large areas remain untouched by modern exploration. Australian state governments continue initiatives to encourage exploration to realise their natural resource endowments including: pre-competitive basin studies; speedy and cost-effective provision of digital exploration data; provision of effective land access regimes; transparent regulatory regimes; internationally competitive royalty regimes; and, promotion of acreage releases nationally and internationally.

2012 Australian onshore acreage releases

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Elinor Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Land Access ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Investment Opportunities ◽  
Resource Endowments ◽  
Regulatory Regimes

Onshore Australian acreage releases and investment opportunities occurring in 2012 in Australia’s states and the Northern Territory are summarised. Diverse exploration opportunities exist for petroleum explorers in onshore basins, including potential for unconventional targets such as shale gas. The states and Northern Territory believe there are high prospects for significant new conventional and unconventional developments onshore. Australian state and territory governments continue initiatives to encourage exploration to realise their natural resource endowments. This includes pre-competitive basin studies, cost-effective and speedy provision of digital exploration data, transparent regulatory regimes, provision of effective land access regimes, internationally competitive royalty regimes, and promotion of acreage releases nationally and internationally.

2015 Onshore Petroleum Acreage Release

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Louise Goldie Divko
Keyword(s):  
Sedimentary Basins ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Tight Gas ◽  
Release Process ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Land Access ◽  
Work Program ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Gas Tight

Australian state and territory acreage opportunities and recent activities are summarised in this paper. Exploration opportunities continue to exist for petroleum explorers in onshore basins, including a number of sedimentary basins that have previously largely been overlooked, with an increased focus (and commercial success) on basin centred gas, tight gas and shale gas plays. Access to onshore acreage in Australia for petroleum exploration is, in most jurisdictions, by means of a formal release process with a work program bidding system. Over-the-counter applications are available in some states based on perceived basin prospectivity. Australian state and territory governments continue initiatives to encourage exploration to realise their natural resource endowments. This includes pre-competitive basin studies, cost-effective and speedy provision of digital exploration data, transparent regulatory regimes, provision of effective land access regimes, internationally competitive royalty regimes, and promotion of acreage releases nationally and internationally.

Australian States and Northern Territory acreage update at APPEA 2009

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 505
Author(s):  
Richard Sellers
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Primary Industry ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Production Areas ◽  
Exploration Activity

Richard Sellers is the executive director of minerals and energy in the Northern Territory and has extensive experience with the management of natural resources and working specifically with business, regional and Indigenous groups on development programs. He has previously held roles as Executive Director—Fisheries and Director—Legal and Policy in the former Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries. This paper covers the annual presentation of exploration activity in onshore and coastal waters in Australia’s states and the Northern Territory. Included is a summary of upstream petroleum acreage opportunities for 2009 in the states and Northern Territory as well as geothermal energy exploration opportunities. While there have been increasing levels of exploration in recent years, there are large areas that remain under explored and the opportunity for future discoveries remains. State and the Northern Territory Governments have continued to undertake initiatives to attract and facilitate accelerated exploration and promote nationally and internationally these opportunities in frontier and production areas.

scholarly journals Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Australian Enterococcal Sepsis Outcome Programme (AESOP) Annual Report 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey W Coombs ◽  
Denise A Daley ◽  
Shakeel Mowlaboccus ◽  
Yung Thin Lee ◽  
Stanley Pang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
Molecular Epidemiology ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Australian Capital Territory ◽  
Ampicillin Resistance ◽  
High Level ◽  
Sequence Types ◽  
Outcome Programme

