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Technology
Transport & Logistics
Unlocking the full potential of rail in New Zealand
Rail transport holds immense promise for New Zealand, offering a sustainable and efficient solution to the country’s most pressing challenges. As its cities grow and traffic congestion intensifies, rail has the potential to provide a high-capacity, low-emission alternative to road transport. Not only does this reduce the nation’s carbon footprint, but it also creates economic…
14 Oct 2024, by Informa InsightsHealthcare
Leadership & Communication
Social Policy
Engaging the disengaged – how to protect the mental health of young men
Adolescence is a crucial period of psychosocial development, but one which is increasingly marred by mental health challenges. Around the world, one in seven 10-19-year-olds lives with a mental health disorder, and this accounts for 13 percent of the disease burden for this age category. While recognition – a prerequisite for intervention - is now…
10 Oct 2024, by Amy SarcevicHealthcare
What can we do to support the healthcare workforce in rural, regional and remote areas?
While a national shortage of healthcare workers is being felt across Australia, nowhere is doing it tougher than the country’s rural, regional and remote communities. Compared to major cities, which have on average 2248 full-time clinical workers per 100,000 people, non-metropolitan areas – which host 28 percent of the national population - have as few…
1 Oct 2024, by Amy SarcevicEnergy & Utilities
Uncategorised
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
Uncategorised
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 Sarcevic