Australian Study Circles Network
August 18, 2008
Did you see the Open Letter to Jenny Macklin by Makinti Minutjukur, an Anangu woman, published on New Matilda when the Minister visited the Pukatja Community in SA’s APY lands? COULD Politicians/Bureaucrats LISTEN? Would it really be so difficult to […]
June 20, 2008
Martha McCoy – Executive Director of Everyday Democracy (formerly the Study Circles Resource Center) in Connecticut, USA – will be a key note speaker at the Adult Learning Australia’s 48th National Conference – Social Inclusion – Engaging the Disengaged in […]
April 17, 2008
As Victoria’s Warrandyte community plans its first community-wide conversation – a vital part of its Green Map Project – Africa has suddenly appeared on the scene! Albert Mutasa, who works with the Swedish Cooperative Centre (SCC) is also involved with […]
December 15, 2007
With the aim of bringing together community land and sea managers to share stories and determine future direction, the Girringun Aboriginal Corporation hosted the 2nd National Indigenous Land and Sea Management Conference in Cardwell North Queensland, in early October 2007. […]
November 29, 2007
The Sunshine Coast’s Maleny residents are being asked to stand up and demand democracy on Wednesday 5 December. Why? Caloundra Council has ignored 1463 forms rejecting an 18 hole golf course on the Obi Obi Parklands – Maleny Community Precinct, […]
November 25, 2007
Against a backdrop of big promises in this election two things stand out to me, politicians working with grassroots people and valuing this connection the Coalition’s lack of vision. Malcolm Turnbull, candidate for Wentworth, going against the trend on election […]
November 21, 2007
‘Let’s put the people back into politics’ says The New Democracy Foundation, an organisation that believes political reform starts with the people. They have won a $300K federal government grant to look at ‘Creating And Analysing A Citizens’ Parliament: Exploring […]
November 19, 2007
Four months ago a Green Map for the Green Wedge Warrandyte region in Melbourne’s outer northeast was a germ of an idea. In two days’ time, in conjunction with Bendigo Bank’s launch of its Warrandyte Community Portal the Warrandyte Neighbourhood […]
November 8, 2007
Nick Mallory, commenting on PWF article An ‘Inaugural’ Youth Perspective On The Federal Election, has written in saying: “The Australian Government is considering setting up a ‘consultation blog’ to give the public a chance to have their say on public […]
October 3, 2007
Today people are realising that the traditional ‘them’ and ‘us’ relationship between citizens and government is inadequate for solving public problems. The usual avenues for ‘consultative decision-making’ often waste public resources, create unproductive conflict, and fail to tap citizen potential. […]
September 10, 2007
Local ‘Theatre for Living’ practitioner, Xris Reardon of the Taking Up Space Project, run in association with the Borderlands Coop, Melbourne, has contacted PWF about ‘Wildest Dreams’, a three day workshop that aims to: explore how we limit human potential […]
August 24, 2007
How do Gunns feel about alienating consumers and retaining workers, I wonder? Their primary export product is Tasmanian oak veneer, enhancing many Australian homes no doubt. The company also runs a Tamar Valley vineyard (!) as well as other timber-related […]