Community
June 19, 2011
There is now a handbook for governments around the world demonstrating how alternatives to detention are cheaper and more humane than mandatory detention. This is the result of a two year research partnership between the International Detention Coalition and La […]
June 17, 2011
Jim Diers and Cormac Russell – two of the world’s leading community development practitioners – will be available to conduct workshops and other events throughout September 2011. Both are currently working at the highest level with the British Government on […]
June 6, 2011
Sarah has heard about PWF’s Grey Nomad info exchange and she tells us there are two positions available for a couple on a central west Queensland cattle station. About Work Available On The Station The two positions available for a […]
June 3, 2011
A central Victorian PWF reader tells us a well-meaning 2 May media release from the Powerline Bushfire Safety Taskforce, about community info meetings, only reached her yesterday, 1 June. She is concerned Gippsland and Mitchell Shire survivors will have been […]
June 1, 2011
Social Traders and the Melbourne Business School’s Asia Pacific Leadership Centre will host a one day forum aiming to bring together people who manage and invest in social enterprises and anyone who is interested in learning about or helping in […]
May 31, 2011
Jenny Sheriff, from the Gold Coast, has been checking out info on Grey Nomad travel companions. She found the comments by Lauri and Jan Ely in South Queensland and wonders if they are still interested in finding a travel companion […]
May 29, 2011
London-based global economics magazine ‘The Economist’ – has praised our successes but damned our political leaders for failing to make the most of the China boom. Survey Of Australia SOME POINTS MADE: The political leaders…are perhaps the least impressive feature […]
May 29, 2011
World Challenge is a global competition to identify and reward people and groups that bring economic, social and environmental benefits to their local communities. It is run by the BBC World News and Newsweek, and Shell. BBC presenter and sustainable […]
May 29, 2011
Happy to pass on Infoxchange Australia advice that it is launching a ‘suite of cloud based applications aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the not-for-profit sector’. About The Cloud Apps AppPac4nfp brings together Microsoft’s cloud based CRM, collaboration […]
May 29, 2011
Country events funding of $74,500 for 24 regional organisations that deliver sports, music, visual arts, food and wine and multicultural festival events across Victoria has recently been announced by Tourism and Major Events Minister Louise Asher. Interstate And International Recognition […]
May 23, 2011
IQ² Australia aims, unlike Parliament, to provide a series of thought provoking debates on crucial issues. You can watch the live debates and also participate. All debates are broadcast after the event on ABC radio and television and they are […]
May 17, 2011
WA Education Minister Dr Liz Constable has announced a new initiative to allow schools with high proportions of Aboriginal students to break away from traditional schooling constraints. She says: “The Aboriginal Network Schools initiative.. would free-up principals and teachers to […]