November 29, 2007
A Small Business Development Officer – and firm believer in understanding what works, and what doesn’t, when starting and developing new businesses in Australia – has passed on info about the Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence research project (CAUSEE) […]
November 21, 2007
GetUp describes itself as a politically motivated movement attempting to enlist like-minded people who want to bring participation back into democracy. You’ve no doubt heard of them… If you’re not on their mailing list and haven’t worked out who to […]
November 20, 2007
Question: How do citizens make a difference to tackling health inequalities in communities and how can we learn from those experiences? The Victorian Health Inequalities Network (VHIN) is running a Citizens’ Roundtable on this topic in Carlton, on December 5, […]
November 18, 2007
Marc ‘Aussie’ Stone has a lot of experience around the world in economic and tourism development in rural areas. A year ago PWF wrote about Marc’s Replicable Aboriginal ‘business success’ model, an Aboriginal Experiences Highway for outback NSW, which made […]
November 2, 2007
Vibewire Inc. is a non-profit youth media organisation dedicated to providing opportunities for Australian youth to express themselves, communicate with each other and play a more visible role in presenting and defining their ideas, ideals and cultures. They have just […]
November 2, 2007
This week’s ‘Come Clean’ newsletter from Clean Life – Modern Eco Living publishes info on some words that are used in a marketing sense rather than giving any truthful information about the product. To be as informed as possible you […]
October 31, 2007
Recently a reader suggested we should publish some animal rights articles and today I see that there’s a Cruelty-Free Living Festival at the Petersham Town Hall – inner west Sydney. The ’06 Festival was the first and over 2000 cruised […]
October 22, 2007
People are concerned about the supermarket duopoly. FYI we pass on the
October 14, 2007
CBCV Community Business Centres Victoria Inc. is a non-profit group of business groups and individuals, who rely on membership to network and share ideas, contacts and opportunities for improving strip shopping centres. Membership, they say, will benefit your business, your […]
October 4, 2007
I met some more passionate people this morning and, yes, we did discuss deliberative democracy! Cherry and Ruth have come from the incredibly complex, ‘top down’ multi-agency, multi government area of ‘care’ and can see a yawing hole in our […]
October 3, 2007
This Saturday, 6 October 2007, David Diamond from Headlines Theatre – in Vancouver – is speaking at the OASES Community Learning Programs Breakfast Series and he will also be screening the DVD of the main Headlines stage performance PRACTICING DEMOCRACY […]
September 25, 2007
Victoria went through the pain of council amalgamations in the mid 90s, now it’s Queensland’s turn. A reader has suggested passing on info for troubled Queenslanders about Ratepayers Victoria Inc whose current concerns are: Secrecy in Council deliberations “Community Consultation” […]