Premier Colin Barnett made a speech about funding cuts yesterday at a “business luncheon”. The full transcript is here; it was also reported in the Australian. Barnett was speaking at the CEDA-hosted 2009 “Economic and Political Overview”, billed as “Australia’s p...

Editor's note: At all the Washington public relations events I attend, organizers keep asking for ideas for venues for their programs. And while some organizations are great about donating conference space for this purpose, many groups must find a restaurant that can handle a large group on a fixed ...

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To commemorate Australia Day the City of Maroondah holds a citizenship ceremony as well as acknowledging the recipients and nominees for Maroondah’s Australia Day Awards. The Australia Day Awards include three categories, citizen of the year, young citizen of the year and community event of th...

I don't know about the rest of you out there in cyberspace and able to read this post, but it is my considered opinion we are witnessing a "severe" increase in the form of assault on our freedom of Religion and the overall basis of our societies moral and ethical fabric. It seems all to cl...

Tonight at Grabill Missionary Church a bunch of people are putting up trees. We’re putting up lights. We’re hanging wreaths. We’re putting poinsettias on the steps. We’re playing Christmas music. We’re eating pizza and drinking coffee. Helen won’t be there. She do...

The following article was written by a journalism student who asked Cr. Jo-anne Taylor and myself about the challenges experienced within local government:   While some Maroondah citizens would not know who these individuals are, it’s highly likely that the residents, ratepayers, business...

Even though Strategic Communications Group's (Strategic) senior team has been together for more than four years, I wish I knew my colleagues better. That's because a challenging economic environment demands exceptional management for a company to thrive or, in some instances, merely survive. I picke...

Strategic Communications Group (Strategic) was flying high in 2000. Sales had skyrocketed during the past 36 months, new business opportunities continued to flow and staff size had swelled from three to nearly 40. We made plans to expand our operations to emerging technology markets in Philadelphia,...

Group Work I have always been fascinated with group work.  I was introduced to group work in adult education by Rev.Tom Hamill, B.A., S.T.L., L.S.S. , scholar, genius and leader.  Tom is a prophet in his own right like Professor Ivor Browne .  The maverick priest and the maverick psyc...