From 1 January to 31 December 2018, thirty-six institutions around Australia participated in the Australian Enterococcal Sepsis Outcome Programme (AESOP). The aim of AESOP 2018 was to determine the proportion of enterococcal bacteraemia isolates in Australia that were antimicrobial resistant, and to characterise the molecular epidemiology of the E. faecium isolates. Of the 1,248 unique episodes of bacteraemia investigated, 93.5% were caused by either E. faecalis (54.2%) or E. faecium (39.3%). Ampicillin resistance was not detected in E. faecalis but was detected in 89.4% of E. faecium. Vancomycin non-susceptibility was not detected in E. faecalis but was reported in 45.0% of E. faecium. Overall 49.3% of E. faecium isolates harboured vanA or vanB genes. Of the vanA/vanB positive E. faecium isolates, 52.9% harboured vanA genes and 46.2% vanB genes; 0.8% harboured both vanA and vanB genes. The percentage of E. faecium bacteraemia isolates resistant to vancomycin in Australia is substantially higher than that seen in most European countries. E. faecium consisted of 59 multilocus sequence types (STs) of which 74.4% of isolates were classified into six major STs containing ten or more isolates. All major STs belong to clonal cluster (CC) 17, a major hospital-adapted polyclonal E. faecium cluster. The predominant STs (ST17, ST1424, ST796, ST80, ST1421, and ST262) were found across most regions of Australia. The most predominant clone was ST17 which was identified in all regions except the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. Overall, 55.8% of isolates belonging to the six predominant STs harboured vanA or vanB genes. The AESOP 2018 study has shown that enterococcal bacteraemias in Australia are frequently caused by polyclonal ampicillin-resistant high-level gentamicin-resistant vanA- or vanB-harbouring E. faecium which have limited treatment options.

scholarly journals ANNUAL REPORT, SPRING 2015: IDENTIFYING COST EFFECTIVE TANK WASTE CHARACTERIZATION APPROACHES

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Reboul ◽  
R. Young ◽  
F. Smith ◽  
J. Pareizs ◽  
D. Diprete
Keyword(s):  
Annual Report ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Waste Characterization ◽  
Tank Waste

scholarly journals Alternative methods of determining the number of House of Representatives seats for Australia’s territories

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Wilson ◽  
Andrew Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Population Size ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Population Projections ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Australian Capital Territory ◽  
Australian Capital ◽  
Background Population ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Member Of Parliament

Background: Population size determines the number of seats each Australian state and territory is entitled to in the House of Representatives. The Northern Territory (NT) and Australian Capital Territory (ACT) were allocated two and three seats, respectively, in the August 2017 determination, but by very small margins. Both territories risk losing a seat at the next determination. This would result in them having considerably more people per member of parliament than any of the states. Aims: This paper (1) provides modelling to support the consideration of alternative rules for determining membership entitlement to the House of Representatives which does not disadvantage the NT and ACT and (2) presents population projections for future determinations under the current and alternative rules. Data and methods: Population projections for the states and territories were produced for three demographic scenarios. The resulting numbers of seats for the NT and ACT were calculated for each scenario under the current and proposed alternative seat entitlement rules. Results: Under the existing rules the NT and ACT would only keep their current number of seats at the next determination if they experienced higher net in-migration than in recent years. Under the alternative seat entitlement rules suggested, the NT and ACT would be very unlikely to lose any seats and would almost certainly gain seats in ensuing decades. Conclusions: There is a case for re-examining the way the states and territories are allocated seats in the House of Representatives.

Factors Affecting Aerial Surveys of Marine Fauna, and Their Relationship to a Census of Dugongs in the Coastal Waters of the Northern-Territory

1986 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Bayliss
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Surface Condition ◽  
High Tide ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Probability Of Detection ◽  
Correction Factors ◽  
Marine Fauna ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Similar Range

Some factors that may affect the aerial counts of dugongs, dolphins and turtles were examined experimentally. Tidal influence did not affect the counts of dugongs or dolphins, but those of turtles increased around high tide. A combined doubling of survey altitude and transect width reduced observed density of all three classes of animals by 50%. The counts of four observers did not differ significantly, but further data counsel caution. Overcast weather depressed counts of dugongs and turtles. Dolphin counts were affected by water surface condition, counts being lowest in choppy seas. A mark-recapture model was used on tandem observations to derive correction factors for groups of animals missed on the surface of a transect. Observers missed between 33% and 75% of dugong groups on the surface, the probability of detection decreasing with increased survey altitude and transect width. A similar range and pattern of probabilities was found for dolphins and turtles. Dugongs were censused in the coastal waters of the Northern Territory between the Daly River and Millingimbi in December 1983, an area of 28 746 km*2. Sampling intensity was 7.6%. A minimum population of 2953 � 530 (standard error) was estimated, an overall relative density of 0.11 � 0.02 km-2. A theoretical correction for submerged dugongs not seen yielded a total population estimate of 38 000, an overall density of 1.46 km-2. The distribution of dugongs in the survey area was patchy, the highest densities being associated with shallow coastal waters, sheltered bays, and large islands.

