2007
December 6, 2007
We have received a heartfelt request from Shane Strudwick of the Murray-Darling region to publicise their petition. Australians all know these communities are struggling with drought, massive income losses due to lack of water allocations and a huge downturn on […]
December 5, 2007
Yarraville Community Centre (YCC) and Blackwood Neighbourhood House are putting on a FREE event everyone’s invited this Sunday 9 December. It’ll be a celebration of the efforts of so many within the community to save the iconic Francis Street building. […]
December 4, 2007
Hospitality Magazine reports staff ‘PloyMe’ and ‘introduction agency-style’ is helping restaurant/cafe owners find experienced casual staff in a tight pre-Christmas labour market AND apprentices now get to pick from a jobs smorgasbord in Brisbane. Filling last-minute roster holes The owner […]
December 3, 2007
Have you heard about the campaign targetting the International Whaling Commission? There are currently 578,285 signatures on their petition and the goal is 1,000,000. “Every year thousands of precious mammals are slaughtered in the name of so-called ‘scientific research’. Add […]
November 30, 2007
Green Pages Australia says Australians are spending over $300 million on bottled water a year. The Bottled Water Alliance, headed by Planet Ark co-founder John Dee, estimates that over 456,131 barrels of oil are used every year to manufacture bottled […]
November 29, 2007
The Sunshine Coast’s Maleny residents are being asked to stand up and demand democracy on Wednesday 5 December. Why? Caloundra Council has ignored 1463 forms rejecting an 18 hole golf course on the Obi Obi Parklands – Maleny Community Precinct, […]
November 29, 2007
A Small Business Development Officer – and firm believer in understanding what works, and what doesn’t, when starting and developing new businesses in Australia – has passed on info about the Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence research project (CAUSEE) […]
November 27, 2007
The New Oxford American Dictionary has announced locavore as the 2007 Word of the Year. At PWF we continue to see interest in Melbourne’s new 100 Mile Cafe – The Community Cares…So The Hospitality Industry Responds. It seems that around […]
November 26, 2007
A new project has been launched by Australian food researchers to develop cost-effective ways to extract compounds from grape skins, olive leaves, cartilage and cow hides – agricultural and food industry waste – for use in health-enhancing food and nutraceuticals. […]
November 25, 2007
Against a backdrop of big promises in this election two things stand out to me, politicians working with grassroots people and valuing this connection the Coalition’s lack of vision. Malcolm Turnbull, candidate for Wentworth, going against the trend on election […]
November 21, 2007
‘Let’s put the people back into politics’ says The New Democracy Foundation, an organisation that believes political reform starts with the people. They have won a $300K federal government grant to look at ‘Creating And Analysing A Citizens’ Parliament: Exploring […]
November 21, 2007
GetUp describes itself as a politically motivated movement attempting to enlist like-minded people who want to bring participation back into democracy. You’ve no doubt heard of them… If you’re not on their mailing list and haven’t worked out who to […]