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Bend and stretch: we’re working agile!

March 24, 2017
Once upon a time, a quick walk around a typical office floor would allow you to accurately map the workplace hierarchy. Airy corner office: big boss. Dark cubicle near the lift: intern. Still seared in some memories are the good-old-bad-old days when offices had overflowing ashtrays, thumping telex machines, creaking compactuses and even rattling tea trolleys (or cocktail carts, if you were working a Mad Men job).
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Wearable tech provides fast fixes for far-flung aviation repairs

March 17, 2017
Queensland-based aerospace company TAE saw disruption coming and grasped the bull by the headset: expanding the company’s business model, and revolutionising its operations with the development of fountx wearable assisted-reality technology to augment the capabilities of its field technicians.
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#IWD: Be bold for STEM change

March 07, 2017
“Be bold for change”, the theme for 2017 International Women’s Day, is a strong current throughout GE, which earlier this year announced its plans to help bridge the STEM gender gap, with a goal to have 20,000 wome
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5th Generation defence force capabilities land in Oz

March 06, 2017
Australia’s new Boeing Growler EA-18G has the body of a Super Hornet, the comms-bending capabilities of a super-sleuth and 44,000 lbs of thrust, and it’s been flirting with aircraft enthusiasts at Avalon Airshow 2017.
But its significance to the Australian Defence Force is that this aircraft has teeth—the technology to disrupt, deceive and deny opposing radar and communications systems, and thereby reduce the risk faced by Australian forces in the field.
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It’s electrifying! New Zealand’s energy incubator

January 31, 2017
Got thoughts on energy management? Get set. Today Creative HQ, New Zealand’s widely acclaimed and long-running startup-commercialisation base in the city of Wellington, puts spark to a tinder of ideas for the electricity industry. “We’ve noticed various industries in which a faster innovation environment could have real impact,” says Nick Churchouse, CHQ’s head of customer engagement.
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Silverton’s new treasure: wind energy

January 19, 2017
A high-energy blockbuster is about to start production just outside Silverton, the historic silver-mining town and famed film location near Broken Hill, NSW. Movies shot in the quintessential Australian outback setting include Mad Max and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. The village will soon be abuzz again, as hundreds of workers arrive to harvest a fortune that’s way more certain than either silver mining or movie making: wind energy.
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Collaboration times 20: Connecting Australian and PNG emerging leaders

January 18, 2017
As a boy in Papua New Guinea, Kasek Galgal was motivated by time out—he found physics and maths easy, so aligned his study path at school for fast results and a quick exit to the playground.
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Taking ultrasound to Australia’s remote communities

January 10, 2017

Travel to the northernmost point of Australia’s mainland, and then another 39km across the Torres Strait and you’ll reach Thursday Island, one of the country’s most remote communities. A year ago, Emma and Lindsay Pickstone moved here with their two young children and began working at the local hospital, she as a doctor and he as a mechanical engineer, pursuing their shared ambition to help improve the lot of Australia’s disadvantaged populations.

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The dog and the CAT scan

January 10, 2017
Sweet little Brocky was having a rough trot. The homeless Jack Russell Terrier-Dachshund cross was wandering the streets of Geelong, Victoria, when he was skittled by a car. Not only did he survive, his life took a tail-wag turn when the local pound picked up the injured stray and took him to Lort Smith Animal Hospital.
His luck continued to point upwards when vets gently sedated him for an examination in their brand new CT scanner, which uses multiple X-ray “slices” to build up a detailed image.
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A wish list for 2017

January 03, 2017
If you’ve been following GE Reports’ Big Ideas series (catch part 1 and part 2 now), you’ll have an understanding of what thought leaders in a range of critical industries have identified as top-of-mind opportunities and disruptions in 2017.
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