Peter Hanlon

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Sustainable options empower SMEs in mitigating climate risk

1 week ago | afr.com | Peter Hanlon

‘You can’t change the climate’The pub is on high enough ground to be safe from floodwaters – at least for now. But with the road between Townsville and Cairns closed for 18 days this year, the potential impact to Muzik’s supply chain alone is an ongoing concern. “I’m lucky that I’ve always made sure I’ve got enough stock to last me a couple of weeks if something goes wrong,” she says. “What can you do? You can’t change the climate.
This suburban club has produced seven AFL players in 18 months, but that’s not what it’s most proud of

2 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Peter Hanlon

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In its past 31 games since the 2023 VFL grand final, Werribee have had seven players drafted to the AFL. It’s a staggering strike rate, born of the most basic principles.
Age and Sex Differences in Treatment Efficacy for Type 2 Diabetes-Reply

3 weeks ago | jamanetwork.com | Peter Hanlon

Age and Sex Differences in Treatment Efficacy for Type 2 Diabetes—Reply Age and Sex Differences in Efficacy of Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes Peter Hanlon, PhD; Elaine Butterly, MBChB; Lili Wei, PhD; Heather Wightman, MBChB; Saleh Ali M.
How directors can utilise boardroom conflicts for collaborative success

1 month ago | aicd.com.au | Peter Hanlon

Collaborative problem-solving is more important than ever in an increasingly complex world. Genevieve Hawkins GAICD, a health professional turned “transformation executive” and author of Shrinking Elephants, explains how conflict can be fundamental to good governance. 1. Sit with discomfortPeople generally either avoid conflict until it explodes or charge into it like a bull in a china shop.
‘We don’t know’: The harrowing question facing footballers from the AFL to the bush

1 month ago | theage.com.au | Peter Hanlon

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As well as a handy footballer, Mark “Butch” Robinson was a local tennis champion who won the first of 12 Colac lawn singles titles the summer before the 1985 Hampden league grand final. Yet that day at Reid Oval somehow defines him, and won’t leave him no matter how far it recedes in life’s rearview mirror.
‘The most scared I’ve been’: The future AFL stars caught up in a football ‘bloodbath’

1 month ago | theage.com.au | Peter Hanlon

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Forty years ago this September, Colac-Coragulac and South Warrnambool met in the Hampden league decider. The game is a window on a time football had to outgrow, when the whiff of a premiership could be so intoxicating that all notions of propriety would disappear.
Early-onset type 2 diabetes and frailty

2 months ago | thelancet.com | Giuseppe Maltese |Helier Hospitals |Peter Hanlon

CorrespondenceVolume 13, Issue 5p370-371 aSchool of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences, King's College London, London SE1 9NH, UK bDepartment of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals, Surrey, UK cDepartment of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, London, UK dDepartment of Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, UK eDepartment of Diabetes and Endocrinology, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS...
AFL 2025: North Melbourne Kangaroos head of development Michael Barlow has done things the hard way; Gold Coast Suns; Fremantle Dockers; Alastair Clarkson; Ross Lyon; football scores; results; schedules

Mar 29, 2025 | theage.com.au | Peter Hanlon

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Michael Barlow’s birth as an AFL footballer was so laboured, it’s hard to imagine the end could have been just as harrowing. Delisted by Gold Coast in 2018, nine seasons and 141 games after one of the most storied late-blooming careers had begun, Barlow headed home to Shepparton to be with his dying mother. He needed a family’s guiding hand more than ever.
How directors can beat boardroom burnout as responsibilities rise

Mar 26, 2025 | aicd.com.au | Peter Hanlon

Being a director has become more demanding than ever. Factor in committee involvement and the workload can become increasingly burdensome. So how many board seats is too many? A fast-moving regulatory environment, technological shifts and economic uncertainty has made holding a seat in the boardroom more exacting than ever. Managing multiple directorships is a juggling act demanding increased dexterity.
US trade tariffs: What your board needs to know

Feb 14, 2025 | aicd.com.au | Peter Hanlon

Last week, US President Donald Trump said his administration would introduce tariffs of 25 per cent on steel and aluminium imports into the United States, later revealing this would include “reciprocal” tariffs on US trading partners which would be “fair to all”. Yet even as the impact on Australia remains unclear, experts are urging boardrooms to ignore the noise and continue to stay the course and govern with pragmatism.