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.
A report by the Education and Health Standing Committee of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly has identified Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) as the leading cause of non-genetic, intellectual disability in Australia and the Western World.
Online commerce is booming, but the evolving nature and application of new technologies presents numerous challenges for the courts, businesses and law makers. UQ Law academic Dr Alan Davidson is helping Australia to take the lead in adopting a law which will change the way the world does business.
Dr Jan Packer is on a mission to capture the elusive ‘visitor experience’, pioneering a new tool that will enable researchers to quantify experiences at cultural sites and events.
