Archive for November, 2005

Australia Council appoints Director for new Community Partnerships Program

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The Australia Council for the Arts has announced the appointment of Frank Panucci, former CEO of Community Cultural Development NSW, as the new Director for Community Partnerships.

As a man dedicated to seeing everyone has the opportunity to participate actively

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Collaborating to break the cycle of disadvantage

Despite strong employment in Victoria, there are still people in the community who face significant barriers to finding work. The Department for Victorian Communities (DVC)aims to create active, confident and resilient communities.

The $24 million Workforce Participation Partnerships Program, to run

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A Rail Trail & future economic/tourism development

In Victoria’s northeast, around 94 kms of cycle path runs from Wangaratta to the delightful towns of Beechworth and Bright, the ‘Murray to Mountains Rail Trail’. A recent study has found that the way in which cycle tourism advocates go

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A red-eyed crocodile wards off bad dreams and wins a tourist’s heart!

Several years ago, after a wonderful night at the Cairns Tropical Zoo, a Canberra mum bought her son Rafi a big, green, man-size t-shirt with the Zoo’s crocodile logo. Rafi wore it to bed every summer night since but finally

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In Victoria, Gippsland’s Enviromeat is tender, ‘environmentally friendly’ & selling well

‘Enviromeat’ is now available in three Melbourne butchers and fine food stores and is already selling fast. Melbournians can now choose to buy meat from farms accredited as having minimal impact on the environment, stress on animals, and it’s

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