Collaboration …or not
November 30, 2010
There has been a lot of talk about what Australians can do to help ‘close the gap’ between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians says Bronwyn Lumby from the Centre For Cultural Competence Australia (CCCA) and this new Centre has started something […]
November 25, 2010
The numbers using social media are huge. Digital marketing people understand this, but do large institutions like banks and government? The following comments, from expert observers I have found through Twitter, could indicate a need for some of our institutional […]
November 23, 2010
I have just re-read Bill Moss’s tirade about the Federal Government’s aspirational goal of having all new homes built to disability-friendly design standards by 2020 – ten years away. He called it ‘wimpish’ and a ‘legally unenforceable cop-out’ and he […]
November 20, 2010
Neil Haslam, the owner of the Forrest Beach Hotel in far North QLD has emailed PWF to say he’s interested in the services of a painter for some work around their property. About Forrest Beach North of Townsville, south of […]
November 20, 2010
There is some good news from the Australian Bureau of Statistics about how our kids are playing more organised sport than at any time in the past decade. The figures show the percentage of children aged 5-14 years involved in […]
November 20, 2010
For me, Jack Zagorski’s bike helmet thoughts posted on the Premier of Victoria’s web page are sane, considered and worth passing on: “The other day I was in Federation Square enjoying a coffee and idly watching the bicycles queued up […]
November 20, 2010
Mature-age workers looking to revive their careers could be interested in www.olderworkers.com.au writes Meera Vijayan. There is growing private sector interest in this jobs site but it finds “The government is one of the hardest of organisations for mature workers […]
November 14, 2010
These remote area Traineeships could be very useful. They recognise the barriers to employment and training faced by young Indigenous people in remote communities. We’d love to hear from any community or group using this service? The Department of Education, […]
November 14, 2010
Having dabbled in art, design and building, I read with great interest this weekend about a new, renewable timber product and the new Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood (CSAW) at the University of Tasmania. Next year the Centre will […]
November 11, 2010
Front-of-pack food labelling is a hotly contested issue. Sydney lawyer Professor Roger Magnusson has been investigating the competing proposals for food labelling. He finds that an interpretive, front-of-pack labelling scheme could encourage healthier eating patterns as well as being a […]
November 1, 2010
Doug Wilshire is setting up a property 15kms NW of the Chinchilla township in Queensland’s Darling Downs region to cater for grey nomads and other seniors. Doug has emailed PWF the following description of the property and his project. The […]
October 29, 2010
An Australia-China team of scientists has shown that the fast growing Giant Napier Grass can be used to cleanse contaminants from affected soils and then be converted to ethanol for transport fuel or steam for electricity production – a greenhouse-friendly […]