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Inclusion

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Kind-hearted Royal Mail driver leaves gift for disabled man who waves at traffic
A father was left ‘in tears’ after a Royal Mail driver dropped off a gift for his disabled son who likes to wave at traffic.Alex Chesters, 27, has quadriplegic cerebral palsy and enjoys spending his free time standing by a bridge over the A6.But upon arriving at the bridge one day, Alex was amazed to find a special present tied to the railings, addressed to him.A local Royal Mail lorry driver had left a model truck, along with a touching message written on the box.https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/22/royal-mail-driver-leaves-gift-for-disabled-man-who-waves-at-traffic-17431867
3 October 2022 by Marcus Gordon

Inclusion

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Virgin Atlantic allows male staff to wear skirts in change to gender policy and uniform rules
Virgin Atlantic’s crew, pilots and ground staff will now be able to wear whichever of its uniforms they feel most comfortable in, regardless of their gender.Virgin is also introducing a policy allowing cabin crew and passengers to wear optional pronoun badges. Passengers can request these at check-in to ensure others use their preferred pronouns.https://www.joe.co.uk/news/virgin-atlantic-gender-policy-361026
3 October 2022 by Marcus Gordon

Governance

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A framework for Digital Transformation
Tom Burton's piece in the AFR recently -  “Who will lead citizen-first government in Canberra? led me to share some ideas. ...About what's been done around the worldhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/mariamacnamara_who-will-lead-citizen-first-government-in-activity-6982327636463165440-95GL?...A digital transformation frameworkhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/mariamacnamara_activity-6982577880606142464-fARt?utm_sou
3 October 2022 by Maria MacNama...

Energy

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Charge your EV in minutes?
For years the faster-charging, higher energy density, lighter weight, greater safety benefits of solid-state batteries (SSB's) for EV's have seemed out of reach, due in part to some significant disadvantages, including a short battery life! But a US start-up thinks it might have a break-through that could just mean the promise of SSB's might yet be realised.https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/05/researchers-design-long-lasting-solid-state-lithium-battery/
3 October 2022 by Kylie Hargrea...

Governance

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3 October 2022 by IdeaSpies

Governance

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The Power of Whistleblowers
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen has created a new platform - Beyond the Screen, to develop educational training regimens for people building social media tools. “We need a world where we have 10 million people who can have a meaningful conversation on how you design social media.”...READ THE ARTICLEhttps://bit.ly/3Cqoegj...HAUGEN'S TESTIMONYhttps://bit.ly/3LZ0hzS...ACCC PLATFORMS INQUIRYhttps://bit.ly/3dTl8Is
2 October 2022 by Maria MacNama...