The Copy Collective
Between 21 and 30 June 2021, more than 40 iconic Australian buildings will shine bright like a sunflower to boost awareness, engage community support and raise vital research funds to support the nearly 6,000 Australians living with scleroderma today.
The Shine Like a Sunflower campaign is part of a month-long series of events hosted by Scleroderma Australia to raise awareness and research funds for this little-known chronic and often life-threatening condition that causes thickening and hardening of the body’s connective tissue.
Golden lights symbolising Scleroderma Australia’s sunflower logo will illuminate iconic buildings across Australia over several days, and in celebration of World Scleroderma Day on 29 June 2021.
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
14 May 2021
India: Striking health workers in Punjab sacked
Around 1,400 striking National Health Mission (NHM) workers, including staff nurses, medical officers, homeopathy Ayurveda doctors and ministerial staff, were sacked by the Punjab government on May 10 for refusing to end their week-long strike.
About 3,000 NHM workers walked out on strike to demand higher wages and permanent jobs. The sacked workers, who were fired through the draconian Disaster Management Act, were from seven districts in Punjab.
Last September over 30,000 NHM contract workers held a national stoppage over the same demands. Although many have had ten years’ service, they are paid meagre salaries and are denied entitlements available to regular government employees.
Dynamic Solar Exports Are The Future – And A Good Thing
SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock weighs in on dynamic (aka flexible) solar exports, which he believes are the future for home solar power in Australia – and around the world.
Transcript:
Hello from South Australia, where South Australia Power Networks, the local electricity network, have just announced that they’re going to start trials of something called dynamic solar export limiting.
Now, why should you care about this if you don’t live in South Australia? Because it’s coming to the rest of Australia – probably – that’s my educated opinion. Not that I’m that educated, but this is really, really important because it’s a paradigm shift in how we use and generate energy.
Six start-ups you should know about
BOSS speaks to young digital innovators about the products and services they are developing that should be on the radar of the big end of town.  Â
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For senior management and directors, staying abreast of new technologies that might either disrupt their business, or enhance it, is no mean feat. Sadly, the price of failing to spot emerging technology trends can be huge.
Earlier this year Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin said she stayed ahead by crowdsourcing ideas from her employees. Other senior leaders listened to podcasts, engaged in reverse mentoring, read research reports or networked widely.