Technology
April 16, 2014
Since the election last year the Coalition for Community Energy has been working to put community energy on the policy agenda with the new Ministers. Community Energy Is Catching On Right across Australia local communities are working hard to set […]
December 22, 2013
Australia has a long way to go before consumers pay fair prices for pharmaceuticals report Stephen Duckett and Peter Breadon of the Grattan Institute. Their report Poor Pricing Progress states that price disclosure isn’t the answer to high drug prices. […]
December 22, 2013
Ten years ago Nan Bray was Chief of CSIRO’s Marine Research Division in Hobart. She has since branched out’ into superfine wool, running 1600 Saxon Merinos in Tassy’s Southern Midlands. Her particular – radical? – method of wool production has […]
December 17, 2013
Gough Whitlam’s valedictory point in ‘The Whitlam Legacy’ has stayed with me. His advice is: “Never forget the primacy of parliament as the great forum for developing, presenting and explaining policy. If we develop, define and defend our policies thoroughly […]
December 1, 2013
Hospital procedures can be very scary – especially for children. The Hush Music Foundation, the ongoing work of mother of five, Dr Catherine Crock, is about to launch Hush volume 13 – The Magic Island in conjunction with the Tasmanian […]
September 30, 2013
With the launch of the new video-app ‘Cinch’ there is now no excuse for making bad videos. Cinch guides users through the filming and editing process with on-screen guidelines helping to record, trim, rearrange and add music. Cinch is a […]
September 21, 2013
Just in case you missed it, the ABC’s 7.30 Report (Victoria) gives an excellent rundown on newly-elected Federal MP Cathy McGowan’s remarkable mobilisation of community effort across all political persuasions in Indi. Note the age of the campaign managers – […]
August 16, 2013
Rebecca Dee-Bradbury is President Developed Markets, Asia Pacific, Mondelez International (formerly Kraft Foods). She was a member of the Prime Minister’s Taskforce on Manufacturing. Rebecca spoke at the Global Food Forum in Melbourne earlier this year and she makes some […]
August 11, 2013
Following is a guest post from Rachel MacDonald, a freelance writer specialising in the automotive industry. She likes to keep up to date with new trends and releases in the industry as published on http://www.motoring.com.au/ _______________________________________________________________ Could the Latest Green […]
August 8, 2013
To what depths are party politics and the shallow media-aware antics of the major parties dragging us? Perhaps parties should become simply the voice of their ideology and the people elect ‘non-party-specific’ candidates, those best qualified to fill the many […]
July 14, 2013
A striking black and white image portraying a family arriving in a small boat with the lights of Melbourne’s Carlton Housing Estate illuminating the background was a finalist and highly recommended in the Heartlands Refugee Art Prize recently. The Photographer […]
June 18, 2013
Back in 2008 PWF wrote about Dr Maggie Broom and her business Grey Horse Growth And Learning. In Australia Maggie has been trialling Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) for some years, a therapy already well established in the US and Europe, […]