Hardball... on a global scale! What are the #PanamaPapers? @4corners explains the unprecedented #MossackFonseca data leak https://t.co/1Fepqm2KdAhttps://t.co/sSpEiM6EjV — ABC News (@abcnews) April 4, 2016 Links Who's next? The pitchforks are coming! The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Panama Papers - Four Corners
Profound economic, social and civil changes have provoked a remarkable series of temporally cogent observations from vastly different actors this week. This highlights the diverse yet converging, social, academic and political recognition at the heart of public-policy challenges in the 21st century. At the CORE of future policy and an inclusive, functioning civil society, is the recognition of the centrality of good governance.…
For those living and working in rural areas, the importance of providing genuine pathways to skilled employment for local populations, particularly young-people, is paramount. We understand in great detail, the challenges of ageing rural populations and structural adjustments. This is more than just a "microcosm" of the challenges facing our national economy. Working in the field of skills development, labour…
This is re-produced from Andrew Leigh's WebSite. Among the most interesting debates in economics today is the dispute between Jeffrey Sachs and William Easterly over how best to help the world’s poor. The discussion is interesting not only because it concerns the most important question in all of economics, but also because Sachs and Easterly happen to be exceptionally good…
School Councils Get More Training. As school communities across the State begin their election processes for 2007, the Minister for Education, the Hon. John Lenders, has released new materials to support all school councils. Thousands of parent, community and teacher volunteers who sit on Victorian government school councils will now have the opportunity to be formally trained, the Minister for…
ALGA Publishes 2006 State of the Regions Report. The Australian Local Government Association [ALGA]released it's highly valuable State of the Regions Report yesterday, 27th November. The survey of Australia's 64 regions is commissioned annually by the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) from National Economics. This is the 9th survey undertaken by National Economics. Editors Note: The Central Ranges LLEN Board…
3 Outstanding Community Forums. We would like to alert members, subscribers and all LLEN stakeholders to three outstanding upcoming forums that focus on much of what is at the heart to the work of the Central Ranges LLEN. Three world-class opportunities exist to engage with key policy makers, community leaders and researchers who are all focused on strengthening communities by finding…
[Archive from 2005] Area and place-based planning is critical for the future welfare of *all* young people making the transition from School to work and further study. School Councils and other governing bodies play a key rule in developing new structures to support entire communities education and employment outcomes. On Tuesday night the 26th of April [2005], almost 60 people representing…