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February 17, 2011
HelpOut cofounder, Nathon Irvin, says: ‘We wanted to find a way that average Aussies could assist flood, cyclone or fire victims in a non-financial but practical way’. HelpOut is an online service aimed at making it easier for disaster affected […]
February 17, 2011
I see that Westpac Wonthaggi is running a free Cashflow Seminar for small businesses in Bass Coast Shire, Victoria. The question to be discussed is: “While my company generates great total annual revenues, we often find ourselves in month-to-month cash […]
February 11, 2011
As someone without a science background I was fascinated by the following article posted on Care2 – a website that connects activists from around the world. Jake Richardson writes: Dr. Sossina Haile and her colleagues at CalTech have created a […]
February 10, 2011
After the GFC and reduced working hours, the website Dynamic Business asks if employers are accommodating a desire among many employees to achieve a balance between work, home and other interests and therefore more flexible work conditions. During the GFC, […]
February 10, 2011
Skilled Migrants NOT Finding Work? was posted on PWF in May 2008 and now, after 40 comments from all around the world, we’ve closed the comments section, BUT Dr Lech Keller-Krawczyk PhD (Monash), MA (Melbourne), BComm (Warsaw) has emailed us […]
February 5, 2011
The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) says Coles’ Down, Down’ campaign, heavily discounting staple foods like bread and dairy products, is designed to increase traffic in Coles supermarkets without considering the long-term, flow-on effects to farmers, industry and consumers. […]
February 5, 2011
PWF has just received an email and a profile for John and Jean Mack, a retired couple who are full time nomads looking for rural based roles where they can make a good contribution and hopefully supplement their pension. They […]
February 2, 2011
The Barefoot College, founded in 1972 in India, combines traditional ‘barefoot’ knowledge and demystified modern skills, creating tools for people essentially ‘written off’ by urban society. The Barefoot College works with marginalized, exploited and impoverished rural poor, living on less […]
January 31, 2011
“Why do our attempts to deal with the challenges of our time so often fail? The cause of our collective failure is that we are blind to the deeper dimension of leadership and transformational change. This ‘blind spot’ exists not […]
January 30, 2011
Are we ready for a Perfect Storm of Shortages? A recent report by AgriFood Skills Australia states: “Failure to understand the absolute urgency for action by the training system, policy makers and the industry itself will not simply become an […]
January 26, 2011
The following guest post is written by Lloyd Burrell. He has a website that offers detailed reviews of modern home desks . He tries to practice what he preaches by keeping his home office as paperless as possible. Our offices, […]
January 25, 2011
In Belgrave, in the Dandenong ranges not far from Melbourne, 86 year old former service station owner John Novrotny is persevering with his affordable building revolution, despite a lack of support from the building industry and government. His innovative new […]