February
February 19, 2012
In 2011 Asia has dominated Australia’s international tourism arrivals. The Arrivals Stats Despite the weaknesses in the economies of some of our traditional markets and the impact of natural disasters, visitor arrivals to Australia in the year to December 2011 […]
February 19, 2012
Longtime PWF contributer Alan Greig of The Mercury Centre has sent us the following socially innovative observations on worker ownership and global prosperity. Shared ownership helps to diversify rather than concentrate wealth, and it roots the value it generates in […]
February 19, 2012
Josie Feingold at Edendale Community Environment Farm, Eltham, in Melbourne’s outer NE, has contacted us about food swaps and environmental education at the farm. Local Food Swap Starting Saturday 25 February – and then the fourth Saturday of every month […]
February 16, 2012
PWF has recently heard about the newly formed Sydney Travel Group. Last year Lee, the organiser of the group, googled ‘seeking travel companions’ and two PWF posts Seeking Travel Companions? and Grey Nomad Travel Companion For UK & Continent Via […]
February 16, 2012
Was the Gold Coast call centre shut down by police in December 2011 the heart of an investment scam? Police, the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), also searched multiple premises on the Gold […]
February 8, 2012
Even though record numbers of Australians are holidaying outside the country The Backpacker Trade News reports that the outlook for the tourism industry is not all doom and gloom. The Department of Immigration’s latest six monthly report states that applications […]
February 8, 2012
Take a minute to learn about some new science re: photovoltaic cells in this video. Truly amazing! At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology research is being carried out into harnessing nature’s solar cells and it seems photovoltaic panels made from […]
February 8, 2012
Peter Botsman, Editor of Australian Prospect and Voluntary Secretary of the Indigenous Stock Exchange has a concept that should get some of us thinking outside the square. He says: “Australians will be liberated from their accountants. Each individual will have […]