Cultural Heritage
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 […]
April 17, 2008
Murraylands Regional Tourist Association is a NonProfit organisation, with members from all parts of the drought affected River region of South Australia. PWF has received an email about funding for the region during this time of ‘extreme circumstances’. This is […]
April 15, 2008
Chewyings Lawn and Horticulture (CLH) has been providing quality lawn and garden care and property management to the Shoalhaven region of NSW for over 10 years. This is a successful self made business and a model for Aboriginal communities and […]
April 9, 2008
Xris Reardon has contacted us about a new ‘Theatre for Living’ experience – all about empowerment, people being the experts in their own lives and being able to use theatre as a means of creating change. Congrats to Xris’ Takin’ […]
April 3, 2008
Liz Howland, a Pastor working in remote regions has responded to our article Queensland Encourages Grey Nomads To Plug Skills Gaps suggesting a register so Grey Nomads can match their skills with remote community needs. Liz writes: Dear Gail, I […]
February 27, 2008
PWF agrees with Claire Braund, Executive Director of Women on Boards, when she assesses the 2020 Summit as an opportunity to send clear message that Australian thinking, culture and values are the domain of all Australians – not just middle […]
February 24, 2008
The Australian Collaboration believes that: “While the symptoms of Indigenous disadvantage are widely reported, inadequate attention has been given to examples of Indigenous creativity and leadership in tackling problems, NOR to the factors that lead to success in Indigenous organisations.” […]
February 19, 2008
Living Cooperatively: Affordable Housing – Sustainable Development– a Swedish model – has aroused quite a bit of interest, and there were similar ideas on display at Melbourne’s Sustainable Living Festival. What’s happening in your state or territory? Sustainable Living In […]
February 14, 2008
Professor Peter Botsman has worked as a volunteer for the Indigenous Stock Exchange since 2003 and currently edits Australian Prospect. With all the commentary on yesterday’s ‘Sorry’ Peter’s words are well worth absorbing – particularly by our pollies? Today, in […]
February 8, 2008
Ron Bradfield Jr is the blogger behind Belongum’s Blog. Ron got in touch with us some time ago and contributed to our discussion on What Is Cultural Heritage? At the moment Ron trains Youth Workers and soon he will be […]
February 7, 2008
Last year PWF wrote up Shane Strudwick’s efforts with the Online Murray-Darling Petition. They’ve collected collected 680 signatures on their way to 100,000. Not much Shane says, in the scheme of things, however as it progresses it’s growing quicker. They […]
February 5, 2008
The Director of Reconciliation Australia, Fred Chaney, is reported saying: “I am genuinely confident that 2008 will see Australia move closer to achieving reconciliation… Early signs from the Prime Minister and Minister for Indigenous Affairs give me great hope that […]