November
November 13, 2005
Over 120 tourism industry representatives – including wine and food producers and those interested in drive and event tourism – from across SE Queensland met in Toowoomba for an inaugural country tourism conference. The November 11 one-day conference was a […]
November 13, 2005
In February 2006 one of Denmark’s popular youth radio stations will run an Australian travel promotion, giving one lucky listener the chance to win a working holiday to Australia. Tourism Australia will work with the Danish Embassy, Tourism Western Australia […]
November 13, 2005
The workplace as we know it is experiencing a dramatic shift in power from the company to the individual, says Peter Sheahan, a ‘Workplace Trends Expert’. He says employees are being forced to fend for themselves when it comes to […]
November 13, 2005
A $54 million ethanol plant will be built in SE Queensland to boost supplies of alternative fuel. The State Government will link up with two Queensland companies – the Queensland Fuel Group and Petro Fuels and Lubricants – to begin […]
November 3, 2005
A discussion on the power of marketing and networking at an international level presented by an expert trained by the United Nations is on offer! Associate Professor David Ch’ng is described as a ‘wildly dynamic, energetic, vibrant and forceful speaker’. […]
November 3, 2005
The Honourable Carol Martin, Australia’s first Indigenous woman parliamentarian, Member for the Kimberley in the Western Australian parliament, is also a wonderful painter. She had her first exhibition in Broome last year and since then acclaim is growing for her […]
November 3, 2005
The Garma Festival won the ‘Educational Programmes – Media’ category in the Sk?l International Ecotourism Awards 2005. The award was announced in Zagreb, Croatia on 17 October. Sk?l is the largest organisation of travel and tourism professionals in the world, […]
November 3, 2005
Ford, Toyota, Mitsubishi and Holden management will jointly decide on the wording and appearance of ethanol labels by December, ready for a roll-out on new vehicles in early 2006. Australian Industry Minister, Ian Macfarlane would prefer labels being stuck close […]
November 3, 2005
Merimbula’s Wandarrah Lodge Backpacker Hostel in SE NSW has ‘all sorts’ staying – from a surgeon with the cheapest hire car to a man in his Rolls Royce trying to convince his wife to take up ‘hostelling’. The issue that […]
November 3, 2005
This post has been removed at the request of Emily Bayford, director of a discount holiday business. There has been confusion over two similar sounding business names mentioned in the comments.
November 2, 2005
The ‘GetUp Team at www.getup.org.au has run a four week campaign targetting the Howard Government’s Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU)Bill, a law that will drastically cut services on university campuses around the country. Almost 8500 Australians came to the site and […]
November 2, 2005
Cruising with six guests on a 50m foot catamaran around the spectacular Furneaux Group in Bass Strait is certainly a seachange for Chris Fenner and Judy Clark. They would love to sail north, particularly along the Kimberley coast – the […]