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May 31, 2011
Jenny Sheriff, from the Gold Coast, has been checking out info on Grey Nomad travel companions. She found the comments by Lauri and Jan Ely in South Queensland and wonders if they are still interested in finding a travel companion […]
May 29, 2011
London-based global economics magazine ‘The Economist’ – has praised our successes but damned our political leaders for failing to make the most of the China boom. Survey Of Australia SOME POINTS MADE: The political leaders…are perhaps the least impressive feature […]
May 29, 2011
World Challenge is a global competition to identify and reward people and groups that bring economic, social and environmental benefits to their local communities. It is run by the BBC World News and Newsweek, and Shell. BBC presenter and sustainable […]
May 29, 2011
Happy to pass on Infoxchange Australia advice that it is launching a ‘suite of cloud based applications aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the not-for-profit sector’. About The Cloud Apps AppPac4nfp brings together Microsoft’s cloud based CRM, collaboration […]
May 29, 2011
Country events funding of $74,500 for 24 regional organisations that deliver sports, music, visual arts, food and wine and multicultural festival events across Victoria has recently been announced by Tourism and Major Events Minister Louise Asher. Interstate And International Recognition […]
May 23, 2011
IQ² Australia aims, unlike Parliament, to provide a series of thought provoking debates on crucial issues. You can watch the live debates and also participate. All debates are broadcast after the event on ABC radio and television and they are […]
May 17, 2011
WA Education Minister Dr Liz Constable has announced a new initiative to allow schools with high proportions of Aboriginal students to break away from traditional schooling constraints. She says: “The Aboriginal Network Schools initiative.. would free-up principals and teachers to […]
May 11, 2011
A reader has passed on this excellent website with info on how to calculate all sorts of emissions. It says: “The time to act for the environment is now. We can no longer go on pretending that we aren’t personally […]
May 11, 2011
Jamie Packer, Australian media and casino mogul, has learnt about tourism through his business experiences in running Crown Casino, which also owns the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth. Crown is one of our biggest tourism destinations Accountability For Achieving Defined […]
May 5, 2011
Gallery Sunshine Everywhere is a NonProfit that links schools, families, business and the broader community with young artists. At least five exhibitions are curated every year, with no costs to families or schools, and the young artists are mentored. Grants […]