Business
August 18, 2009
EVERYONE needs holidays. ARE our tourism operators aware of the demand for holidays for people with disabilities? Small tourism businesses – especially regional operators – do not do well in difficult economic times and yet as Sheila King of the […]
August 12, 2009
Genevieve Gannon writing in The Melbourne Times 5.08.09 reports that the State Government will donate $2 for every single dollar raised by Melbourne’s Inner North Community Foundation – up to $100,000. It has also committed $100,000 ‘upfront’ – a potential […]
August 4, 2009
A selection of tourism, government and community leaders from five of Australia’s key tourism destinations have identified more than 40 potential tourism-focused climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies to be considered by national research projects in the light of the […]
August 4, 2009
More grassroots advocacy – this time from the third tier of government… A national conference ‘The Future is Relocalisation – Communities in Transition’ will be hosted by the Municipal Association of Victoria 8-9 September ’09. EVENT SUPPORTERS Bank of I.D.E.A.S. […]
August 4, 2009
Paul Pierotti is a businessman who runs Caesar’s Furniture in Griffith, NSW. Around two years ago he set up Our Future Is Local in Griffith and he has written telling us the story, how for some years he lobbied the […]
July 21, 2009
The Tourism Forecasting Committee (TFC) finds that Australia is holding its appeal as a destination in a very difficult international environment. The latest forecasts on the outlook for Australian tourism this year and beyond are now available online, free in […]
July 18, 2009
With the unemployment rate predicted to reach over 8% Infoxchange Australia has announced the development of a new service, ‘Employment Navigator’. Using interactive Web 2.0 technologies, the service aims to connect job seekers and the resources to help them find […]
July 15, 2009
There is now a series of Accommodation Makeover Pathway workshops for accommodation operators on how to successfully upgrade facilities to maximise yield, says Samantha Kume of the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STCRC) at Griffith Uni, Gold Coast Campus. STCRC, […]
July 14, 2009
AgriWest in Melbourne’s west is holding a half-day info seminar 21 July in Melton, looking at the benefit of using biosolids as the price of traditional chemical fertilisers rises. Biosolids? Biosolids are a by-product of wastewater treatment processes, a nutrient […]
July 13, 2009
John Waters has emailed us about his evolving Base Camps Conservation Network project. He says most of his days are spent researching other ‘intentional communities’ trying to get it right, especially the legal aspects. Base Camps For People Who Want […]
July 12, 2009
There is always discussion about nappies and this month there will be two workshops imparting heaps of info in Melbourne. The Environment Shop says: “Did you know that a baby can use up to 5,000 nappies (creating 1, 750 kg’s […]
July 11, 2009
We’re pleased to pass on info about the 3rd National Farmers’ Markets Conference to be held 22 – 24 August 2009 at Glen Erin, Romsey, in Victoria. One Decade On… Today there are over 120 across Australia and on the […]