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APRU’s latest AI For Social Good Report spotlights the need for transforming social policies and services in Bangladesh and Thailand

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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Working closely with academic researchers and government stakeholders in Bangladesh and Thailand, the program provided research insights and practical suggestions to accelerate the development of data-driven policies and strategies, effectively leveraging AI for societal good.

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  • Working closely with academic researchers and government stakeholders in Bangladesh and Thailand, the program provided research insights and practical suggestions to accelerate the development of data-driven policies and strategies, effectively leveraging AI for societal good.
  • Noteworthy outcomes include country-wide case studies on
    Maternity care in Bangladesh faces substantial challenges, including limited monitoring and access barriers.
  • In Thailand, researchers from NUS identified barriers to sharing medical and healthcare data and have recommended tangible policy recommendations to the Thai Government.
  • With the successful rollout of the "AI for Social Good" project, APRU aims to foster more cross-border connections and provide active support in developing country-specific AI governance frameworks.

CEO and Public Company Leader JuE Wong (Olaplex Holdings, Elizabeth Arden, Inc.) Joins FireFly Automatix Board of Directors

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Thursday, March 21, 2024
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FireFly Automatix , Inc., an industry leader in AV and EV professional turfgrass mowing technology, today appointed JuE Wong, a five-time CEO/President with specialized expertise in turn-around and hyper-growth companies, to the company’s Board of Directors.

Key Points: 
  • FireFly Automatix , Inc., an industry leader in AV and EV professional turfgrass mowing technology, today appointed JuE Wong, a five-time CEO/President with specialized expertise in turn-around and hyper-growth companies, to the company’s Board of Directors.
  • On the heels of this technology and market advance, Wong joins FireFly’s Board of Directors in propelling FireFly’s additional expansion through 2024 and beyond.
  • Prior to OLPX, she was the CEO of Moroccanoil Inc., President of Elizabeth Arden Inc., CEO of StriVectin Inc. and CEO of Astral Health and Beauty.
  • “The level of experience and track record of success JuE Wong brings to FireFly is nothing short of phenomenal,” said Andrew Limpert, CEO of FireFly Automatix.

Grattan on Friday: Can the Albanese government show muscle in Indigenous policy? One test is coming next week

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney says Tuesday’s statement will “commit to new actions that focus on making a practical difference”.

Key Points: 
  • Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney says Tuesday’s statement will “commit to new actions that focus on making a practical difference”.
  • Equally, ambitions to transform how decisions are made and delivered have so far proved beyond governments.
  • But the review’s “overarching finding” is that there’s been “no systematic approach to determining what strategies need to be implemented to disrupt business-as-usual of governments”.
  • He points out that the 1967 referendum was about giving the Commonwealth power to make policy for Australia’s Indigenous people.
  • Another initiative he suggests is expanding the Indigenous workforce in the community services sector, including the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
  • On another front, Albanese has it in his power to make one desirable gesture.
  • The governor-generalship comes up soon, and an Indigenous appointment would be appropriate and welcome.


Michelle Grattan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

A national university for regional Australia isn't necessarily a smart idea. Here's why

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023
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One of the headline ideas floated by the Universities Accord interim report is a second national university.

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  • One of the headline ideas floated by the Universities Accord interim report is a second national university.
  • The basic idea is regional universities could opt in to become part of the new national university.

This is not a new idea

    • Australia’s last major review of higher education proposed a national regional university in 2008.
    • The Bradley review recommended “a study to examine the feasibility of a new national university for regional areas”.
    • The Bradley review suggested a new national university to redress a lack of participation of regional students.

Not (yet) supported by regional unis


    So far, the new national university has not attracted much support. The Regional Universities Network includes seven (though not all) of Australia’s regional universities. The network was “encouraged” by several key ideas in the accord panel’s interim report. But any mention of the national regional university idea was conspicuously missing from its media statement in response to the report.

Other university models

    • The accord report says there are comparable international models for a national regional university, and points to the University of California system.
    • A closer example of a national multi-state university is the Australian Catholic University.
    • But it is doubtful whether this would be a good model for a national regional university.
    • Even if a regional university were to consider amalgamation, it would be more likely with a near neighbour, not another more distant regional university.

Worrying ‘synergies’

    • This is likely to worry university staff and students as “synergies” and “efficiencies” can often lead to cost cutting and job losses.
    • There is a risk that a new national regional university will lead to remote, unsuitable, inflexible and unresponsive systems.
    • And a “regional” university in north Queensland is substantially different from a “regional” university in western NSW.

TAFEs provide more opportunities

    • If we want to improve opportunities for regional students, the accord should consider a bigger role for TAFEs in a national regional university and more generally.
    • more opportunities for physical co-location of education and training facilities.
    • Indeed, Australia already has six highly distinctive “dual sector” universities, which provide both university and vocational qualifications.

What now?


    The interim reports contains more than 70 “areas for further consideration” by the accord panel. Many of these – including the idea for a national regional university – will not necessarily make it into the final report in December. If Australia is to have a new university there needs to be more careful thought about where it should be and what its ultimate structure and purpose should be.

Author, ambassador, commentator, critic? It's not always easy to earn a crust as a former PM

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
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Few Australians are losing sleep over how Scott Morrison is going to earn a crust after politics.

