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Professor Irene Blackberry, the Director of Australia’s first Care Economy Research Institute (CERI), is available to comment on the importance of the Care Economy following the release of the Intergenerational Report by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Thursday, August 24. The release of the report coincides with the official launch of CERI at La Trobe University … Continued
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Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson interview with Paul Turton. ABC NSW Subject: AgQuip, small farming business issues, small business owners getting older 23 August 2023 Paul Turton If you own a business, I just wonder are you’re getting on a little bit, to not put too fine a point on … Continued
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Australia’s small business owners are rapidly getting older as the proportion of younger entrepreneurs shrinks, according to research from the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman. Ombudsman Bruce Billson said the most common age of small business owners across Australia is 50 years, compared to 45 years in 2006. “In the 1980s there were … Continued
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You won’t believe the floral facts and figures of this year’s Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers, Australia’s most beautiful event, which runs all September Let’s start with petals, petals! This year organisers have calculated there will be 37.2 million petals across Toowoomba’s parks and at Spring Bluff. They bloom from the 190,000 botanicals that gardeners … Continued
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Even though oysters don’t have ears, they are still wired for sound as University of Adelaide marine ecologist Dr Dominic Mcafee explains in OzCast, the official podcast of OzFish Unlimited. Dr Mcafee has been using novel methods as part of his attempts to restore Australia’s lost shellfish reefs and one of his more unusual discoveries … Continued
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Progress to gender financial equality is back on the front foot after two successive quarters in decline, helped by record advancements in the gender pay gap and number of women appointed to ASX 200 board positions, according to the Financy Women’s Index (FWX). Bianca Hartge-Hazelman, founder of Financy, says the result signals a return … Continued
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Media release 20 August 2023 Wesley Mission welcomes BetStop and urges Govts to Not Stop there Leading gambling harm advocate, Wesley Mission, has today welcomed the launch of BetStop, the national self-exclusion register for all licensed interactive wagering services. Wesley Mission CEO, Rev Stu Cameron, says BetStop is a long-overdue means by which people can … Continued
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Survey results accent-uate which languages lift your luck in finding love New eharmony research reveals the most attractive accents. Nearly half (45%) of Aussie women believe a foreign accent can make someone seem more attractive – the proportion of men holding this view is slightly lower (39%) Young adults (aged 18 to 24) are … Continued
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The upcoming bushfire season in Australia may be bad, but future years pose a more significant threat, says a UNSW bushfire expert. The recent devastation caused by wildfires across Europe and Hawaii has sparked concerns about the return of catastrophic bushfires in Australia. Coupled with the forecast that the southern hemisphere is likely entering a … Continued
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Short-form social media videos and images that set unattainable appearance standards may harm young women’s perception of body image, research suggests. TikTok videos that reflect unrealistic depictions of physical appearance may harm how young women think and feel about their bodies – and the impacts may be worse if the content is perceived as unedited … Continued
