Australia Policy Collection

Overview

A concise framework and methodology to study how Australian media cover climate policies.

Key Question

How are climate-related policies portrayed, especially for rural communities?

Article Collection

Articles are sourced from 17 outlets across national, state, and regional levels.

National: The Australian, ABC News
State: The Advertiser, Canberra Times, Courier Mail, NT News, SMH, The Age, The Mercury, The West Australian
Regional: Transcontinental, Chronicle, Centralian Advocate, Daily Liberal, Standard, Advocate, Busselton-Dunsborough Mail

Search Parameters

Type: Free Text (Factiva)
Terms: "climate change" AND government AND (policy OR program OR project)
Date Range: 2013–2023
Format: PDF with headline, full article, and TOC

Policy Overview Figure — Search and Collect Policy Document from LGA: Morington Peninsuka Shire

Analysis

Examining policy mentions across government levels and their media representation.

Number Of Policies By Gov Level And State

Policyies By Lga Tyoel No, Lgas - MixedL24, RuralL38

Top 10 LGAs by Number of Policies — Proportions of Response Type by Government Level

Proportions of Response Type by Government Level — Government Level By Response Domain

Policies by Reponse Type and Domain

Manual extraction of climate policies – actions & targets – from 128 unstructured docs 3358 actions/targets extracted Coded actions and targets based on: actionType – Action / Target responseType – Mobilisation / Adaptation / Mitigation climateResponse Domain – Governance / Regulation / Economic & Direct Investment Categorisation – Climate Change Laws of the World and Climate Policy Radar Sector – e.g., energy, transport, whole of government, etc