Covid19 has made avoiding Zoom meeting anxiety impossible, but luckily for you, this article contains the best tip on how to overcome it. That tip is to take CBTs graded exposure method and tailoring it to your Zoom meeting needs. For example, you could create several steps with increasing difficulties, starting with talking to your partner or parents by Zoom so you can get used to doing it with the people closest to you, and thus, the people you feel the least anxious withClick the link to find out morehttps://unwantedlife.me/zoom-meeting-anxiety-and-how-to-effectively-overcome-it

“Before the Second World War the states were the drivers of Australian fiscal policy, collecting the bulk of taxes and doing most of the spending. The commonwealth was a relatively minor player. In 1942, however, the states agreed to commonwealth taking over income tax powers.   Today, for the first time since then, the balance of power in the Australian federation is shifting from the commonwealth back to the states and territories.”   (The Mandarin 28/4/21)   How governments raise, spend and re-distribute ‘OUR’ money should be an issue of critical interest to all Australians.  

Seniors are "afraid of running out of money, as they cannot estimate how long they will live. So, they draw only the minimum pension required.""QSuper, one of Australia’s largest super funds, has launched a new product – the Lifetime Pension – which pays a fortnightly income for life. It is designed to ensure you or your estate get back at least your initial investment, irrespective of how long you live.Ideally, you would receive your return by income but, in case of premature death, it may be by death benefit."MORE > https://www.smh.com.au/money/super-and-retirement/finally-a-super-idea-for-extra-retirement-income-20210427-p57msz.html

Monash University researchers have developed an apple-picking robot that displayed a better than 85 per cent success rate in field trials.It seeks to "address chronic labour shortages Australia’s agricultural sector is experiencing brought on by COVID-19, as well as tackling the future food crisis."“Our developed vision system can not only positively identify apples in a tree within its range in an outdoors orchard environment by means of deep learning, but also identify and categorise obstacles [for]... the "optimum trajectory for apple extraction" said research lead Dr Chao Chen.Source: https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/monash-researchers-develop-robot-apple-harvester 

NASA is hosting “Taking Flight: How Girls Can Grow Up to Be Engineers” seriesYou can meet women working on @NASA missions on Mars and beyond. They’ll answer questions and give you tips on getting your ideas off the ground. Apr. 29, 1pm PT/4pm ET/2000 GMT MORE: http://go.nasa.gov/WatchIngenuity

Change donations is an exciting donation platform that digitally connects charities and not for profits with spare change from donors.  Irish based donors link debit and credit cards to the platform, which rounds up their transaction to the next euro and donates the digital spare change to the causes they care about. Donors have complete control and can customise their giving plan by setting weekly or monthly round up limits, choosing to round up only on select purchases, and splitting roundups across multiple charities. Its free to use and 100% of the donation is passed through to the charity.