July
July 31, 2012
A reader has alerted us to a discussion paper released by the Attorney-General’s Department suggesting that ISPs would be required to store user activity online for a period of 2 years. What Is Happening? Parliament is considering new security proposals […]
July 26, 2012
“Great minds discuss ideas” – Eleanor Roosevelt “Good ideas are common – what’s uncommon are people who’ll work hard enough to bring them about” – Ashleigh Brilliant “We think good ideas to death, when we should be acting them to […]
July 17, 2012
A line-up of expert speakers will address the FoodLegal Symposium ‘Health Claim Hazards: Navigating the Regulatory Minefield’ Tuesday 21 August 2012 8:30am – 1:30pm At the Menzies Hotel, Wynyard, Sydney CBD About The Symposium The half-day Symposium will address the […]
July 16, 2012
Giles Parkinson of Renew Economy reports that the Grattan Institute has released a renewables policy idea to be considered – a series of reverse auctions as held in South Africa and in our ACT. Reverse Auctions – Lower Costs, Lower […]
July 15, 2012
A Victorian study has shown that a mobile phone app – that encourages depressed young people to self-monitor their feelings – can help relieve depression. About The Mobile Phone/Youth Depression Study In a study co-ordinated by Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital […]
July 15, 2012
CSIRO-AECOM research (Australian Energy Market Commission) shows the impact on households is likely to be smaller than anticipated – the carbon pollution price adding perhaps 0.6 per cent to inflation in 2012-13 – reports Monique Decortis of the Victorian Climate […]
July 4, 2012
Prior to the United Nations’ green summit in Rio de Janeiro Bjorn Lomborg said “Turn On the Lights — Please: Poverty Pollutes.” Bjorn is author of ‘The Skeptical Environmentalist‘ and directs the Copenhagen Consensus Centre Sustainability Easier To Sell Than […]
July 4, 2012
A few days ago I heard MP Andrew Leigh, author of a book called ‘Disconnected‘, talking on the radio about community engagement here declining. The discussion tweaked my interest. Some Key Points After crunching data from membership records and surveys, […]
July 4, 2012
Christine Boulter has emailed us saying she is a grey nomad who would LOVE to find someone in the 60-65 age range (she is 61) who has a motorhome and wants a travel companion. About Christine Christine says she is […]
July 2, 2012
On June 1 in Los Angeles six journalists were fired from ‘GOOD’ magazine. A group of the sacked staffers decided to use Kickstarter and run with the concept of a new magazine called ‘Tommorrow’…the manifesto stating: “Tomorrow is about (and […]
July 1, 2012
A Public Commission for a new major political party here, in Australia – the ‘politics we are yearning for’ – has just been announced by the Centre For Civil Society, a public policy and social innovation institute concerned with the […]
July 1, 2012
2012 as well as being the UN International Year of Cooperatives is also the UN International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. In light of this, the Cooperatives Research Group of the University of Sydney is holding a Symposium – […]