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  • Few Australians are losing sleep over how Scott Morrison is going to earn a crust after politics.
  • His continuing presence on the opposition backbench serves as a distraction from the present and reminder of the past.
  • Unfortunately, that past keeps intruding on the present – most recently, in the form of the robodebt royal commission report.
  • Leaving aside the independently wealthy Malcolm Turnbull, Morrison is the first prime minister originally elected to parliament under the post-2004 superannuation arrangements for politicians.
  • Of course, former prime ministers receive many other goodies, such as office facilities and free travel, but that does not earn them a living.
  • He has been shopping himself around and seems to imagine a future on the lecture circuit.
  • That is potentially a nice little earner for an ex-leader, as Tony Blair and Bill Clinton have shown.

H3 Dynamics and Carbonix Join Forces to Build Australia’s First Hydrogen VTOL Unmanned Aircraft

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022
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H3 Dynamics and Australian UAV producer Carbonix are coming together to begin development and production the first Australian hydrogen-electric VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) unmanned aircraft system (UAS).

Key Points: 
  • H3 Dynamics and Australian UAV producer Carbonix are coming together to begin development and production the first Australian hydrogen-electric VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) unmanned aircraft system (UAS).
  • Moving fast and starting now, H3 Dynamics will be integrating its off-the-shelf hydrogen systems to Carbonix' existing fleet of small unmanned VTOL systems - enabling training and accelerating field experience.
  • H3 Dynamics plan is to increase the size of hydrogen air frames every year until we are able to fly passenger-scale aircraft.
  • Quickstep has an ongoing development program for intelligent composite hydrogen storage solutions, which could also soon be applied commercially in H3 Dynamics hydrogen fuel cell nacelles for hydrogen flight.

API3 First to Bring Quantum Random Numbers to Blockchain, Offering a Truly Unpredictable, Secure, and Free RNG Utility to dApps

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022
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API3 QRNG generates randomness by utilizing quantum mechanics, establishing it as the first true random number generator for smart contracts, an elevated offering compared to existing mathematical based pseudo random number generators.

Key Points: 
  • API3 QRNG generates randomness by utilizing quantum mechanics, establishing it as the first true random number generator for smart contracts, an elevated offering compared to existing mathematical based pseudo random number generators.
  • We're delighted to work with API3 to make quantum numbers accessible by dApps in the Web3 ecosystem.
  • To learn more about API3 and how it is bringing quantum random number generation to the blockchain, visit https://api3.org/QRNG .
  • The ANU Quantum Optics Group operates a source of quantum random numbers generated from the quantum vacuum fluctuations measured using balanced homodyne detection.

SOFR Academy Engages Invesco Indexing as Index Provider of Across-the-curve Credit Spread Index (AXI)

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Monday, February 7, 2022
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Andrew Waisburd, Head of Invesco Indexing, commented, We are pleased to be selected by SOFR Academy to play this important role.

Key Points: 
  • Andrew Waisburd, Head of Invesco Indexing, commented, We are pleased to be selected by SOFR Academy to play this important role.
  • SOFR Academy conducted a Request for Proposal (RFP) in 2021 to identify an index provider for the Across-the-Curve Credit Spread strategy to meet market demand for a robust credit sensitive supplement to SOFR.
  • The USD Invesco / SOFR Academy Across-the-Curve Credit Spread Index will be calculated daily and published at 8 AM ET, using the prior days transaction data, on a T+1 basis.
  • AXI is a robustly defined forward looking credit spread index that may be used in conjunction with SOFR, CME Term SOFR, simple daily SOFR, SOFR compounded in arrears, or other SOFR variants to form a credit sensitive interest rate.

interCaribbean Announces Flights to Georgetown, Guyana

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Monday, November 29, 2021
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With these new routes and well-timed flights that connect to onward flights to the United Kingdom, the USA, and Canada, we look forward to welcoming customers from across the world.

Key Points: 
  • With these new routes and well-timed flights that connect to onward flights to the United Kingdom, the USA, and Canada, we look forward to welcoming customers from across the world.
  • interCaribbean expects to connect Georgetown to additional Caribbean points in the very near future to deliver on a truly connected Caribbean with interCaribbean Airways.
  • Flights are scheduled to begin operations on December 17th, 2021 in time for the holiday season with 12 weekly flights planned to operate between Georgetown and Barbados.
  • The new connections solidify the growth of interCaribbean in the region giving for the first time a truly connected Caribbean with interCaribbean.

interCaribbean Launches New Antigua Flights

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Monday, November 29, 2021
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PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos, Nov. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --interCaribbean Airways has been serving Antigua from Tortola since 2015 with up to double daily flights with AM and PM departures, connecting to Europe and USA/Canada bound flights as well as connection Antigua with onward flights to 8 other onward cities.

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  • PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos, Nov. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --interCaribbean Airways has been serving Antigua from Tortola since 2015 with up to double daily flights with AM and PM departures, connecting to Europe and USA/Canada bound flights as well as connection Antigua with onward flights to 8 other onward cities.
  • Now, interCaribbean is pleased to announce new Antigua service with two new nonstop Jet service (ERJ145) destinations, connecting Antigua (ANU) with Barbados (BGI) with an initial two weekly flights, as well as nonstop service from Antigua (ANU) to Providenciales (PLS).
  • For the first time the Eastern Caribbean can now experience jet service between Antigua and Barbados, and onwards to Georgetown, making this the fast flight connection in the region.
  • Flight JY 792 departs Barbados 12.10pm, arrives Antigua 1.15pm
    Flight JY 795 departs Providenciales 10.30am, arrives Antigua 1.30*pm
    Flight are scheduled to begin operations from the week of December 17th, 2021 in time for the holiday season and making Antigua more connected with the region than ever before.