This summary hgihlights two presentations at the Wyndham Learning City's Friday Forum from George Osborne, Advantages of extending the Learning City Approach into other areas of Local Government and beyond, and  Maren Klein, Learning and/or earning: Tensions between learning for the economic sphere (jobs) and learning for well-being/democracy.

Lara Pugh, Project Leader Learning City for Wollongong City Council, NSW, Australia, a member of the Australian Learning Communities Network, is keen to learn about running a local learning festival. Lara recently interviewed members of the LearnWest Learning Network about how they went about organising their recent Learning for Earning Festival.

The Australian Learning Community Network is pleased to provide the latest news from around the network.

We are particularly pleased to, along with PASCAL, and other partners to support the City of Wyndham and the City of Melton as the first Global Learning Festival takes place on 1-4 September.  Make sure you urge your community members to register for the events https://www.globallearningfestival.com/.

It is with great pleasure that I attach the Australian Learning Community Network Annual Report 2019-2020. In particular, I  highlight the activities of our learning communities. For example, read about:

A series of activities and speeches were held at three secondary schools in Al Wakra on 13 March 2018 to inform students about the UN Sustainability Goals, especially Sustainability Goal 4.