Business
October 1, 2014
This morning Twitter has led me to this effort by a group of Yolgnu schoolgirls – cooking and singing their way to funding a sports oval at Laynhapuy School in remote East Arnhem Land, south of Nhulunbuy, on the Gove […]
September 30, 2014
Daughter Water for CEOs uses humour to tackle the ongoing gender pay gap for equal work in Australia. International research shows that shortly after male CEOs become father to a baby daughter, his female staff get a direct benefit AND […]
September 28, 2014
Respected business columnist and author, Adele Ferguson, reports that all it takes to qualify as a financial planner is an eight-day diploma known as RG146. After the sector has been shown to be riddled with ‘fraud, forgery and low education […]
August 24, 2014
I was amazed when I first heard about a ‘compressed air car‘, designed by an ex-Formula one engineer/environmentalist, and being developed by his company MDI in France, as well as by the large Indian carmaker, Tata Motors. NO petrol, and […]
August 24, 2014
The Solar Citizens organisation is planning a huge message in the sky over Parliament House, Canberra, on Wednesday (August 27). As I write they are about $1000.00 short of their $14,000 target. They say: “Tony Abbott and the government are […]
August 24, 2014
Australians are a ‘can do’ people, especially it seems when it comes to doing something about energy. CORENA – Citizens’ Own Renewable Energy Network Australia – is but one example. What Beechworth Montessori School In Victoria’s North-east Is Doing After […]
August 15, 2014
A friend just emailed me the Greenpeace link to a Green Electricity Guide plus some info our electricity suppliers. Greenpeace asks: Is There Confusion About Where Our Power Comes From? “Electricity companies spend millions of dollars advertising a ‘clean and […]
August 14, 2014
RenewEconomy reports on Australia’s largest solar power tower plus a desalination plant at Port Augusta, approved recently for Sundrop Farms, a commercial greenhouse business which already uses solar power and seawater to grow vegetables. The project will total 20 hectares […]
August 12, 2014
The Victorian suffragettes of 1891 pressed for voting rights in a ‘Monster Petition’ and today the Victorian Women’s Trust is providing another Monster Petition so Australians can indicate their concern about ‘the almost total lack of national leadership on securing […]
August 10, 2014
A new Stockman’s Challenge and Bush Festival event – at Strathalbyn (19,20,21 September 2014) on the Fleurieu Peninsula, gateway to the Coorong and Lower Lakes of the Murray – is a NonProfit effort to preserve the cultural heritage of Australian […]
July 17, 2014
“State and federal governments have their heads in the sand around the evolution and growth of cities,” says Sydney Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, slamming lack of policy. Should Cities Rule The World? This is the question Clover Moore presented when […]
July 17, 2014
“An open-source platform that provides access to information about disasters such as floods and bushfires could help yield savings of $500 million to $2.4 billion alone.” The Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience & Safer Communities. About The Roundtable’s Report […]