For the past 100 years, Sydney has been blessed with a Public Library that would be the best in the Southern Hemisphere. To celebrate this centenary the magnificent group of buildings on Macquarie Street have been inviting the public to view their one hundred most unusual objects from the 15th Century in their collections.
On a recent beautiful summer’s day the Legislative Assembly hosted a barbeque for parliamentary staff in the lovely renovated Speaker’s Garden of Parliament House. Being outside together was reason enough to eagerly eat the sausages and fried onions and tomatoes, have a cold drink, and enjoy the company of parliamentary colleagues. But the barbecue was [...]
New research published yesterday in the Medical Journal of Australia shows the total direct cost of overweight and obesity in Australia is $21 billion a year, double previous estimates. The research, conducted by the University of Sydney’s Boden Institute of Obesity Nutrition and Exercise, isolates for the first time the cost of “overweight” people in Australia putting it at $6.5 billion a year.
International Women’s Day is celebrated on the 8th of March across the world. IWD is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women in the past, present and future. It is a day when women are recognised for their achievements, without regards for divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic and political.
After the Haiti earthquake the International Rotary Clubs quickly launched a global appeal for donations to help rebuild the thousands of lives disrupted by the natural calamity. President David Fowler called for contributions to provide long-term and sustainable support for the thousands of earthquake survivors whose lives have been shattered by the ordeal of the struggle to survive in the aftermath.
On Thursday 25 March, Dr Moyes will be hosting a Market Place Connections luncheon in NSW Parliament. The guest speaker for the event is Roger Corbett AO, one of Australia’s most successful business leaders.
Students who are behaviourally disordered, emotionally disturbed, have mental health disorders, or intellectual and/or physical disabilities now constitute a greater proportion of total public school enrolments in the state.
The new My Zone fare structure announced by the NSW Government in February reduces the number of existing fare bands into a simpler system that will apply to trains, buses (including private) and ferries.
What may start out as a noble, voluntary gift by some can over time become expected from many, and then finally be made mandatory for all.
Many people are not aware that anyone can register by phone, online, or by post not to be called at home by telemarketers. Wouldn’t it be wonderful never to have your evening meal with your family interrupted by a sales call? This valuable service for the community is operated by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
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