Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications

Legislation Committee
Answers to questions on notice
Environment portfolio

Question No: 101
Hearing: Additional Estimates
Outcome: Corporate
Programme: Corporate Strategies Division
Topic: Portfolio wide - Media subscriptions Magazine
Hansard Page: N/A
Question Date: 7 March 2014
Question Type: Written
Senator Ludwig asked:
What magazine subscriptions does your department/agency have?
a) Please provide a list of magazine subscriptions and the reason for each.
b) What is the cost from 7 September 2013 to date?
c) What is provided to the Minister or their office?
d) What is the cost for this from 7 September 2013 to date?

Answer:
Department of the Environment (the Department)
a) The Department subscribes to the following specialist magazines/professional journals to
assist with identifying and tracking issues relevant to the Department and issues that impact
key stakeholders or allow Antarctic researchers and policy advisers to undertake their work.
These include:
Ambio
Annals of Glaciology
Antarctic
Antarctic Record
Antarctic Science
Aquatic Conservation: Marine & Freshwater Ecosystems
Aquatic Microbial Ecology
Archaeology in Oceania
Arctic
Arctic Antarctic & Alpine Research
Ardea
Art Antiquity and Law
Auk
Australian Personal Computer
Australasian Ornithologists Union
Australasian Science
Australian Conservation Foundation
Australian Construction Handbook
Australian Geographic
Australian Journal of Maritime & Ocean Affairs
Australian Marine Science Bulletin
Australian Mens Health
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Australian Womens Health
Aviation Space & Environmental Medicine
Austral Ecology
Australasian Journal of Environmental Management
Australasian Journal of Natural Resources Law & Policy
Australasian Science
Australian Aboriginal Studies: Journal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
Australian Archaeology
Australian Birdlife
Australian Environment Review
Australian Geographic
Australian ICOMOS
Australian Historical Studies
Australian Journal of Mining
Australian Journal of Public Administration
Australian Journal of Water Resources
Australian Journal of Zoology
Australian Law Journal
Australian Planner
Australias Mining Monthly
Biodiversity and Conservation
Biological Conservation
Biological Invasions
Bioscience
British Medical Journal
Canberra Archaeological Society Membership
Canberra Historical Journal
Chain Reaction
Choice
Climbing
Cold Regions Science & Technology
Conservation Biology + Conservation
Deep Sea Research Part 1 & Part 2
Desktop Magazine
Ecolibrium
Ecological Management & Restoration
Ecos
Ecotoxicology
Ecotoxicology & Environmental Safety
Electronics World
EMU
EnviroInfo
Environmental and Planning Law Journal
Environmental Conservation
Environmental Impact Assessment Review
Environmental Management
Environmental Manager
Environmental Policy and Law
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Environmental Science & Technology
Environmental Toxicology
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Fast Company
Fish & fisheries
Fishing News International
Geographical
Global Change Magazine
Globe Aus
Global Environmental Politics
Habitat
Harvard Business Review
HR Monthly
IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations
IBIS
Ice
IMDG Code (International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code)
Incite
Injury
Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
International Journal of Circumpolar Health
International Journal of Heritage Studies
International Newsletter on Rock Art
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association
Journal of Atmospheric & Solar Terrestrial Physics
Journal of Atmospheric Sciences
Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management
Journal of Environmental Planning & Management
Journal of Environmental Quality
Journal of Environmental
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy
Journal of Geophysical Research
Journal of Glaciology
Journal of Mammalogy
Journal of Plankton Research
Journal of the Marine Biological Association UK
Landscape Ecology
Landscope
Limnology & Oceanography
Lloyd's List DCN (Daily Commercial News)
Marine & Freshwater Research
Marine Biology
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Marine Mammal Science
Marine Ornithology
Marine Policy
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Marine Pollution Bulletin
MIMS Annual & Bi-Monthly Supplements
National Environmental Law Review + Nela Bulletin
National Geographic
Nature
Nature climate change
Nautical Almanac
New Scientist - Australasian ed
Notornis
Ocean & Coastal Management
Oceanography
OECD Observer - English ed
Old Machinery Magazine
Online Currents
Ornithological Monographs (incl Southern Bird & State of NZ Birds)
Outlooks on pest management
Pacific Conservation Biology
Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Parkwatch
Polar Geography
Polar Record
Polar Science
Polar Times
Policy includes PreCIS
Popular Mechanics
Print: design
Rangeland Journal
Reviews of Geophysics
Rock & Ice
Rock Art Research
Science
Scientific American
Ships & Shipping
Silicon Chip
Standards Premium Subscription
Star Almanac
Tasmania Forty Degrees South
Tasmanian Historical Research Association Papers and Proceedings
Technical Rescue
The Economist
Total Environment Newsletter
Training and Development
Turning the Tide Australia
Urban Ecosystems
Waste & Water Management Australia
Waste Management & Environment
Web Designer
Wild
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Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
Wingspan
Wildlife Australia
Wildlife Research
Wired Magazine
WME: Environment Business Magazine
World Heritage Review English ed
Zootaxa

b) Noting that a significant proportion of the Departments annual subscription renewals fall
due in September and October, $128,501.60 (GST inc) was spent on magazine subscriptions
during the period 7 September 2013 to 31 January 2014.
c) Nil.
d) Not applicable.
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)
a) GBRMPA subscribes to the following magazine in order to obtain a snapshot of weekly
global scientific activity:
New Scientist
b) For the period 1 September 2013 to 31 January 2014 GBRMPA has incurred expenses of
$131.94 (GST inc) on magazine subscriptions.

