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EXPERT ALERT: The Care Economy and the Intergenerational Report

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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

SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS GETTING OLDER

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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

The Floral Facts and Figures of Australia’s most beautiful event

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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

Wesley Mission welcomes BetStop and urges Govts to Not Stop there

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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

Brace for bushfire season ahead, but expect worse to come

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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