Australian onshore petroleum acreage release 2016

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 495
Author(s):  
Justin Gorton
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Resource Potential ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Unconventional Resources ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Global Demand ◽  
Future Policy ◽  
Significant Opportunity

This paper compiles material from state and territory jurisdictions describing the location and resource potential of Australian onshore and coastal waters acreage to be made available for petroleum exploration in 2016. The Australian state and territory governments continue to support investment in the petroleum industry through the annual provision of land for exploration, which is promoted nationally and internationally. Technical assessments are provided with the release, which detail the potential for conventional and/or unconventional resources. The level of assessment will depend on exploration maturity, but may include a description of the geological setting, review of exploration history, summary of key results, and subsurface maps/sections. In addition to this, any updates on recent upstream developments and government initiatives, as well as present and future policy directions that relate to onshore petroleum exploration, may be described, particularly for jurisdictions that are not making land available this year. With global demand for gas—led by Asia—expected to grow at 2.6% annually between 2015 and 2025, investing in Australia’s petroleum and gas industry presents a significant opportunity to supply into this growing market.

Sovereignty: Indigenous Counter-Examples

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-40
Author(s):  
Mark G. Brett ◽  
Naomi Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Alternative Model ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Significant Time ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Australian History ◽  
King James Bible

Abstract Through assertions of ‘sovereignty’, modern nation states lay claim to an undivided authority. It is commonly suggested that this kind of political assertion superseded the overlapping authorities of medieval theological imagination. But in settler colonial states, Indigenous sovereignties endure to the present, not washed away by the ‘tide of history’, and in many cases Indigenous peoples embrace Christian identities along with traditional law and custom. The peculiar complexities of Australian history reveal many counter-examples to the conventional modernist tale, and in particular, the article seeks to show how Indigenous Christians snatched the King James Bible from Protestant doctrines of discovery. This discussion comes at an historically significant time as Australian state governments contemplate treaty making with the First Nations, each of whom exercise their own alternative model of sovereignty within local jurisdictions. This article argues that biblical theologies can support the making of modern treaties.

Mercury concentrations in four carcharhinid and three hammerhead sharkes from coastal waters of the Northern Territory

1984 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 441 ◽  
Author(s):  
JM Lyle
Keyword(s):  
Medical Research ◽  
Muscle Tissue ◽  
Mercury Concentration ◽  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Medical Research Council ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Weighted Mean ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
High Concentrations

Analysis of mercury in muscle tissue of four species of carcharhinid shark (genus Carcharhinus) and three species of hammerhead shark (genus Sphyrna) from coastal waters of the Northern Territory has indicated that each of the species studied accumulates relatively high concentrations of mercury. Maximum observed concentrations in all species except C. sorrah (Valenciennes) exceeded 1.5 mg kg-1. Concentrations greater than 4 mg kg-1 were recorded in C. amblyrhynchoides (Whitley), S. lewini (Griffith & Smith) and S. mokarran (Ruppell). Mercury concentration was highly dependent on shark size and increased more or less exponentially with length. Apart from S. lewini and S. mokarran, there were significant differences between length-mercury relationships for males and females of each species. At a given length, males tended to have accumulated higher concentrations of mercury than females. With the exception of C. sorrah, weighted mean concentrations of mercury for each species exceeded the current National Health and Medical Research Council standard for mercury of 0.5 mg kg-1. Implications of possible management based on mercury standards are considered using information available for C. limbatus (Valenciennes) and C. sorrah.

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