Indigenous Communities
September 5, 2009
FYI GetUp is collecting signatures – to which you may choose to add yours – to support Indigenous people wanting to save their remote homelands. They already have 1800 signatures and the number is growing. Exactly What Is Going On? […]
August 23, 2009
Silence allows the suffering of our Indigenous communities to continue writes Ernest Hunter, a psychiatrist who has worked for many years in remote Queensland. A ‘Frozen Mass Of Lessons Not Learned’ Ernest speaks of hundreds if not thousands of failed […]
June 22, 2009
How are you feeling about HOW the financial stimulus money is being spent and even ‘forced’ on schools and communities? Ipsos Mackay research says as a nation we are divided as to whether or not the stimulus will be effective […]
June 10, 2009
This morning I see Treeehugger is reporting that the German town of Lünen will become the first in the world to have its own dedicated biogas network – something for our Transition Towns to think about? “The 6.8 MW power […]
June 4, 2009
With all that rain in NSW people are again saying “Grafton floodwaters would save Murray-Darling—build the Clarence Scheme!” Are some of the old ideas gaining currency? I was fascinated by the following; The Bradfield Water Schemes – for ‘nouveaux’ engineers […]
May 30, 2009
After several years of a worthy effort at community engagement WHY is the Victorian Government taking such a heavy-handed non-communicative approach to merging two hard-working community-based groups achieving heaps ‘on the smell of an oily rag’! The Groups Reconciliation Victoria […]
May 25, 2009
Once again – amazing. No sooner do I realise Victoria is getting into relocalisation and Transition Towns than I see Sydney is right into it too – and involving Robert Pekin of Brisbane’s successful Food Connect. The live local website […]
May 18, 2009
PWF is pleased to pass on info about an Arnhem Weavers Tour: Two Way Developmental Tour 13-19 July 2009. Workshops are offered to people interested in the Yolgnu culture of North East Arnhem Land. The focus is textiles and English […]
May 13, 2009
John Rimmer, EO of the Arts Industry Council of Victoria has requested all networks pass on info about the ‘whole of community sector’ (all not for profits) consultation about establishing a peak community-based body for the state. The Community Leadership […]
May 12, 2009
There is Grey Nomad work available at Ben Burn Organic Packers Pty Ltd in Irymple, NW Victoria, a 10 minute drive from Mildura and the Murray River. About Ben Burn The company is NASAA certified Organic and its Director/Owner is […]
May 3, 2009
Just received this… sounds interesting so I’m passing it on… G’day, how’s it going? My name is Tim Denshire-Key, I’m currently studying Industrial Design at RMIT in Melbourne. This semester I am doing a study tour of Australia looking at […]
April 24, 2009
Tourism WA is looking for quality employers interested in joining the Aboriginal Employment Initiative – traineeships and cadetships are available where participants gain experience with some of tourism’s top organisations while getting paid. Traineeship Placements Needed There are nine highly […]