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Mining & Resources
Thunderbird is go! An inside look at Sheffield Resources flagship project
Sheffield Resources is a rapidly emerging mineral sands explorer and developer that is headquartered in Perth. Thunderbird, the company's flagship Mineral Sands project is amongst the largest and highest grade mineral sands discoveries in the last 30 years. With this in mind, Informa Insights had the pleasure to ask the Managing Director, Bruce McQuitty a few questions related to…
21 Jan 2015, by Informa InsightsSocial Policy
Opinion: The biggest issues & innovations for prisons in 2015
Figures from last year show that prisons in Australia have been overcrowding with 30, 000 people currently predicted to be incarcerated in our borders. This is currently the highest number of prisoners in Australia throughout history. We spoke to a few industry experts who will be delivering presentations at the Prisons 2015 conference about the biggest…
21 Jan 2015, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
Road levies should go towards road infrastructure – Ramon Staheli, National Transport Commission
Infrastructure investment is a major priority for the current government, with several major road projects currently in the funding, planning or construction stages. Ramon Staheli is Project Director, Pricing at the National Transport Commission. Ramon will be speaking at the Major Roads Conference 2015, 18 - 19 March in Sydney. Ramon will be taking part…
20 Jan 2015, by Informa InsightsHealthcare
Enabling ‘choice and control’ for the disabled
With the NDIS now expanding from its initial trial sites to further sites in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and the ACT, Disability Reform is an extremely high-profile issue nationally. This document interestingly shows NDIS implementation across Australia and the plans for rolling this out across different states and within different demographics. Joining us to…
20 Jan 2015, by Informa InsightsHealthcare
Funding challenges and uncertainties of the NDIS for mental health
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is one of the most anticipated and significant disability reforms in recent years. It's doubling the national investment in disability support and giving people with disability greater choices and control in the way they receive services and support. The NDIS means and promises different things to different people. For…
19 Jan 2015, by Informa InsightsLeadership & Communication
Gender Agenda: The lady vanishes
By Jenny Strachan* On June 12, 1902, Australia became the first country in the world to give women** the right to vote AND the right to stand for Parliament. Exactly 110 years later, in 2012, I decided to commemorate and celebrate this huge leap forward for women by putting together a performance piece called the…
16 Jan 2015, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
Why is light rail so attractive as a transport network?
Graham Sibery is Executive Director, Rail Operations and Safety, Department of Transport and Infrastructure, SA. He will be speaking at the Light Rail Conference, 5-6 March 2015 in Sydney. Watch this interview with Graham on why Light Rail is such an appealing alternative to other transport networks. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjy6asuBFIs] South Australia is one step ahead of much…
16 Jan 2015, by Informa InsightsTransport & Logistics
Communication key in ensuring G20 security | Graham Coleman
Graham Coleman is presently the Acting Assistant Commissioner, Program Executive of the Queensland Police Service G20 Group. He will be speaking at the National Transport Security Summit in Melbourne, 4-5 March. We sat down with Graham in the lead up to the event to talk about the particular security challenges such a large-scale operation required:…
15 Jan 2015, by Informa InsightsEducation
8 Teaching & Learning trends set to reshape Higher Education in 2015
From MOOCs to mobile learning, the past few years have seen the rise of plenty of new learning technologies and approaches with the potential to revolutionise traditional higher education. So far, the revolution has been less than total – but with external policy pressures now bearing even more strongly on Australian universities, have we reached…
15 Jan 2015, by Informa InsightsMining & Resources
What are the key iron ore themes and factors for 2015?
In the lead up to the 18th Annual Global Iron Ore & Steel Forecast we asked experts from CRU Analysis and Wood Mackenzie what they think are the key iron ore themes and factors for 2015. Here is what CRU's Iron Ore Team had to say: > The displacement cycle continues. Who’s next in line after…
14 Jan 2015, by Informa InsightsInforma Connect Australia is the nation's leading event organiser. Our events comprise of large scale exhibitions, industry conferences and highly specialised corporate training.
