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Climate

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Transition to Net Zero - what's involved?
For a very current Australian discussion on financing a transition to net zero, here's an upcoming webinar 10th May 2022 - Register via  www.climateandpeace.com.au Meanwhile, McKinsey has recently launched a comprehensive report on the 'Net Zero Transition' with reference to seven energy and land-use systems - Power, Industry, Mobility, Building, Agriculture, Forestry and Waste.A definition of what's involved and a set of charts - are referenced below:https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/sustainability/our-insights/six-characteristics-define-the-net-zero-transition 
4 May 2022 by Jeremy Wright

Healthcare

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Know your healthcare rights
The Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights describes the rights that consumers, or someone they care for, can expect when receiving healthcare.  Healthcare rights cover:  access, safety, respect, partnership, information, privacy and the right to give feedback or make a complaint. These rights apply to all people in all places where healthcare is provided in Australia. This includes public and private hospitals, day procedure services, general practice and other community health services. The Charter's 1st Edition was endorsed by health ministers in 2008. The Second Edition, launched in 2019, is a great tool for all healthcare consumers.    
2 May 2022 by Trevor Rowe

Ideation

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Get mental health support your way
Are you struggling? Sometimes? Often? Most times? Finding the right therapist for you and your situation exactly when you need it is not that easy. Especially when you've never asked for help before. Right? Talked is making it a lot easier. With a friendly and clean user interface that guides you through a questionnaire to assist you in finding the qualified counsellor or therapist that is right for you to help you overcome your personal challenges. Giving you the choice of how you would like to connect with them. Either by integrated and secure chat and video or in person.https://www.siliconbeach.org.au/start-ups/talked
2 May 2022 by David Hauser...

Artistic

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The furniture designer who says comfort isn’t king
Gaetano PESCE is a furniture artist who is found somewhere beyond modernism. Pesce’s trademark is as a Trickster – with a smirk about to burst. In the 1970s, when the world was all matte black and chrome, as standardised as Le Corbusier and his ilk wished it, Italian-born Pesce began making furniture and objects of a delirious gloopiness – all polychromatic ooze and inherently inimitable. His practise has been global, his innovations consistently ground breaking. Boundaries between art, design and industry are irrelevant to him, as- art is most certainly not something created and put on a pedestal. http://www.gaetanopesce.com/
2 May 2022 by Gillian Corba...

UpRising

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Hands-free Storage Shoe Remover
We often find ourselves carrying something upon entering our household. Removing shoes without the aid of our hands is beneficial for posture, overall cleanliness and when our hands are full with items. While some products similarly exist there is currently a gap in the market for ways to store shoes afterwards - to be protected and organised to prevent cluttering. I propose to design and produce an innovation that will allow users to put shoes on and off while storing them neatly in compartments, hands-free. This product will work with various styles and shoe sizes meaning it’s accessible for everyone.
2 May 2022 by lanacreates

Inclusion

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Internships for adults returning to work
Internships such as Nomura's Returners Program and Meta's Return to Work program open pathways for adults returning to the workforce and helping to counter the disproportionate withdrawal of women from the workforce during the pandemic.Article by MaryLou Costa on Reasons to be Cheerful website
30 April 2022 by Narelle Hoope...