August
August 30, 2008
Liquid learning is running its second Career Development and Mentoring Conference 20-21 October 2008 focussing on ‘Strategies for Success in Recruiting, Developing and Retaining an Indigenous Workforce’. The conference will explore how leading organisations are enhancing employment and training opportunities […]
August 27, 2008
A reader has followed our link to the article on legislation to increase electric bike power and has been horrified at one early entry by Mike Clahsen. Tanya wrote, “His views on the car and the ‘rights’ of the motorist, […]
August 27, 2008
To help eradicate homelessness there is now a new website focussed on bringing together resources, knowledge and ideas from around Australia. At this IT Clearinghouse you can: * add articles about a particular topic * make comments about an article […]
August 25, 2008
PoliticsOnline and the World eDemocracy Forum is a forum – in its ninth year – where you can vote for the ‘Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics’. People from around the world are invited to […]
August 23, 2008
A Crikey article by Canberra writer Bernard Keane on the Business Council’s emissions trading submission and the way the mainstream media ‘falls for junk economics’ turned up in my inbox today. Bernard writes: “Independent consultants’ reports, that businesses and peak […]
August 21, 2008
A PWF Reader travelling overseas recently discovered ‘can do’ US communities interested in food security and local economies, who have bought their own farms. Read on… An Illinois Farm Called Erehwon Last year Erehwon – Nowhere ‘Backwards’ – sold out […]
August 19, 2008
The Australian MCEI (Marketing, Communications Executives International) Marketing Awards are on again AND with a wonderful prize! These awards are designed to recognise and reward businesses for marketing and communication strategies of excellence and entries close 30 September 2008. Categories […]
August 18, 2008
Did you see the Open Letter to Jenny Macklin by Makinti Minutjukur, an Anangu woman, published on New Matilda when the Minister visited the Pukatja Community in SA’s APY lands? COULD Politicians/Bureaucrats LISTEN? Would it really be so difficult to […]
August 17, 2008
The Get Farming ebulletin is inviting readers to start their own blog to kick-start a discussion if they feel the major political parties’ policies are missing something… etc etc For Starters: Government Silence On Broadband? SMARTfusion is a web design […]
August 17, 2008
Passing on another ProBono Australia news item, this time about Australian women and a rise in ethical consumerism. “Australian female consumers and employees are demanding transparency and ethical business practices, with over 90 per cent saying that a company’s commitment […]
August 14, 2008
The GOA (Guiding Organisations Australia) inaugural conference is now very close, 25-27 August 2008 on the Gold Coast. The conference theme is ‘What a Great Experience’ and the program aims to raise the industry standard of Tour Guide Practices through […]
August 14, 2008
Amazing – the reports on building $1 billion, 250 megawatt solar-thermal power stations in Australia – with the first possibly operating by 2011. WorleyParsons, a global engineering company and a service provider to the energy, resources and infrastructure sector, has […]