CDU Researcher Profile

School for Social and Policy Research
Institute of Advanced Studies
Charles Darwin University
Darwin NT 0909
Australia

• Research interests
• Publications
• Current projects
• Recent completions supervised

Research Interests

Professor Tony Barnes is a statistician with an outstanding record of achievement in collaborative research projects in a wide range of scientific disciplines and as Chief Executive Officer of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health. Professor Barnes' early career was based in UK government research institutions working on cancer and agricultural research, initially in statistical, computing and operations research roles but rapidly developing into modelling and other quantitative aspects of research into these sciences.

His research interests include:

• Biostatistics
• Epidemiology
• Demography
• Computer systems and analytical/research methods

Recent Publications

1. Wilson, T. Condon, J.R. & Barnes, T. 2007 Improvements in Northern Territory Indigenous Life Expectancy, 1967-2004, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 31(2): 184-188.

2. Barnes, T. 2005, 'Cancer Incidence and Survival for Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 29 (2): 123-128

   Barnes, T. 2005, Stage at Diagnosis and cancer survival for Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory, Medical Journal of Australia 182(6): 277-280

3. Condon, J.R., Barnes, T., Cunningham, J. and Armstrong, B.K. (2004) Long-term trends in cancer mortality for Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory.  The Medical Journal of Australia, 180 (10), pp504-508.
4. Condon, J.R., Barnes, T., Cunningham, J. and Smith, L. (2004) Improvements in Indigenous mortality in the Northern Territory over four decades.  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 28 (5), pp445-451.
5. Barnes, A., Cunningham, J. and Madden, R. (1998). On the way to a Multicultural Society. In: Proceedings of the Siena Group Seminar on Social Statistics, May 1997, Neuchatel. pp 10-20.
6. Kettle, D. S., Edwards, P. B. & Barnes, A. (1998). Factors affecting numbers of Culicoides in truck traps in coastal Queensland. Journal of Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 12, pp 326-77.
7. Geefhuysen, C. J., Isa, A. R., Hasim, M. and Barnes, A. (1998). Malaysian Antenatal Risk Coding and the Outcome of Pregnancy. Journal of Obstegrics and Gynaecological Research, 24, pp 13-20.
8. Barnes, A. (1998). Statistics and Data Collections Concerning Indigenous Australians. Discussion Paper No. 9, North Australia Research Unit. pp 1-28.
9. Barnes, A. (1998). Indigenous national data collection and current indicators of morbidity and mortality in the Aboriginal an Torres Strait Islander populations. Briefing presented to the House of Representative Standing Committee on Family and Community Services. Hansard.
10. Gray, B., Cunningham, J. & Barnes, A. (1998). Assessing the completeness and quality of Indigenous identification administrative data collections. In: Indigenous Disability Data, current Status and Future Prospects Report on Workshop Proceedings, April 1998. ABS, AIHW and DHFS, Canberra.
11. Barnes, A. (1998). Indigenous Population Issues: Uncertainties and research questions. In: Towards a benchmarking framework for service delivery to Indigenous Australians. Proceedings of the Benchmarking conference, council for Aboriginal Reconciliation and Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research. November 1997. pp 29-31.
12. Mukherjee, S., Carcach, C., McDonald, D. and Barnes, A. (1998). Occasional Paper: Law and Justice Issues, Indigenous Australians. Cat. No. 4189.0, pp 50. ABS Canberra.

Publications edited

Professor Barnes has also edited a number of publications, conference proceedings etc, some recent examples relevant to Aboriginal and Tropical Health are:

1. Gardiner, W., Marks, G. and Barnes, A. (eds). (1991). Proceedings of the Australian Tropical Health and Nutrition Conference 1990, Tropical Health Program, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
2. Pech, S. & Barnes, A. (eds). (1998) Indigenous Disability Data: Current Status and Future Prospects. Report on Workshop Proceedings, April 1998, ABS Canberra.

Publications prepared under my direction and published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics

Under the publication policy of the Australian Bureau of Statistics, publications are generally not attributed to their authors, rather they are published under the banner of the organisation with prefaces or forwards by The Australian Statistician.

Current Projects

Recent Completions Supervised