July
July 30, 2010
Voters are being asked to contact their federal MPs about the next Australian government making regular bowel cancer screening free for all Australians over 50. 5 million people are missing out on a potentially life-saving test – no more delays […]
July 28, 2010
Paul has contacted PWF to introduce a brand new, very comprehensive, green and community resource. The Blue’s Green Mate website is a forum, directory and news outlet – with news feeds from Alternative Energy News, The UK Guardian-Environment, The Independent-Green […]
July 26, 2010
Are you looking for a space for your next function or do you need to hire a hall for an event, workshop, performance, class or meeting? After heaps of volunteer hours’ work there is now an eco heritage hall for […]
July 22, 2010
From Queensland Doug has emailed PWF saying: “Morning Gail My god you’ve let yourself into something here girl!! The reason I found your site was by accident Googling “Grey Nomads” & was pleased when I found your site, as I […]
July 22, 2010
“An alarming number of retirees who take out a reverse mortgage do not fully understand how the product works until the equity in their home has already started eroding” reported The Australian recently. The National Information Centre on Retirement Investments […]
July 22, 2010
Minister Penny Wong has announced an overhaul for the troubled Green Loans program. A new grants-based Greens Start program will be rolled out in response to flaws detected. “The new program will be conducted in two stages. Stage one will […]
July 21, 2010
Interesting to see the word about Community Land Trusts (CLT) is spreading. Liz Page from the Waratah CLT in Bondi, Sydney, is a guest of Sustainable Maleny Qld. They are screening the DVD ‘Homes & Hands: Community Land Trusts in […]
July 16, 2010
There’s a called new website ‘Truth In Labelling’ established by Senator Nick Xenophon and the Citrus Reform Association. The website has been donated by concerned growers from the Citrus Reform Association and web design company, Muscle Online. The Rationale “The […]
July 16, 2010
We’ve just heard from Leigh and Lea about their grey nomad experience. They say “Last month we met a fellow at Hughenden,QLD who was a plumber. His wife was a teacher. He explained when he went on holidays he often […]
July 14, 2010
A reader has highly recommended the Developmental Assets program. He was present as a very committed teacher at Good Shepherd College in Hamilton, country Victoria, introduced this support for teenagers – in tears as he showed a 60 minutes clip […]
July 12, 2010
The Weekly Times is reporting a situation where Chinese mushrooms with potential health risks have been sold in Australia labelled ‘Packed in Melbourne’. It seems Labor and the Libs are doing nothing about tougher country-of-origin labelling as major retailers are […]
July 7, 2010
Sue Ellson, founder of Newcomers Network, felt very honoured to be a conferree’s guest at Australia’s largest Australian Citizenship Ceremony held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Saturday, 19 June 2010. Sue writes movingly on Open Forum saying: “I […]