Local Futures
December 6, 2012
Fact: every day Australians go hungry. By supporting SecondBite, we can give vulnerable men, women and children the gift of fresh food. This Christmas Masterchef’s Matt Preston is working as a SecondBite Ambassador to provide food to families who don’t […]
November 28, 2012
Greg has contacted PWF looking for Grey Nomad work. He says he would like register his interest in helping out people in the outback – property owners or business owners. Greg writes: “I retired in June this year and have […]
November 21, 2012
On the cusp of all that might be wonderful, just how devastating is the loss of a young life – whether through murder as with Jill Meagher and Sarah Cafferkey, or though suicide? Youth Suicide Increasing.. Tragically we are told […]
November 20, 2012
There will be a National Workshop on Wednesday 27 February 2013 to discuss an inaugural Leadership Council for Australia’s 665,000 Voluntary Community Groups – a ‘Voice and Representation for the Social Fabric of Australia’. WHY A Peak Body For Our […]
November 15, 2012
There is a lot of talk about smart meters, their mandatory installation in Victorian homes, health issues and costs – now and in the future. Public Forum There’ll be a public forum on Smartmeters: Date: Sunday 25 November Venue: Oakleigh […]
November 13, 2012
This blog by Craig Thomler describes how recently in Singapore he learnt how Asia taking the Gov 2.0 lead. He believes we need to look north for inspiration in using IT and social media to effectively connect government departments and […]
November 6, 2012
This week, The Australian’s environment editor, Graham Lloyd,
November 6, 2012
Rooftop solar panels are now a political issue according to some fascinating analysis from Giles Parkinson of RenewEconomy. A series of surveys and postcode analysis have shown that Australians have one of the highest numbers of small scale solar PV […]
November 6, 2012
David Livingstone Smith, a philosophy professor at the University of New England, Maine, believes online resources like Twitter and Facebook are actually helping define the truth more quickly than ever before. David, author of the book ‘Why We Lie, says: […]
November 5, 2012
An email received yesterday tells me that next year China will launch a tiny’ single seater car that does 258 miles to the gallon and will cost 4000 Yuan – $600 US. Produced by Volkswagen, the initial objective was to […]
October 31, 2012
I read a new term in Renew Economy today: ‘TWIMBYs’- turbines wanted in my backyard! Nearly two years ago the Victorian Baillieu Government was elected on a platform based partly – where renewables were concerned – on NIMBYism. However… Interest […]
October 26, 2012
The Australia Institute (TAI) is an independent Think Tank. It aims to push public debate beyond the simplistic question of whether markets or governments have all the answers to more important questions: When does government need to intervene in the […]