Since the Federal election, major concerns have been raised about the possible weakening of environmental protections through delegation to State governments. In particular, there is a potential conflict of interest where the State has a financial or political stake in the project submitted for approval.
Since the Australian Crime Commission report into Organised Crime and Drugs in Sport was released in February the issue of drugs in sport has been at the forefront of Australian Media and the subject of much public debate.
Recently James Packer commented that the Chinese middle class is going to change the world and that Australia’s flagging tourism industry can be saved by large casinos. He warned that Australia can’t rely on its natural beauty alone and a lot of Chinese tourists like man-made attractions as well as natural attractions.
With the cost of living and petrol prices increasing dramatically over the past decade, the idea of saving as much money as possible at the bowser is of huge importance. However with increased competition and the introduction of discount dockets by major chains the true best value is often unclear.
Nearly two-thirds (62%) of Brisbane businesses surveyed in the 2012 Brisbane Innovation Scorecard have made at least one significant innovation in the past three years.
In 1946, Charles Bean, Australia’s official WWI historian, wrote of the ANZAC spirit that “Anzac stood and still stands for reckless valour in a good cause, for resourcefulness, enterprise, fidelity, comradeship and endurance that will never own defeat”.
Professor John Foster and Dr Liam Wagner from the Energy Economics and Management Group will collaborate with the University of Sydney, University of Newcastle and University of NSW on a three-year project to provide a suite of tools and models to plan and manage the future grid.
Only three per cent of CEOs of top Australian companies are women, making it one of the lowest rates in the Western world. But surprising data uncovered by UQ Business School’s Dr Terrance Fitzsimmons about what it really takes for a woman to become a CEO, offer clues as to what needs to be done to raise the numbers of women at the top.
Happiness levels over a lifetime in Australia, Britain and Germany. People are at their happiest at retirement age and their most miserable in their geriatric years, a new study has found.
