Non-profit organisations have a challenge to balance fund-raising and expenditure. Dr Petrus Usmanij (Accounting, La Trobe University) explains how non-profit organisations distribute their funding, and the extra challenges of micro-financing. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

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Accounting for Non-Profit Organisations

Tourism to Australia has grown as an economic contributor, but there's ups and downs like there is in every market. Professor Geoffrey Crouch (tourism policy and marketing) looks at what does and doesn't work in tourism marketing in Australia. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Tourism in Australia

The carbon tax begins in Australia in July 2012, and has split opinions as to how effective it will be, and how much of a compromise it is. Professor Harry Clarke (Economics, La Trobe University) looks at the legislation and the probable impact. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

How the Carbon Tax Works

Plain-packaging will be applied to cigarettes in Australia from late 2012. Professor Harry Clarke (Economics, La Trobe University) looks at the legislation and whether he believes it will have an impact on sales. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Will Plain-Packaging on Cigarettes Work?

Are music polls a fair and accurate of popularity and music tastes? Dr Liam Lenten (Economics and Finance, La Trobe University) on the voting biases in the Triple J Hottest 100 music poll. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Voting Biases in Music Polls

This month marked the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the USA. However, whilst the past ten years has witnessed lots of debate around issues of national security and foreign policy, the relationship between world trade, international accounting systems and peace has received comparatively little attention. The relationship between western accounting standards and the rise of terrorism asks whether the institution governing the development of global accounting standards needs to be transformed. Professor Ken McPhail is from the School of Accounting at La Trobe University. Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Does Western Accounting Cause Terrorism?

Cigarette sin taxes are favoured by economists and politicians, generating over $6B in revenue per year in Australia. Dr Wayne Geerling (Economics and Finance, La Trobe University). Is taxing vices an effective way to end them? Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Sin Taxes

There are a lot of misconceptions of economics, and Dr Wayne Geerling (Economics and Finance, La Trobe University) uses economics to describe the way the think, feel, and act. Economics is just a toolkit, and goes beyond number-crunching. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Economics of Everyday Life

While the modern market has evolved since the 19th century many of the same principles are still in play. Professor Paul Johnson (Vice-Chancellor, La Trobe University) talks about his new book 'Making the Market', the history of the modern market and the way it cycles. Copyright 2010 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Making the Market

While business remains the same in theory, the internet has made the process cheaper, faster, and larger. Dr David Prentice (Economics, La Trobe University) on the large economic playing field of the internet. Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Economics of the Internet

Corruption is considered a major impediment to social justice, but how can non-government organisations make headway and encourage transparency? Cobus de Swardt (Managing Director at Transparency International) and Adjunct Professor Peter Loney (La Trobe University's Public Sector Governance and Accountability Research Centre) on problems faced by countries, the private sector and NGOs. Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Fighting Corruption

Accountants will be highly influential in the process of organisational change as businesses respond to the pressures to be more sustainable. Some research suggests that accountants have a negative impact through imposing cost-benefit analyses which consider only financial issues. However, other research suggests accountants are very aware of the issues and are helping to strategically guide their organisations through them as well as implementing management systems to collect and report the relevant data. Presented by Professor Jane Hamilton, head of the Regional School of Business, La Trobe University. 2009 Worner Research Lecture, 27th May, 2009. Introduction by Bendigo Campus director Andrew Harvey. Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Sustainability Reporting for Accountants

How can sport be analysed using economic tools and concepts? What can we learn about how sport is managed and played, and how could it work better? Dr Liam Lenten (Economics, La Trobe University) explains the mechanics of sport economics. Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

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