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What Prime Minister Rudd’s Asia Pacific Community Conference delivered
Peter Drysdale | December 6, 2009This editorial is published with the kind permission of the East Asia Forum.
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UncategorisedRealising Our Broadband Future: Consultation Open
editor | December 2, 2009A National Summit “Realising Our Broadband Future”, was convened by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) on 10-11 December at the University of NSW. The five discussion streams were: smart infrastructure, digital education, e-Community, e-Health & e-Business.
It’s not to late to get involved. Watch the webcasts. Add to the Wiki. Follow and Tweet #bbfuture.
For all the info visit www.broadbandfuture.gov.au.
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Why Not Give a ‘Gift of Time’ this Christmas?
Clive Leach | December 1, 2009So what’s on the kid’s Christmas wish list this year? The latest Wii, Ipod, mobile phone, notebook, bike or top designer gear? Or maybe they have all those already and it’s a struggle to find something different or special?
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GAP Task Force reports on low-carbon opportunities for Australian business
editor | November 27, 2009On 27 November 2009, Global Access Partners has released a report of the Low-Carbon Economy Task Force “Low-Carbon Economy: Business Opportunities for Australia” outlining the impact of climate change and related policy development on the Australian business community.
The report reflects the discussions and contributions of task force members – a group of scientists, public policy experts and concerned business people – and draws upon existing reviews and climate change studies. It emphasises business opportunities in the short, medium and long term and explores the market potential for Australian companies in renewable energy sources, low carbon research and development and investment options in South Asia.
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Boys’ Road Trip
Peter Fritz | November 27, 2009One evening a couple of years ago there was a security breach at our National Capital’s Airport. In a rather convoluted way, that event led me to new friends, colleagues and opportunities.
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Conservation is not just about the cute and cuddly
Charlotte Francis | November 24, 2009According to Australian Koala Foundation estimates, there are fewer than 100,000 koalas left in Australia. Needless to say, koalas were in abundance when the European settlers first set foot on these shores in the late 1700s.
As with many of our native species, habitat loss is the major problem. As we have chopped down trees and cleared the land for development, koalas have lost their homes and food supply. Under stress, koalas become susceptible to the disease, chlamydia.
It was stress-induced chlamydia (an extremely painful condition that leads to infections in the eyes, urinary, reproductive and respiratory tracts) that led to the demise of bushfire hero and mascot, Sam the koala. No amount of surgery could repair the damage to her organs and she was euthanised.
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Our Sick Hospitals
Colleen Chan | November 24, 2009We are very lucky here in Australia, we experience some of the best rates of public health care in the world. But we have a very sick public hospital system.
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Beauty and the Web
Martin Hosking | November 24, 2009Ironically in our image obsessed world beauty for its own sake is undervalued.
Almost three years ago we were sitting around a table talking about what should be important to our then idea of a website: RedBubble. One of our first engineers, said he felt we should be seeking after beauty.
I recall being perplexed by this at the time. I have sat through a lot of corporate meetings striving to define “values”. And even within the freedom of vaporous rhetoric the word “beauty” is a step to far.
And so it is in our culture. The scientists will pull apart the universe to the last proton without getting a micron closer to beauty. The accountants will count to the last bean and beauty will not have been found. The economists will measure forecast to the third decimal place, and still the real value will not be uncovered.
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Slow Ageing
editor | November 20, 2009Fast Living, Slow Ageing is a handbook for anybody wanting to extend not only thier lifespan, but also their healthspan. On the launch, co-author Kate Marie blogs about what inspired her to make this book happen.
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Humane Chain
editor | November 20, 2009Jessica Borg from the World Society for the Protection of Animals argues the economic viability of Australia’s chilled halal meat products industry now begs the question Why Live Sheep Exports?
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When he’s 64
editor | November 20, 2009CEO of Aged Care Services Australia Greg Mundy will be happy for you to refer to him as NGAY (not getting any younger), just don’t call him old. It’s all about The Power of Words
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The Politics of the Museum of Tolerance
Sikni Hamka | November 19, 2009The Israeli Government is planning to build a Jewish museum on top of a Palestinian cemetery. It will be called the Museum of Tolerance.
