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Month: July 2025

Business

Social Policy

Not an anomaly – why hiring people with disability makes good business sense

Emma Bennison has never let her blindness stand in the way of career success. As an award-winning CEO, Ted-Talker, and disability advocate, she is considered exceptional by most peoples’ standards. But – as she likes to point out to opponents of her inclusive leadership advocacy – she is far from an ‘anomaly’. “This label has…

25 Jul 2025, by Amy Sarcevic

Transport & Logistics

The major upgrades reshaping London’s Chiltern Rail Network

London’s Chiltern Rail Network – one of the most reputable transport networks in Britain - is improving its resilience through a series of major upgrades. In recent years, changing travel patterns, post-pandemic shifts in commuter behaviour, and the growth of alternative transport modes, have demanded a rethink of how the UK’s rail sector operates. Add…

22 Jul 2025, by Amy Sarcevic

Healthcare

The innovative business model supporting Australians with disability

Visit Conference Website   Achieve Australia is well known for its frontline services for people with disability, but its work behind the scenes may be equally worthy of recognition. Since its inception in 1951, the not-for-profit has evolved from a residential service, into a multi-purpose, umbrella organisation, that caters to the full gamut of disability…

16 Jul 2025, by Amy Sarcevic

Healthcare

Building Bridges in Biotech: How Life Science Incubator is Accelerating Innovation in Asia-Pacific

Life Science Incubator (LSI) isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel — it’s simply making it roll faster. By creating accessible, scalable lab infrastructure and embedding it within a supportive community, LSI is helping to fast-track the next generation of biotech and medtech solutions, from idea to impact. As the Asia-Pacific region doubles down on innovation,…

15 Jul 2025, by Informa Insights

Transport & Logistics

A mature approach to understanding systemic rail risk

In rail, the impacts of systemic risks can be disproportionate to their triggering events. With intersections across transport, power, and cyber systems, even minor setbacks to the network can be felt across operational and geographical boundaries. The result can be service disruptions, safety incidents, and economic losses – sometimes with legal or regulatory consequences. Magnus…

15 Jul 2025, by Amy Sarcevic

Transport & Logistics

Inside Transport for NSW’s crisis and emergency management approach

With $16.2 billion worth of infrastructure, 3036 major projects, and a freight task consisting of 891,000 annual trips, Transport for NSW knows the stakes of its crisis and emergency management are high. If handled inappropriately, even minor setbacks could incur the agency – and broader community - significant costs, with each hour of operational downtime…

15 Jul 2025, by Amy Sarcevic

Healthcare

Surgery Connect program to hit major milestone

By the end of this financial year, The Queensland Government will have expedited the care of more than 30, 000 public patients, to stabilise the statewide elective surgery waiting list, thanks to a $1.75 billion investment, which includes the Surgery Connect program. Established in 2008, Surgery Connect leverages relationships with 58 private providers, who deliver…

4 Jul 2025, by Amy Sarcevic

Technology

Transport & Logistics

E-fuel – a game-changer for rail decarbonisation?

E-fuels have long been helping Europe decarbonise its rail network - and with Nordic Electrofuel recently signing an MoU for an e-fuel production plant in Saudi Arabia, Australia could soon follow in its tracks. The plant, due to be built in 2030, is one of several Nordic Electrofuel is developing in the region, with a…

1 Jul 2025, by Amy Sarcevic