January
January 31, 2013
The ‘Nuit Blanche’ concept originated in France.. “where every gallery, museum and bookshop is open until midnight or later and the whole city becomes one giant performance and carnival venue.” Wikipedia . Many cities around the world now host White […]
January 31, 2013
“The nature of work is evolving and nobody really knows what it’s going to look like – Ian Harper, Deloitte Access Economics“. Training Needs To Change In 2013 teenage unemployment is at 42.6 per cent in northern Adelaide reminiscent of […]
January 30, 2013
Co-ops ‘do it better’. 2012 was the Year of the Co-op, now Melina Morrison of Social Business Australia is talking about a ‘Co-op Blueprint’ for the next decade. The Coming Decade The International Co-operative Alliance represents the world’s 1 billion […]
January 30, 2013
Michael French, email sungod42@gmail.com, has written to us saying: Hello, I’m 45, on a Disability pension and have been housitting and caretaking on and off for many years. I would like to have a female companion to travel and housit […]
January 29, 2013
To drive down supermarket prices we need more supermarkets, not more regulation says Tim Wilson, co-author of ‘Consumer-first supermarket reform’, available here. The Typical Australian Experience Tim says the typical Australian experience, in most suburbs, is: “Consumers are price sensitive […]
January 25, 2013
Women’s Housing Limited works to relieve disadvantaged groups within the community. It has successfully helped to ease inequality and along the way won the Affordable Living category for the Urban Development Institute of Australia (Vic) 2012 Awards for Excellence. Women’s […]
January 25, 2013
In Casino, northern NSW, Nicole Caldwell will soon be the town’s first Aboriginal bus driver. At 33 she is training with the Casino Bus Company and hopes to be employed driving school runs. Her training is part of the ‘Getting […]
January 15, 2013
Josephine, currently living in Perth, WA, has contacted us saying she is looking for a travelling companion as she is on her own and does not feel comfortable travelling on her own. About Josephine And Her Travel Ideas “I grew […]
January 11, 2013
There is now a website where petowners can find each other in their local area and organise reciprocal petsitting. I have just read about this in my local Leader paper, thought ‘Wow!’ and then wondered how it worked..never dreaming it […]
January 6, 2013
Cystic fibrosis is no ‘walk in the park’ – can you help? Julie, Susan and Kathy aim to raise $100,000 for with an endurance walk 65k for Cystic Fibrosis, Saturday 2 March 2013. All proceeds will go directly to research […]