November
November 17, 2005
As the cane toads march west, with large numbers probably reaching Darwin in the coming wet season, the NT Government has committed $1.2 million to a battleplan. CURRENT SITUATION 1)Paul Baker’s cane toad trap, winner of the 2005 National Cane […]
November 17, 2005
November’s ‘Ignite!’ e-newsletter ‘for enterprising young people’ tells us that “as workers, people are predominantly driven by either:1) achievement(producing results);2) power (ego and status);3) affiliation (connection with others) AND only 20% – 30% of the population is driven by achievement. […]
November 17, 2005
Annmaree Horton is a spunky ’30 something’ Sydneysider interested in financial planning services specifically for women. She believes the industry has neglected women’s financial advice needs, so, leaving behind previous career pathways in Travel and IT Project Management, Annmaree has […]
November 17, 2005
“By moving Creswick’s Occasional Childcare to the Pre-school, we will be able to offer the community a more suitable location and better facilities as well as another day’s childcare per week (up from 3.5 days to 4.5 days)” says Creswick […]
November 17, 2005
More than 4,000 Singapore visitors came to Tasmania in the year ending June 2005 with a further 6,500 visitors coming from neighbouring Asian countries. Tourism Tasmania will target consumers directly through email, offering a free map offer to stimulate intention […]
November 17, 2005
Domestic and international visitors spent $63.5 billion in Australia during the 12 months ending 30 June 2005. 57% of the domestic day visitor expenditure and 53% of the domestic overnight visitor expenditure ocurred in the regional areas which exclude the […]
November 17, 2005
Paul Broome, Marketing Manager of Xtreme Skydiving suggested the Mission Beach Visitor Info Centre (VIC) to support the huge voluntary effort put in by the local community. Paul says “The VIC is financially reliant on donations from the local community, […]
November 15, 2005
Low cost carrier Tiger Airways, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, is planning four return services a week between Singapore and Darwin from 19 December 2005. This means an extra 720 seats between, an increase of nearly 40% in weekly international […]
November 15, 2005
Golden Perch, Silver Perch and many small native fish species are spawning in the Barmah wetlands following the recent release of an environmental water allocation. Up to 500 gigalitres of environmental water is keeping flows in the Murray River downstream […]
November 15, 2005
Support to outstanding Performing Arts practitioners to develop and produce new work is being offered by South Australia’s Bakehouse Theatre Artists Development Project. FOR SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS: 1)3 weeks’ free theatre rental; 2)A production budget subsidy of $1000. ($900 is paid […]
November 15, 2005
More wineries will be permitted in the Adelaide Hills region under proposed new changes that the state government says will further establish South Australia as the ‘wine state’. The government has announced it will be consulting on possible changes to […]
November 15, 2005
Cairns resident Kevin Edmondstone, a 38 year-old, originally from Yarrabah, has gone from award-winning Indigenous student artist to art teacher in the space of a year. Kevin is now working as a tutor for the Visual Arts team at the […]