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The Importance of Movember
Tom Rogerson | November 5, 2012In the last four years, Movember has invested more than $27 million in prostate cancer research in Australia and currently supports 61 active research projects in five states. An active Movember supporter, Tom Rogerson explains what motivates him to participate.
When we think of risk factors for cancer, diabetes and heart disease we often think of lifestyle habits such as smoking, drinking alcohol and poor diet. However, what if I told you that you’re at a higher risk of these diseases, and dying from them, just because you’re a male? It is an inequity we don’t often talk about but, in Australia, males can expect a life span that is on average five years shorter than females.
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Embracing the Telework revolution
Tim Fawcett | November 5, 2012As the momentum builds for Australia’s National Telework Week from 12-16 November 2012, Tim Fawcett discusses the revolutionary shift that is taking off in the way we are working now and will be in the future.
The word ‘revolution’ gets used a lot in the information and technology sector – sometimes too often. But in the context of a shifting global economic environment, massive uptake of mobile devices by consumers and the rapidly emerging demands of workers to use their own device of choice as part of their workday routine, something revolutionary IS happening.
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Property levy threatened in new review
Brian McKinlay | November 2, 2012The New South Wales Government is reviewing the emergency services funding system in a bid to make it more efficient. Brian McKinlay looks at the review from the perspective of the Rural Fire Service.
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Fields of conflict – agriculture, food production and biodiversity
Dr John Morgan | November 1, 2012Ecosystem science is the study of inter-relationships in ecological communities and is important when looking for a big-picture view of the environment. Dr John Morgan says the impacts of humans on natural systems, biodiversity and ecological processes make for sobering reading.
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Growing our diverse skill-set
Guy Wallace | October 30, 2012Agriculture is progressing into a highly mechanised field requiring tertiary skills in science and economics. Employment opportunities are abundant, but the sector is being challenged by a severe skill shortage, Guy Wallace explains.
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Reflections of a Can Too attitude
Annie Crawford | October 30, 2012Sometimes one person can make a difference and that is just what Annie Crawford has set out to do. She looks at the journey she has taken with her organisation Can Too.
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Uranium trade spearheads development of India partnership
Michael Angwin | October 24, 2012The Queensland Government has decided to recommence uranium mining following Julia Gillard's recent dicussions with India over the sale of uranium to the country. Michael Angwin says that decision supports the national interest.
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Maintaining food supply with increased efficiency
James Byrne | October 24, 2012Being able to trace what's on your plate back to the farm it came from is becoming a standard requirement for all produce. James Byrne says it is a good thing consumers are taking notice because there are increasing pressures on maintaining food supply.
Australian’s have only recently started considering the provenance or their produce in a big way and it probably has a lot to do with shows like MasterChef highlighting regional products in primetime TV.
This is a good thing and it’s about time we started taking notice because the security of Australian produce is in danger if we, and the global community in general, keep on using the planet the way we are.
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Research revamp recommended
Prof Tony Peacock | October 23, 2012Researchers have welcomed a new plan by the Strategic Review of Health and Medical Research in Australia to boost funding to the sector. Tony Peacock says if the recommendations are accepted we will see a decade of major cultural change in the medical research scene in Australia.
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UncategorisedSurvey finds Australia losing the race in Asia
editor | October 23, 2012
New research from CPA Australia warns that Australia is losing the race to stay competitive in crucial Asian markets.More than 6000 Australian and Asian business leaders were surveyed from across the mining, education, transport industries. The results of the survey found that Australia’s innovation, competitiveness and engagement with Asia are falling behind the regional powerhouses of India and China.
Key findings also show that Australia overestimates its integration with Asia. Geography was not seen as a handicap, but cultural distance was. The report recommended that Australia move its traditional benchmarking from the OECD to Asia, saying comparisons with the UK and the US remain important but more business were likely to identify China as their key competitor.
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Foreign ownership debate needed
Kelvin Thomson | October 19, 2012A 2011 ABS survey investigated the level of foreign ownership of Australian farm land. It found that 89 percent of agricultural land was Australian-owned, but many are concerned that level is too high. Kelvin Thomson looks at the issues surrounding the ownership of our agricultural assets.
