Neighbourhood Houses & Learning Centres
August 4, 2016
“Take an Aboriginal-designed program and allow Aboriginal people to deliver it to their people. They know what is needed. Work alongside Government but let us drive it!” We have heard this advice time and time again….but it NEVER happens! Yes, […]
May 22, 2016
Totally Renewable Yackandandah – TRY – is a NE Victorian grassroots community organisation aiming to to produce more electricity than it uses, by 2022. The group is proud to be ‘doing something visionary’. Economist Dr John Hewson who these days […]
April 7, 2016
Did you see the Wednesday night Lateline story about Friday Night School in Richmond, inner Melbourne? Private school kids help refugee kids with homework…it’s been twenty years now AND 200 kids turn up to help! Pleasure In Helping Everyone, students […]
June 5, 2015
I’ve been reading about new ’21st century’ practices in some schools – such as Brisbane’s The Gap HS and Melbourne’s Eltham HS – I hope my grandies aren’t stuck in 20th century learning! The Gap High School Is Working With […]
April 24, 2015
A World At School is a global campaign aiming to make education the number one priority, working to get all children into school. An international campaign with a diverse team from several countries, they have offices in London, New York, […]
March 29, 2015
Founded in 2009, Bridge International Academies – investors include Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg – are challenging ‘the long-held assumption that governments rather than companies should lead mass education programs’. Bridge’s Goal is to (eventually) educate 10 million poor children […]
March 26, 2015
In 2012 Natalie Walker was named one of Australia’s 100 Women of Influence. She sits on various boards including NAB’s Indigenous Advisory Board and the Board of the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre. A former CEO of Supply Nation – a […]
March 5, 2015
We all keep hearing that Australia needs structural reform to our budget ie looking at where really large amounts of money are going. DIFFICULT AREAS LIKE: Pensions going to people who don’t ‘need’ them Superannuation benefits to people who can […]
February 24, 2015
Thinking Australians are very concerned about short term thinking and the future we are creating for our grandkids. The ABC’s Science Show presenter, Robin Williams, commented passionately this morning when discussing a contest to identify our top five young scientists […]
February 22, 2015
In February 2015 there is ongoing discussion and concern over what seems to be rorting of 457 and 417 visas, the cost and problems associated with Fly-in Fly-out (FIFO) workforces and the actual number of jobs available across Australia. It […]
November 24, 2014
It’s great when you can ‘do some good’ simply, and this is the premise behind Julie Mackay’s Enable Social Enterprises and ‘In The Click’. If you buy online through In The Click on eBay all profits are used to tackle […]
October 1, 2014
This morning Twitter has led me to this effort by a group of Yolgnu schoolgirls – cooking and singing their way to funding a sports oval at Laynhapuy School in remote East Arnhem Land, south of Nhulunbuy, on the Gove […]