Archive for January, 2006

Aural Seduction – a young entrepreneur follows his creative instinct

So how difficult is it to follow your creative instincts and NOT undertake the ‘obligatory’ uni course? 24 year old Tony Plowman, a high achiever at his Sydney school, has been writing music since he was 14. Electronic music, in

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Kate Schwager’s Small Towns Website Package

Seven years ago Kate Schwager began to develop websites to promote her local Wee Waa community and to explore off-farm income opportunities. She has developed a Rural Towns Package based on her original weewaa.com website, which she developed and now

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Bush Foods, collaboration & a projected doubling of turnover in 5 years

There is now a real Australian food – sauces, dressings, condiments and herbs that are a fusion of age-old Aboriginal staples with the techniques and foods of Australia’s settler and immigrant heritage – tasty and simple to use.

Australian food manufacturer

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Decreased domestic tourism results a concern

In Australia we live in an exciting, beautiful and safe country but with a decrease of 5 per cent in overall domestic visitor nights and a 2 per cent decrease in domestic spending (when compared with the equivalent 2004 quarter),

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Work continues on WA’s Bioenergy Plant at Narrogin

South of Perth, in the wheatbelt town of Narrogin, an experimental Integrated Wood Processing (IWP) – designed to address greenhouse gas emissions and farmland salinity – is slowly being brought online. The demonstration plant will provide renewable energy for 1000

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