C-HourCommunity Hours and Joyful Responsible Abundance: planning edition 5
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Unpaid Work, C-Hours, Societal Costs
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Open original document ↗Australian C-Hour Legislative Strategy: Markdown
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Open original document ↗Australian C-Hour Legislative Strategy: PDF
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Open original document ↗Web3 Sensorium for Science Debate
Title-matched PDF for Appendix A and B13. The timestamped B13 edition was not located; equivalence is unverified. Read with Appendix B of the current plan, which takes precedence over conflicting historical wording.
Open original document ↗Sovereign Space Builder: Part 1 of Full System and Implementation
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Open original document ↗Sovereign Space Builder: full system specification
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Open original document ↗AI Kitchen Food Waste Solution
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Open original document ↗Integrated Food System AI Expansion
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Open original document ↗Oceania Health and AI Surge Plan
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Open original document ↗Health-Tech Cooperative Business Plan
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Open original document ↗82 Claytons Road Anglican Partnership Proposal
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Open original document ↗Queens Venture Capital Planning Document
Title-matched proposal for Appendix A and B. A proposed women-led development pathway. Read with Appendix B of the current plan, which takes precedence over conflicting historical wording.
Open original document ↗UNGA81 Joyful Responsible Abundance Refined: New Reference Links
Title-matched personal proposal for Appendix A and B; not a United Nations endorsement. Read with Appendix B of the current plan, which takes precedence over conflicting historical wording.
Open original document ↗Ready SET Co. Business Strategy Development
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Open original document ↗Straddie Employment and Training Company (SETCo)
Title-matched PDF for Appendix B3. The timestamped edition was not located; equivalence is unverified. Read with Appendix B of the current plan, which takes precedence over conflicting historical wording.
Open original document ↗SETCo Business Setup and Compliance
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Open original document ↗SETCo 2026 Pitch Plan Revision
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Open original document ↗A Comprehensive Year 2 Strategic Plan for the Ready SET Co. Ecosystem
Related Markdown found by its internal Year 2 Strategic Plan heading. The timestamped Ready SET Co. Year 2 PDF in Appendix B5 was not located, and its quoted C-hour passages are not in this copy; edition equivalence is unverified. Read with Appendix B of the current plan, which takes precedence over conflicting historical wording.
Open original document ↗Spec-Driven AI Governance Architecture Australia
Title-matched PDF for Appendix B6. The numbered PDF edition was not located; equivalence is unverified. Read with Appendix B of the current plan, which takes precedence over conflicting historical wording.
Open original document ↗Local Government Funding Inquiry Submission
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Open original document ↗Virtual Minjerribah: Time Simulations and Data
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Open original document ↗Shared Table Initiative
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Open original document ↗Queenslands Heart-First AI Surge Plan
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Open original document ↗Australia's Olympic Space Gambit
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Open original document ↗GAJRA Earth-Space-AI Summit
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Open original document ↗Virtual Minjerribah Design Document
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Open original document ↗Generative Simulation Engine and Asset Pipeline for Quandamooka Country
Related Markdown edition for Appendix B13. The PDF was not located; equivalence is unverified. Read with Appendix B of the current plan, which takes precedence over conflicting historical wording.
Open original document ↗Aura of Intelligence overview
The broader Aura vision and overview. Added by Luke on 24 September 2026 to accompany the Matrix Studio implementation link.
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Aura Matrix Studio
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Visit source ↗Luke Nathan Hayes, Mutual Futures, September 2026 public workbench. The introduction, Business Succession, Work and Life, Intelligence and Income, and Aura and Intelligence chapters were read for this edition. They are primary sources for the proposed architecture, not independent proof of delivery.
P1. Luke Nathan Hayes, Mutual Futures, September 2026 public workbench. The introduction, Business Succession, Work and Life, Intelligence and Income, and Aura and Intelligence chapters were read for this edition. They are primary sources for the proposed architecture, not independent proof of delivery.
Visit source ↗Jobs and Skills Australia, Our Gen AI Transition, Exposure. Explains task exposure, augmentation, automation and the role of adoption and workplace adaptation
E1. Jobs and Skills Australia, Our Gen AI Transition, Exposure. Explains task exposure, augmentation, automation and the role of adoption and workplace adaptation. Accessed 23 September 2026.
Visit source ↗National AI Centre and CSIRO, Australia's artificial intelligence ecosystem, growth and opportunities. The report describes Australian AI businesses, research, skills and geographic concentration. The linked publication was posted on 22 April 2026 and draws on earlier data; it is not a live employment count
E2. National AI Centre and CSIRO, Australia's artificial intelligence ecosystem, growth and opportunities. The report describes Australian AI businesses, research, skills and geographic concentration. The linked publication was posted on 22 April 2026 and draws on earlier data; it is not a live employment count. Accessed 23 September 2026.
Visit source ↗National Health and Medical Research Council, National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2025, effective 23 June 2026. This is a reference for developing research arrangements, not evidence of approval for an Aura project
E3. National Health and Medical Research Council, National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2025, effective 23 June 2026. This is a reference for developing research arrangements, not evidence of approval for an Aura project. Accessed 23 September 2026.
Visit source ↗Australian Bureau of Statistics, How Australians use their time, 2024. Participant averages for people aged 15 and over; methodological changes limit comparisons with earlier surveys
E4. Australian Bureau of Statistics, How Australians use their time, 2024. Participant averages for people aged 15 and over; methodological changes limit comparisons with earlier surveys. Accessed 23 September 2026.
Visit source ↗International Labour Organization, ILO calls for urgent action to prevent looming global care crisis, 28 June 2018. Reports the 64-country estimate of 16.4 billion daily hours of unpaid care
E5. International Labour Organization, ILO calls for urgent action to prevent looming global care crisis, 28 June 2018. Reports the 64-country estimate of 16.4 billion daily hours of unpaid care. Accessed 23 September 2026.
Visit source ↗World Health Organization, Mental health at work. Estimates annual working days and productivity lost to depression and anxiety
E6. World Health Organization, Mental health at work. Estimates annual working days and productivity lost to depression and anxiety. Accessed 23 September 2026.
Visit source ↗MDN, Progressive web apps. Technical context for a shared web application with installation and selected offline capabilities
S1. MDN, Progressive web apps. Technical context for a shared web application with installation and selected offline capabilities. Accessed 23 September 2026.
Visit source ↗PostgreSQL documentation, Row Security Policies. Technical context for restricting record access; this alone does not establish personal data sovereignty
S2. PostgreSQL documentation, Row Security Policies. Technical context for restricting record access; this alone does not establish personal data sovereignty. Accessed 23 September 2026.
Visit source ↗Ollama documentation. Candidate runtime for local model experiments; model and hardware suitability require evaluation
S3. Ollama documentation. Candidate runtime for local model experiments; model and hardware suitability require evaluation. Accessed 23 September 2026.
Visit source ↗GitHub documentation, Understanding GitHub Actions. Technical context for automated build and test workflows
S4. GitHub documentation, Understanding GitHub Actions. Technical context for automated build and test workflows. Accessed 23 September 2026.
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Political Ethics, Technology, and Australian Law
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Legislative Strategy for Regenerative Assets
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Australian Community Project Rollout Plan
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Local Islands Narrative Strategy
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