Local Futures
May 15, 2012
Many Australians, including PWF readers, are concerned about foreign ownership of land and food businesses. National Farmers’ Federation Wants National Register Jock Laurie, NFF President, says it is now NFF policy to push for a mandatory national register that lists […]
May 15, 2012
Tyrrell College, in the little Victorian wheat belt town of Sea Lake, population around 500, has received $500,000 from the inaugural NAB ‘Schools First National Award’ 2011 – just reward for the Dynamic Agriculture student-business mentor program which previously ran […]
May 14, 2012
Inspiring Communities is partnering with Central Coast Business College (CCBC) to provide a range of Nationally Accredited Person-Centred/Asset-Based Community Development and Social Enterprise Programs. In 2012 they will be granting a number of Scholarships throughout NSW for students who are […]
May 13, 2012
FoodMagazine writes about our food companies being too scared to speak up at the Senate Inquiry into anti-competitive practices by our major supermarkets, stating that while these giants have more than 70% of market share, suppliers have little option but […]
May 10, 2012
Australian communities are now much more aware of mental health issues. Research tells us: “In any one day, 330 people with serious mental illness will be turned away from hospital emergency departments. 1,200 will be refused admission to a psychiatric […]
May 3, 2012
After Black Saturday, in 2009, Kilmore East farmers, Kevin and Rhonda Butler needed to quickly secure their 1,500 sheep. Family, friends and local volunteers helped and within one week a very big job was done. Rhonda and Kevin decided to […]
April 19, 2012
Spotify is a music streaming service launched in Sweden in October 2008 by ‘Spotify AB’. It streams selected music from a range of major and independent record labels, including Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group, and Universal. How Does It Work? […]
April 19, 2012
Michael J. Sandel, a political philosopher at Harvard ponders What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets. The following raises the question of what role markets should play in public life and personal relations? Do We Want A Market […]
April 18, 2012
‘A fundamental truism of economics is that if you tax something, you get less of it’, writes economics lecturer Stephen Kirchner in The Conversation. This helps explain why Australia’s housing market is chronically under-supplied and affordability is an issue. The […]
April 18, 2012
Melbourne’s Monash University has allowed a group of students, headed by 23 year old arts-science student Ali Majokah, to use an empty paddock which they will turn into a community market garden. The students will need to prove they can […]
April 16, 2012
Jane and Neil Monk are once again running their Awakening the Dreamer Symposiums – at Glen Park in Bayswater (Vic). They are thinking global citizens and they support the purpose of the Awakening the Dream, Changing the Dream Symposium. Find […]
April 15, 2012
Giles Parkinson of Renew Economy, ex Fin Review, asks what if network operators could turn to solar-powered air conditioners as a possible solution to reducing peak load on our electricity grid? The Current Situation – The Biggest Strain The number […]