By Rachael Turk The recent Federal Budget saw a dramatic turn of events for an ailing Australian film and television industry when Communications Minister Helen Coonan and Arts Minister George…
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NSW cultural councils awarded
By Adam Coleman Projects focused on aboriginal cultural development, local festivals and cultural plans have dominated the Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW – Local Government Cultural Awards. The…
Creativity vital to city’s success: report
By Adam Coleman Cities that embrace creativity and cultural diversity are more economically prosperous, according to a recent report from the Sydney Chamber of Commerce. Vital Signs is an annual…
Queensland invention aids manufacturing safety and productivity
A Pullenvale Queensland inventor, Charles Shuter, won Wednesday night’s episode (March 7) of the popular ABC series The New Inventors, with a valve locking device that could improve the safety…
Australia hosts tsunami preparations workshop
By Adam Coleman The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is currently holding (January 19) an intensive two-week international Tsunami workshop in Melbourne to train Indian Ocean scientists for future tsunami events. “This…
Preparing for a pandemic
By Jane Garcia and Kim Powell As anyone who works in an office or catches public transport would testify, influenza is a highly contagious virus. New strains regularly emerge and…
Imperative that local government shows leadership in sustainability
By Jane Hammond in Perth Local councils could do much to halt the march of global warming and climate change, a leading scientist told the Local Government week convention in…
Information management is everyone’s business
By Lisa Simmons Last year saw a spate of document security breaches and inadvertent leaks of sensitive information in Australia and globally that have left government departments reeling with thoughts…