The book co-authored by the Hon. Julia Gillard AC with new head of the WTO Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala “Women and Leadership - Real Lives, Real Lessons” is a must read for all leaders.It examines the influence of gender on women’s access to positions of leadership, perceptions of them as leaders, the trajectory of their leadership and how it comes to an end.This interview between Josephine Linden, Advance.org Ambassador Emeritus in the US and Julia Gillard is a warm and engaging reflection on the key themes with personal reflections and anecdotes shared by our former PM. ...WATCH THE INTERVIEWhttps://advance.org/advance-in-conversation-with-julia-gillard/

NASA celebrated the landing of #MarsPersevere on Feb 18. Abigail Allwood has been working on PIXL. Engineers at JPL and QUT have been building software to crunch the data as it comes down from Mars, making PIXL more relevant to the whole tactical decision-making process, including selection of samples. David Flannery will guide the team of scientists on the mission where to go and which samples to take. More> https://ab.co/37usWJZFrom left to right: Brendan Orenstein (PhD student), Julian Andres Galvez Serna (PhD student), Michael Jones (Collaborator), Peter Nemere (Collaborator), David Flannery (Co-I), Luke Nothdurft (Collaborator), Vanessa Zepeda (PhD student).

Last year Who Gives a Crap donated $5.9 million to clean water and sanitation projects in developing countries. Sales more than doubled in the 12 months to June, thanks to panic buying of toilet paper during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, while the organisation’s marketing costs fell.""What we’re trying to show is that this business model can generate financial returns at scale, whilst also creating social impact at scale,” Mr Griffiths said."...https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/leaders/who-gives-a-crap-donates-more-than-qantas-cca-20210208-p570jv

Could this accommodation be re-purposed for social housing?This gives governments immediate access to accommodation while they build new stock to which those needing social housing can be re-located. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/occupancy-has-hit-the-cliff-thousands-of-student-apartments-mothballed-20210210-p5718x.html

“While 3D printers have now made it possible to produce a range of objects that include product models, jewelry, and novelty toy

“...a consortium of companies in South Australia, led by small-satellite developer Fleet Space Technologies, is preparing for a series of missions to the moon as well as planning for future missions to Mars. The Seven Sisters project aims to support the US Artemis space program’s goal of returning humans to the moon by assisting with exploration techniques, remote operations and communications.”The project will be Australia’s first ‘moonshot’ mission. It could see Australia play an expanding and ongoing role in supporting a permanent human presence on the lunar surface by detecting and mining water and other resources necessary to support a lunar base.https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/seven-sisters-project-taking-australia-