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PropTech

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Repurposing shopping centres as new company campuses and local work hubs
Google runs campuses around the world. They offer personal services, in house dining, medical services and entertainment and wellbeing services.As shoppers go online, frequenting shopping centres less, spaces become available with the supporting infrastructure for company campuses (including the massive car parks)Google appears to be making the move. Great opportunities to rethink where and how we work. ...https://www.businessinsider.com.au/google-will-lease-west-los-angeles-2019-1
6 June 2021 by Maria MacNama...

Governance

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Our liberal democracy can work better with process change and evidence-based policy development
“Competent government is a beautiful thing to behold. So much militates against it“… in modern-day Australia. “Politics also offers a venue for the playing out of ancient tribal bonds. Large minorities will ally themselves with a political party for life – although today this attach­ment is diminishing. The bond is visceral and not compromised by poor performance, corruption and mediocre representa­tives.”  Prof John Carroll   Putting the focus back on "common good solutions" that the majority of the community support, via inclusion and evidence-based policies, rather than political party dictate or individual ego drive is what we need.
6 June 2021 by Glenn Barnes

Ideation

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The Indigenous memory code
Have you ever wondered how ancient indigenous cultures maintain so much information about the thousands of species of plants and animals—without writing it down? Traditional Aboriginal Australian songlines are key to a powerful memory technique used by indigenous people around the world. It's intricately tied to the landscape and it can be applied in our everyday lives.https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/indigenous-memory-code/7553976Source: The ABC
6 June 2021 by Glenn Barnes

Wellbeing

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50 over 50 Remarkable Women of the IndoPacific
Help us find 50 over 50 Remarkable Women in the Indo-Pacific.You can do this by: 1. Nominating yourself or a remarkable woman at https://bit.ly/3gnqNmYor if you don't have time to complete the nomination form2. Adding your name or the name of a remarkable woman in the comments below ...Reading> HBR published "Women's Career Trajectories can be a model for an Aging Workforce" see | https://bit.ly/3z7IoYH. > Forbes published their Women's 50over50 list |  https://www.forbes.com/50over50/
5 June 2021 by Maria MacNama...

Dining

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Paddock to Plate, with a difference
What happens to the food before it hits our plate, matters. Before its even in the hands of the chef at our favourite restaurant.The taste of that favourite cut of meat depends on more than how we cook it, though that's important too. It depends on how it was raised, cared for, fed, and killed. Inspired to reduce the stress animals experience, and address consumers interest in animal welfare, Provenir is changing the way meat is processed. Through their revolutionary on-farm processing with their mobile abbatoir Provenir ensures a transparent supply chain with animal welfare at its heart. 
5 June 2021 by Ivan Brewer

Startup

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PoopLoop Thinking Outside The Bin 
Ever been with your favourite non-human companion at the dog park and wondered where the plastic doggy bag ends up?... No only me? Well if you are like me and worry about what this does to our planet look no further. PoopLoop, one of HATCH Taronga accelerator programs participants of 2020, has the solution. By closing the waste loop and diverting it from the landfill, your favourite companions waste will become productive compost for local green spaces.Learn more about the startup fighting for sustainability here: https://www.pooploop.com.au/
4 June 2021 by Bradley Delam...