Local Futures
February 26, 2013
A PWF reader has alerted us to the fact that victims of the Kinglake-Kilmore East fire on Black Saturday have been spared the trauma of attending court during their case for compensation, after the Supreme Court agreed to transmit proceedings […]
February 14, 2013
PWF is happy to pass on a ‘Call out’ for The Neighbour Project for Melbourne Sharehooders. What Is The Sharehood? The Sharehood is a ‘grassroots group’ – 2641 people with 4968 shareables. THE SHAREHOOD’S DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THEY DO: The […]
February 7, 2013
The December 2012 ABS stats show that overseas visitors were up 7% in December. In 2012 Australia had 6.1 million visitors – 4.6% annual growth – which Tourism Australia’s Andrew McEvoy calls a ‘very creditable performance’ given fierce global tourism […]
February 3, 2013
Following is a ‘guest post’ packed with info by Brent Hardy – http://www.extraspace.com/ – writing about taking an office building ‘off the grid’. Twenty years ago, the thought of an office building without a monthly power bill would have seemed […]
January 31, 2013
“The nature of work is evolving and nobody really knows what it’s going to look like – Ian Harper, Deloitte Access Economics“. Training Needs To Change In 2013 teenage unemployment is at 42.6 per cent in northern Adelaide reminiscent of […]
January 30, 2013
Co-ops ‘do it better’. 2012 was the Year of the Co-op, now Melina Morrison of Social Business Australia is talking about a ‘Co-op Blueprint’ for the next decade. The Coming Decade The International Co-operative Alliance represents the world’s 1 billion […]
January 25, 2013
Women’s Housing Limited works to relieve disadvantaged groups within the community. It has successfully helped to ease inequality and along the way won the Affordable Living category for the Urban Development Institute of Australia (Vic) 2012 Awards for Excellence. Women’s […]
January 25, 2013
In Casino, northern NSW, Nicole Caldwell will soon be the town’s first Aboriginal bus driver. At 33 she is training with the Casino Bus Company and hopes to be employed driving school runs. Her training is part of the ‘Getting […]
January 6, 2013
Cystic fibrosis is no ‘walk in the park’ – can you help? Julie, Susan and Kathy aim to raise $100,000 for with an endurance walk 65k for Cystic Fibrosis, Saturday 2 March 2013. All proceeds will go directly to research […]
December 21, 2012
Walpiri woman Bess Nungarrayi Price – and her white husband David Price – speak out about conditions for rural Indigenous people in Central Australia – ‘Welcome To My World’ on Radio National. Bess has copped plenty of flack for speaking […]
December 13, 2012
The Productivity Commission reports today, after investigating the quality of governments’ efforts in assessing the cost of red tape to the community, that ministers often announce policies first with the costs coming later ‘as an afterthought’. Some ‘Highly Significant’ Policies […]
December 12, 2012
The Age has obtained a report by outgoing Auditor-General, Des Pearson, on the Brumby Government years in government in Victoria. It looks at problems in the public sector. Although the report was not tabled for various reasons, the key findings […]