Collaboration …or not
November 20, 2011
Recently released research by the Grattan Institute shows that: “We’re just not building the variety of housing that Australians want.” Stereotype Not Accurate A detailed survey into the housing preferences of more than 700 Melburnians and Sydneysiders found that once […]
November 19, 2011
The Centre for Social Impact at the University of Western Australia (UWA) will run a one day Indigenous Business, Corporations and Entrepreneurship Conference on 6 December 2011 at UWA Business School. Indigenous business ventures, the work of Aboriginal Housing organisations […]
November 17, 2011
Food security is a concern and a soft commodities (commodities grown not mined) and rural land boom is being forecast to start in Australia. The growing risk of inflation as well as growing demand for soft commodities from Asia could […]
November 16, 2011
For several months now Victorians have been compelled to join up to the Smartmeter grid. A long time PWF reader, Kate Everke, has contacted us saying: “Most people I have spoken with are against the roll out. We have conducted […]
November 11, 2011
The Federal Government has approved the first technique which will allow farmers to earn money for reducing carbon pollution. The Carbon Farming Initiative Pig farming is the first industry approved to reduce methane emissions and trade carbon offsets. The Carbon […]
November 10, 2011
Lynne McKinnon from the Bundaberg Sailing Club has contacted us about a possible one year job for some grey nomad travellers. About The Position As a grey nomad traveller Lynne is thinking you might care to settle down on the […]
November 10, 2011
There is a dispute between the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) and Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) over Fortescue’s Solomon Hub Pilbara iron ore mine, its next major project. FMG has been accused of supporting the Wirlu-murra splinter group to divide the […]
November 10, 2011
Two comments from the recent 2011 Net Impact Conference ‘reached’ me. The first by Craigslist founder, Craig Nemark: “I don’t feel I am an activist. I just get stuff done.” The second, an African proverb, by Lord Michael Hastings (Commander […]
October 30, 2011
We’ve heard from a Broome local about the recent Local Council election. There are now five Aboriginal Councillors, three newly elected candidates joining two already sitting on a Council of nine members – an historic first for Broome Shire Council. […]
October 29, 2011
A reader has alerted PWF to the November 7-9 Carbon Expo at Melbourne’s Convention & Exhibition Centre. The Expo will run in co-operation with Carbon Forum Asia. Four MPs and many, many others, such as Ross Garnaut and Karl Kruszelnicki […]
October 25, 2011
Connecting Up is advising NonProfit organisations not to miss out on making the most out of the booming mobile technology industry. There is a chance to spend time with local mobile app developer Jindou Lee from Mighty Kingdom. About Jindou […]
October 25, 2011
Is there a grey nomad – 55-60 years old – in Perth, or elsewhere – who would enjoy ‘the trip of a lifetime to the UK via India and then on to the Continent’? Joan Marshall of Perth thinks ‘there […]