June
June 29, 2010
South Australia has announced trials of ‘reverse vending machines’ (RVM), where can and bottle collectors can put their cans and bottles into a ‘hole in the wall’ for a return of their 10c deposit. About RVM Technology RVMs are common […]
June 24, 2010
Victoria’s Planning Minister Justin Madden – of the ‘sham community consultation on the Windsor development‘ has been ‘rolled again’ announced Jon Faine yesterday on his ABC Vic. Morning Show. The Opposition has blocked legislation on extending the urban sprawl and […]
June 23, 2010
The True Food Network is reporting that US biotech companies are lobbying to stop the Australian Government from labelling genetically engineered (GE) products, on the basis that this would be ‘an undue restriction on trade with the US’. The Trans […]
June 22, 2010
PWF is right behind GetUp’s Mental Health Campaign. What GetUp says: “I lost my beautiful youngest daughter to suicide 3 years ago… She was not referred on to an appropriate service after suffering post-natal depression… She had 3 children whom […]
June 21, 2010
PWF posted Welfare To Mainstream Jobs – Chewyings Bridging Tool two years ago and now Chewyings Lawn and Horticulture (CLH) has been short listed as a finalist in the Telstra Business Awards. About Chewyings Lawn & Horticulture CLH is a […]
June 21, 2010
Tomorrow, 22 June 2010, Protectors of Public Lands Victoria (PPL Vic), the Green Wedges Coalition and Planning Backlash will hold a protest rally at 12.45 for a 1pm start on the steps of Parliament to say ‘No’ to VC67 Planning […]
June 18, 2010
Fellow Italian students will know ‘Dimmi’ means ‘tell me’ and
June 18, 2010
Tom Peters, American business management/problem solving guru and best-selling author, born in 1942, tweets now. The
June 17, 2010
Queenslander Dr Ian Plowman’s Cooperative Conversations that achieve grassroots goals captured PWF attention back in 2008. On 19-23 July in Melbourne CBD, Ian together with Roberts Evaluation will run a workshop series covering program design and planning, evaluation, and productive […]
June 15, 2010
The awful images of oil soaked pelicans off the Louisianna/Alabama Gulf Coast have horrified us all…Giapo, an Auckland-based Gelato store, is doing something about it. It has launched a ‘BP Oil Spill’ flavoured gelato with the idea of donating $1 […]
June 10, 2010
PWF has been contacted by Garry who is a ‘would be’ grey nomad. He is looking forward to both Australian and European travel from September 2010 onwards. About Garry Garry describes himself as: “an active 75 year old who has […]
June 9, 2010
There will be rallies in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra, Adelaide, Darwin and many regional areas to protest women in full time paid work still earning 18 per cent less on average than men, which equates to $1 million less […]