Luke Townsend

The Australian Defence Force’s recruiting problems are becoming chronic. Beyond needing to staff all the new systems coming online in the three services, current recruitment has failed to staff even the existing order of battle. With much talk of hollow formations and empty positions, the 7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment and 1st Armoured Regiment are being merged or rerolled, but essentially an infantry and an armoured regiment will now be removed from the order of battle.

Written by Luke Townsend, BizSmart Birmingham and Solihull Instrumental to every successful business is the implementation of a business rhythm. Essential for reflecting and analysing performance, a business rhythm is a great tool to help achieve scaleup. However, many business owners are guilty of getting caught up in the day-to-day running of their business and can find creating time in their busy schedule to plan and reflect, extremely challenging.

Geological disposal is the globally preferred long-term solution for higher activity radioactive wastes (HAW) including intermediate level waste (ILW). In a cementitious disposal system, cellulosic waste items present in ILW may undergo alkaline hydrolysis, producing significant quantities of isosaccharinic acid (ISA), a chelating agent for radionuclides.