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We all know that the Federal Government will spend over $1 billion in the next four years to promote research, development and innovation. Malcolm Turnbull wants to drive an “ideas boom” in the nation to replace the slowing mining boom. T…

Very early in my time as Mayor, we were undertaking a major construction project in Dubbo. It was a good project with a large amount of money coming from the Federal Government. Unfortunately, during the project, it was obvious that we were going to …

The initial goal of any good business person when they see a random person walk in their door is to turn that browser into a customer. This initial purchase can occur by having a good solution for a client need and by offering that packaged with exce…

Well the HSC has finished for another year. That is 10,710 hours of class time – and countless hours of study – finished. While 77,000 young adults across the state contemplate the next chapter of their lives, the challenge for regional c…

When someone asks me to review their small business, I have a series of questions that I ask about the business that will give me a brief snapshot about the business before I start to dig deeper. The first two questions are critical: Did you make a p…

We are at the end of the first week of the HSC for 2015 and I must say that I am a little disappointed by the current methodology employed by the Board of Studies. There is a huge emphasis placed on averaging your performance over an extended period …

World renowned cultural anthropologist, Margaret Mead, once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Seth Godin, marketer extraordinair…