Business
April 10, 2012
The 2012 Sustaining Rural Communities Conference – ‘Local Solutions to National Issues’ will take place Wednesday to Thursday 18-19 April 2012 in Narrabri, at the Crossing Theatre. The Conference will once again be free, with a $50 fee to cover […]
March 26, 2012
PWF has received an email from Trish Lindner and her engineer husband who are travelling the country and happy to work. Some Detail The Lindners are looking for short term casual work as they travel through Queensland, the Territory and […]
March 20, 2012
Democracy theorist Jean-Paul Gagnon writing for The Conversation has suggested: “If our underwhelming politicians don’t pass the test, perhaps its time to make them sit one..[like doctors, dentists, teachers, lawyers, veterinarians] We need to focus on building both citizens and […]
March 19, 2012
Dynamic Business has interviewed Victorian Mark Koronczyk, founder of vegetarian fast-food chain Lord of the Fries (LOTF). Mark and wife Amanda decided to do something about the lack of good vegetarian food at festivals. They bought a van, hit the […]
March 19, 2012
Taronga Park Zoo’s Harbourview Cafe is the first restaurant in Australia to become certified under the MSC’s (Marine Stewardship Council’s) seafood sustainability certification program. Look For The MSC Blue Ecolable The Harbourview Cafe won the privilege of bearing the MSC’s […]
March 19, 2012
The Warrandyte Co-Op – whose 25 members can order organic fruit and veg online from Organic Origins – began mid 2011. Liane and Josh started the co-op to make the organics that they supply to retailers across Melbourne affordable for […]
March 13, 2012
The development of a salt-tolerant variety of durum wheat ia an Australian breakthrough. Researchers at Adelaide Uni’s Waite Research Institute have shown an improved grain yield by 25 per cent on salty soils. Addressing Rising Soil Salinity Caused by overdrawn […]
February 19, 2012
In 2011 Asia has dominated Australia’s international tourism arrivals. The Arrivals Stats Despite the weaknesses in the economies of some of our traditional markets and the impact of natural disasters, visitor arrivals to Australia in the year to December 2011 […]
February 19, 2012
Longtime PWF contributer Alan Greig of The Mercury Centre has sent us the following socially innovative observations on worker ownership and global prosperity. Shared ownership helps to diversify rather than concentrate wealth, and it roots the value it generates in […]
February 16, 2012
Was the Gold Coast call centre shut down by police in December 2011 the heart of an investment scam? Police, the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), also searched multiple premises on the Gold […]
February 8, 2012
Even though record numbers of Australians are holidaying outside the country The Backpacker Trade News reports that the outlook for the tourism industry is not all doom and gloom. The Department of Immigration’s latest six monthly report states that applications […]
February 8, 2012
Peter Botsman, Editor of Australian Prospect and Voluntary Secretary of the Indigenous Stock Exchange has a concept that should get some of us thinking outside the square. He says: “Australians will be liberated from their accountants. Each individual will have […]