c) Nil.
d) Not applicable.
National Water Commission (the Commission)
a) The Commission does not subscribe to any magazines.
b) Not applicable.
c) Nil.
d) Not applicable.
Director of National Parks (DNP)
a) The DNP subscribes to the following magazines which commonly have articles that are of
interest to, related to, or specifically about the work undertaken by the Director of National
Parks:
Alpine Gardener
Annual Review of Pteridological Research
Australian Entomologist
Australian Garden History
Australian National Geographic
Australian Orchid Review
Bibliography of Systematic Mycology
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Bryological Times
Council on Botanical & Horticultural Libraries Newsletter
Die Orchidee
Fungimap Newsletter
Gardening Australia
Hattoria
Hikobia
Index of Fungi
International Plan Propagators Society Combined Proceedings
Kew Magazine
Landscape Architecture
Landscape Architecture Australia
Landscape Outlook
Malayan Orchid Review
Malesian Orchid Journal
Mycotaxon New Zealand Native Orchid Journal
Northern Territory Naturalist
NPA Bulletin
Nuytsia
Orchadian
Orchid Digest
Orchid Review
Palms & Cycads
Plant Protection Quarterly
Plantsman
Plumbing Connection
Public Garden
Queensland Naturalist
Reinwardtia
Seed Science & Technology
Seed Testing International
Seed Science Research
Tasmanian Naturalist
Tropical Bryology
TAXON Journal

b) For the period 7 September 2013 to 31 January 2014 the DNP has incurred expenses of
$7,687.35 (GST inc) for magazine subscriptions.

c) Nil.
d) Not applicable.


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Murray-Darling Basin Authority (the Authority)
a) The Authority subscribes to the following journals/magazines which hold the best available
science for the implementation of Basin Plan and other functions of the Authority:
Aust. Water Association
Australasian Journal of Environmental Management
CSIRO Water
Evaluation
Irrigation Australian
IWA Water Policy papers
Macquarie Dictionary online
Marine and Freshwater research
New Zealand Journal Marine and Freshwater Research
Water International
Water Policy

b) For the period 7 September 2013 to 31 January 2014 the Authority spent $16,363.00 (GST
inc) on magazine subscriptions.
c) Nil.
d) Not applicable.
Sydney Harbour Federation Trust (the Trust)
a) The Trust does not subscribe to any magazines.
b) Not applicable.
c) Nil.
d) Not applicable.
Clean Energy Regulator (CER)
a) CER subscribes to the following publication to keep informed of events and activities in the
marketing advertising and media industry:
B&T magazine
b) The cost of this publication to CER is $99.00 (GST inc).
c) Nil.
d) Not applicable.
Bureau of Meteorology (the Bureau)
a) The Bureau subscribes to the following magazines for current awareness that support staff
to perform duties and deliver their respective work outputs operationally or via research:
ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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Air Quality and Climate Change
American Meteorological Society Membership
Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
Atmosfera
Atmospheric Environment
Atmosphere Ocean
Atmospheric Research
Australasian Journal of Environmental Management
Australasian Science
Australian Aviation
Australian Defence Magazine
Australian Journal of Water Resources
Australian Personal Computer Journal Australia
Australian PC Authority
Aviation Week & Space Tech
Boundary Layer Meteorology
Cadalyst: The Journal for Cad Managers and Users
Choice
Climatic Change
Choice Computer
Climate Dynamics
Climate Policy
Climate Research
CMOS Bulletin SCMO
Communications of the ACM (Association For Computing Machinery)
Department of Defence Army News
Department of Defence RAAF News
Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans
Earth Science Informatics
Ecological Economics
Ecological Informatics
Ecosystems Services
Electronics World
Environmental Modelling and Software
Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Geofisica Internacional
Hydrological Sciences Journal
Hydrology Research
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Transactions on Computers
IEEE Spectrum [Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience & Remote Sensing
International Journal of Biometeorology
International Journal of Digital Earth
International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters
International Journal of Meteorology
International Journal of Wildland Fire
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
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Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Journal of Climate
Journal of Environmental Engineering
Journal of Geophysical Research
Journal of Hydrology
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Journal of Hydrometeorology
Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan
Journal of Operational Oceanography
Journal of Physical Oceanography
Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Journal of Weather Modification
Law Institute Journal
MacFormat
Meteorological Society of New Zealand Membership
Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics
Metrologia
Monthly Weather Review
Natural Hazards
Nature
Nature Climate Change
New Scientist
PC & Tech Authority
Policy
Proceedings of the IEEE
Pure & Applied Geophysics Pageoph
Ocean Modelling
Radio Science
Remote Sensing of the Environment
Scientific American
Science
Silicon Chip
Skeptic
Sky & Telescope
Solar Physics
Space Weather
T + D (Training and Development)
Tao: Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Techlife
Technometrics
Theoretical and Applied Climatology
Water Resources Management
Weather
Weather Climate And Society
Weather & Forecasting
Weatherwise

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b) For the period 7 September 2013 to 31 January 2014 the Bureau has incurred expenses of
$166,877.91 (GST inc) for magazine subscriptions.
c) Nil.
d) Not applicable.
Climate Change Authority (the Authority)
a) The Authority does not subscribe to any magazines.
b) Not applicable.
c) Nil.
d) Not applicable.