January
January 31, 2007
Economists & environmentalists to talk at a free ‘Future Leaders’ event A reader has emailed us about forum, so we’re passing it on…sounds as though it could be really stimulating and informative and the group behind it, Future Leaders, is […]
January 30, 2007
In 2000 Raza fled Afghanistan…now he has a Social Science degree In 2004, 27 year old Ahmed Raza, a Temporary Protection Visa holder (TPV) , took part in the photographic exhibition ‘Through Our Eyes’, which evolved in the feisty, caring […]
January 30, 2007
The masses of flowers flooding hospital rooms inspired this small business Katrina Hedderwick has a baby girl nearly 12 months old and little boy, going on four. While she has been ‘a mum at home’ on maternity leave, Katrina, who […]
January 29, 2007
Trochus shell buttons – product of a sustainable fisheries industry The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), which runs some interesting partnerships between Australia and developing countries, has recently ‘come to light’. Because many of ACIAR’s projects involve areas […]
January 28, 2007
“The people said ‘no’ and the council ignored them. If the council doesn’t represent the people, just who does it represent? – Mudgee Business Association (MBA) NSW. “It’s the people and their attitudes that make a town successful”– Ian Plowman […]
January 24, 2007
“Parochialism and an aversion to markets will never deliver an efficient national electricity market, national markets for labour, a national market for water, or efficient road and rail freight networks” – Secretary of the Federal Treasury in report released by […]
January 24, 2007
“You must know extent of a problem to improve on it – Victorians are the first in world with a weekly report” – Robert Posner, Australian director of The Climate Group. Every Monday The Age newspaper, along with The Climate […]
January 22, 2007
Help with building brand profile both online and offline To help marketers Network PR has produced two documents – with the help of Galaxy Research – available from their website. )i) ‘Australian Online Search Habits 2006’ an online survey in […]
January 19, 2007
New technology on show at Brisbane Expo in Feb – sustainability month Geoff Wilson – a man on a mission – has contacted us about the worldwide Green Roofs for Healthy Cities network and about the Brisbane nonprofit photo Expo […]
January 19, 2007
Junk food contributing to childhood obesity AND damaging mental health? Studies in Australia and Britain have drawn links between changes in the Western diet in recent decades and increasing levels of mental illness. Compared with 50 years ago people are […]
January 18, 2007
Flexing his ‘OPECs’ – Schwarzenegger, E.U. & new carbon-cutting schemes From the Grist weekly email 17/1/07: “California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may be hobbled by a broken leg, but his mind is still strong. (File that under Sentences We Never Thought […]
January 16, 2007
Over $145,000 in prizes have been donated by members of MCEI & HBBA MCEI (Marketing Communication Executives international) and HBBA (Home Based Business Australia) have put together this Treasure Hunt/marketing program to give you the opportunity of winning heaps of […]