As we wrestle with the challenges of Covid-19 the weaknesses inherent in our federation are being clearly seen. These weaknesses have been present since 'federation' in 1901 but have been amplified by various legislative, legal and administrative actions. Our state and federal politicians are not willing or able to resolve these issues.     A Constitutional Council of esteemed Australians, not involved in daily political life, should be permanently established to develop referendum proposals to overcome the lack of clarity in federal, state and local government responsibilities and other changes needed so that our constitution reflects the requirements of contemporary Australia.

ARPA, a Beijing-based research group works on privacy-preserving computation, with a view to building the blockchain layer 2 with privacy features. The research is part of the multiparty computation (MPC) standard setting committee works with IEEE and CAICT.Could this be the future for privacy enabling blockchain use cases (fintech, property, investment, identity & access, data sharing)?https://arpachain.io/Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay

Researchers from Idaho National Laboratory and New Mexico-based Visgence Inc. have designed and demonstrated a technology that can block cyberattacks from impacting the nation's electric power grid.https://techxplore.com/news/2021-07-technology-blocking-grid-cyberattacks.htmlImage by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay 

Mark43 is a US-based public safety software platform allowing agencies to manage, share, collect, and analyse information. They've recently worked with Law Enforcement agencies to reduce the time to complete arrest warrants online, rather than add to manual paperwork in the office/station.Boasting recent investment from the Turnbulls and Bezo's personal VC (to name a few), Mark43 has a COVID-19 preparedness approach that could be very useful in public safety management during COVID.https://www.mark43.com/pandemicpackage/

Commercial Awareness also referred to as Business Acumen is your ability to take a ‘big picture’ view of your business, to weigh up situations quickly, make logical, sound decisions confidently, and influence others to agree with you in order to have a positive impact towards achieving the objectives of the organisation.Read the full article here: https://orgdeveloper.com/commercial-awareness-and-business-acumen/