Technology
June 18, 2013
Turkish-born Hamdi Ulukaya, founder of ‘Greek-style’ yoghurt business ‘Chobani‘, has won Ernst & Young’s World Entrepreneur of the Year 2013. A ‘Junk’ Factory..Keen Taste Buds..An Opportunity.. Hamdi arrived In the US at 33, thought American yoghurt was overly sweet and […]
May 17, 2013
Looking to a sustainable future, this weekend in NSW’s Hunter Valley, communities from around Australia will discuss what is happening with the coal and gas boom at a special gathering: Our Land, Our Water, Our Future — Beyond Coal and […]
May 12, 2013
The Earthworker Co-Op, Australia’s first worker-owned, green manufacturing plant celebrated the installation of its first solar hot water system at Kildonan Uniting Care in Coburg, Melbourne last month. This ‘job-saving’ approach to green technologies manufacturing is an alliance of unions, […]
April 3, 2013
Twelve Indigo Shire residents in Victoria’s lovely north-east are starting up an incredibly old but also an incredibly new idea – Voice for Indi – kitchen table talks to thrash out grassroots problems from which information can be passed on […]
April 3, 2013
Redfern’s Indigenous kids are re-engaging with education through the inaugural ‘Lingo from the Block’ project – run by NFP Augustinian Volunteers Australia (AVA) and made possible by $8,760 funding from the ‘Yes’ Optus Community Grants program. About ‘Lingo From The […]
March 13, 2013
Launched on Tuesday, a new app – the Crime Stoppers-style Sexual Assault Report Anonymously (SARA) app – lets victims submit details of an attack anonymously, anywhere in Australia. It is hoped the app will encourage more women to report rape […]
March 12, 2013
There is an email circulating warning that mobile phone numbers in Australia are ‘going public’ next month and it also claims that consumers will be charged for calls made to them by telemarketing companies. Hoaxslayer’s Brief Analysis False, but while […]
February 26, 2013
Demographer Bernard Salt, writing in The Australian, quotes Professor Leon Sterling, President of the Australian Council of Deans of Information and Communications Technology saying: “Not enough people are taking ICT qualifications…I think there’s a lack of understanding of what ICT […]
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 […]
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 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 […]