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EnergyAustralia’s unique approach to community engagement and how it is accelerating the clean energy transition
CONFERENCE WEBSITE As one of Australia’s big three generators and retailers, EnergyAustralia takes its role in the national energy transition very seriously. So, what is the organisation doing to help Australia lower its carbon emissions, and how does it ensure the community is engaged in the process? David Wilson, Head of Community Engagement, says a…
30 Sep 2024, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
How KiwiRail is optimising funding to improve the New Zealand rail network
With its fast-growing urban centres, challenging geology and topography, the case for developing New Zealand’s rail network is growing. But with a shallow industry resource pool, what will it take to expand the ageing network and see it moving more people and freight? Peter Reidy of KiwiRail says that with much of the infrastructure -…
24 Sep 2024, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Infrastructure
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A better way to win community support for clean energy projects
When a recent Community Engagement review by the Australian Energy Infrastructure Commission revealed that 92 percent of respondents were dissatisfied with the extent to which renewable project developers engaged with the local community, it revealed what those working in the sector had known for a long time. “Landholder and community engagement in renewables space is…
18 Sep 2024, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
Overcoming disruption fatigue on New Zealand transport networks
In recent years, cities throughout Aotearoa New Zealand have undergone a series of major transport upgrades, as part of a multi-billion-dollar budget package for rail, roads and transport. The upgrades are improving transit in rapidly expanding cities, like Auckland, which is projected to grow by 6.2 million people over the next thirty years; and where…
16 Sep 2024, by Amy SarcevicTransport & Logistics
The key to a more sustainable New Zealand rail sector
Of a $2.68 billion budget package for roads, rail and transport, New Zealand’s rail sector is set to receive hundreds of millions over the next four years, to maintain, upgrade, and deliver new networks. However, with roads taking the lion's share of funds at $1billion - and with a lack of bipartisan support for rail…
13 Sep 2024, by Amy SarcevicEducation
Technology
How Oman is embracing AI in higher education
Omani’s higher education sector is embracing artificial intelligence (AI), with support from a $39 million investment from the Omani government, as part of its Artificial Economics strategy. The investment aims to increase the digital economy’s GDP contribution by 10 percent, over the next sixteen years, and demonstrates the government’s ongoing commitment to AI implementation across…
10 Sep 2024, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
How this Senior Territorian is seeking justice for people with disability
Visit NDS24 Website At birth, the parents of disability advocate Dr Robyne Burridge OAM were told her diagnosis of cerebral palsy was so severe that she would struggle to hit milestones like sitting up, let alone walking and talking. Determined even then to prove her strength, Dr Burridge - who is now a Senior Territorian…
4 Sep 2024, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Overcoming barriers to AI in the energy sector
With its ability to analyse geology, markets, and assets for quicker, more precise decision making, artificial intelligence (AI) has enormous potential to advance the energy sector. Despite this, the industry has been slower to embrace the technology than some others, leaving millions of dollars in economic gains untapped. Ahead of the SEAAOC Conference at NT…
3 Sep 2024, by Amy SarcevicEducation
Technology
How schools are using AI for student-driven learning
For many teachers, even the mention of AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot in an educational context is enough to ring alarm bells. Writing polished content from a wide range of sources, use of these tools in learning tasks and assessments seems to undermine their very purpose. However, as James Vella, Director of eLearning at…
3 Sep 2024, by Amy SarcevicMining & Resources
The major developments redefining the NT’s Beetaloo Basin
Empire Energy Group recently made headlines when it formed a contract with the Northern Territory Government to supply 25 terajoules (TJ) of gas per day from its Carpentaria Pilot Project in the Beetaloo Basin. The ten year agreement is due to commence in 2025, in what Chief Executive Alex Underwood describes as a “very busy…
29 Aug 2024, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Improving the accessibility of drugs for pregnant women
Reproductive age women make up a substantial portion of the general population, yet are seldom represented in clinical trials for pharmaceuticals - including ones that cater to common pregnancy-related ailments. Dr Nisha Khot - Vice President and Board Member of the RANZCOG and a Clinical Director of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Peninsula Health - believes…
8 Aug 2024, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
Leadership & Communication
Success at the coal face – improving workplace culture in healthcare
In her first week at her first role in the operating theatre, Charmayne Thompson recalls being told by a surgeon she was, “the most incompetent nurse he had ever worked with." Brought up with a resilience mindset, Ms Thompson ignored her impulse to leave, and kept going in the role. More than twenty years later…
8 Aug 2024, by Amy Sarcevic