FInancial Times — 16 years on staff
FInancial Times — 16 years on staff
Until prefabricated housing moves into the mainstream, the best places to find it are often in exhibition spaces. Throughout this year, Jacaranda Square at Sydney Olympic Park has hosted a showcase of sustainable design and environmental innovations
Australian Financial Review & syndicates
Withdrawal from Afghanistan will be a logistical challenge for the ADF. Photo Angela Wylie Marian Edmunds As the Australian Defence Force prepares for a staged withdrawal from Afghanistan, a variety of options are being considered for the redeployment or disposal of vehicles and equipment.
Cover feature from Boss Magazine
Les Williamson sometimes gets out of bed to drive to his office for a 2am meeting with colleagues in the US and Europe via telepresence technology. For Cisco's chief executive of Asia Pacific, it's far easier than all that goes with making a long-haul flight.
ASR — Anne Summers Reports feature story
Every day in Australia six people take their own life. This feature in Anne Summers Reports Issue 5 asks who are the people behind the statistics.
Architecture
Tourism & Travel & Hospitality Business
The Benjamin a Manhattan East Suites hotel takes sleep seriously and guarantees guests wont be counting sheep
A business partnership can be as productive as marriage-and sometimes, just as devastating. Marian Edmunds looks at protecting yourself in the boardroom. When business partnerships break down, the clean-up effort can be messy. Everything is thrown into the aftermath-from homes to relationships, personal savings and even the very business itself.
Carlson Hospitality said at its annual conference that it will remain contemporary through tireless expansion and new concept development
Byron Bay Writers Festival Blog
Jeanette Winterson held up her latest book The Daylight Gate on Saturday afternoon at Byron Bay Writers' Festival. "It's a true story and a nasty little book," she said. Winterson gave the keynote address for the Byron Bay Writers' Festival on Friday.
Fat Cat
Do you spend your life watching fuel prices? Are you always on stand by for those fleeting hours when the bowsers won't guzzle your weekly income? Our scrutiny of fuel prices is set to become more intense with the launch this year of a national FuelWatch scheme.
Do you study the supermarket leaflets for bargains then shop at a convenience store every day? Australians' shopping habits are influenced heavily by lifestyle but the global hike in food prices is starting to bite us. Food prices have been rising globally at a level so concerning that aid agencies are warning of famine casting a wider swathe across the planet.