Category: Society

  • Value(s): Building a better world for All

    Place D'Armes | CC0 licensed photo by Pierre Lannoy from the WordPress Photo Directory: https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/585632086e/

    A bold and urgent argument by the Prime Minister of Canada and former bank governor on the radical, foundational change that is required if we are to build an economy and society based not on market values but on human values.

Our world is full of fault lines—growing inequality in income and opportunity; systemic racism; health…

  • Finniss votes 2026

    Finniss votes 2026

    The 2026 South Australian election is in March. Finniss is an electorate within South Australia.

  • South Australian Planning Portal Application (SAPPA)

    South Australian Planning Portal Application (SAPPA)

    The South Australian Property and Planning Atlas (SAPPA) is a free, map-based application which displays planning spatial layers and land ownership information.

  • Bushfire information for the Fleurieu

    Bushfire information for the Fleurieu

    SAPPA provides information which affects property development and planning. This includes alerting potential home buyers of the bushfire risk in areas of South Australia.

  • Australian Dictionary of Biography

    Australian Dictionary of Biography

    The Australian Dictionary of Biography is Australia’s pre-eminent dictionary of national biography. In it you will find concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of the lives of over 13,000 significant and representative persons in Australian history.

  • Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

    Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

    The Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation is a register of the people, industries, corporations, research institutions, scientific societies, awards, major events and other organisations that have contributed to Australia’s scientific, technological, engineering and medical heritage.

  • The Third Industrial Revolution

    The Third Industrial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution, powered by oil and other fossil fuels, is spiraling into a dangerous endgame. The price of gas and food are climbing, unemployment remains high, the housing market has tanked, consumer and government debt is soaring, and the recovery is slowing. Facing the prospect of a second collapse of the global economy, humanity…

  • The Men’s Shed Movement

    Hambledon house, 2025, South Side Story: Men’s Sheds, https://hambledonhouse.com.au/south-side-story-mens-sheds/

    The Men’s Shed Movement had humble beginnings in South Australia and Victoria in the mid to late 1990s. Thirty years later it is truly a global movement with associations beginning in Australia, the UK, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, the US and Denmark. Throughout its progress, Barry Golding has been researching the movement with the publication of…

  • Palaces for the people: How to build a more equal and united society

    Original library in Mildura, Victoria, Australia which was funded by a Carnegie grant. It is now home to Mildura and District Historical Society Inc. https://carnegielegacyinengland.wordpress.com/contact/carnegie-libraries-in-australia/

    How can we bring people together? In Palaces for the People the sociologist Eric Klinenberg presents a simple but transformative idea for health, happiness, safety and healing our divided, unequal society.

  • The Canadian Encyclopedia

    The Canadian Encyclopedia

    The Canadian Encyclopedia is a general reference resource for discovering the history of Canada through the stories related to its people, places and events.