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• SYDNEY, Australia, March 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IZEA Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: IZEA ), the premier provider of technology, data, and services for the Creator Economy, today announced that the Australian Influencer Marketing Council (AiMCO) has named Hoozu the best boutique influencer agency at its annual AiMCO Awards ceremony in Sydney.
• The AiMCO Awards recognize outstanding partnerships between brands and creators that captivate audiences with authentic, original, engaging content.
• "The influencer marketing industry is wonderfully unique,” said Natalie Giddings, Hoozu CEO.
• “I’m thrilled for Natt and our entire Hoozu team on this well-deserved industry honor,” said Ryan Schram, IZEA President and COO.

• Releasing the OAIC’s annual report for 2022–23, Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk said the volatile events of the financial year had underscored the need for the regulator to have the right foundations in place to promote and protect information access and privacy rights.
• “Throughout the year, the OAIC has continued to develop and advocate for these foundations to support a proportionate and proactive approach to regulation.
• This includes appropriate laws, resources, capability – the right people with the right tools – effective engagement with risk, appropriate governance and, importantly, collaboration,” Commissioner Falk said.
• Investigations were also opened into the personal information handling practices of retailers Bunnings and Kmart, focusing on the companies’ use of facial recognition technology.
• “The OAIC has a strong foundation on which to build, and it will move from strength to strength with the leadership of 3 expert commissioners.”
  Read the
  OAIC Annual report 2022–23.

Key 2022–23 statistics

Footnotes

[1] During 2022-23, the OAIC ceased classifying certain communications about FOI as ‘enquiries’ where these are more complex, or require a specific response, and are therefore dealt with by the FOI Branch instead of the OAIC’s enquiries team. This has reduced the numbers of FOI enquiries reported this financial year.

• Germany has recently become the latest country to move towards legalising recreational cannabis, following in the footsteps of Uruguay, Malta, Canada and parts of the United States.
• Even Thailand has begun distributing one million cannabis plants to households after dropping it from the official list of prohibited substances.
• In the last couple months, Legalise Cannabis Party members in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia have tabled bills to legalise recreational cannabis use.

Our research on cannabis growing in the ACT

• In 2020, ACT passed a law to allow people to possess, use and grow cannabis.
• We have been studying the experiences of these cannabis growers in the ACT.
• We conducted in-depth interviews with 10 people who grow cannabis, exploring their growing techniques, what works well and what challenges they’ve faced.

Challenges aplenty

• The people we interviewed are really interested in sharing their knowledge with others, but social barriers prevent many from doing so.
• Gardening Australia hasn’t produced a feature on the preferred soil and nutritional needs of cannabis plants.
• As one grower told us,
  The climate is really tough in Canberra for the type of plant that cannabis is.
• It doesn’t do well over 30 degrees and it doesn’t do well under like 20-18 [degrees], maybe.
• Lastly, we found that growing your own cannabis at home also requires an environment that supports it.
• Passing laws to allow for cannabis community gardens or other open growing areas would address this problem.

What other states can learn

• ACT growers have a lot to offer other Australian jurisdictions about how policies can better support home cannabis gardeners.
• It’s important to learn from their experiences so states and territories can get their policies right.
• Alison Ritter receives funding from the NHMRC, the ARC, state and federal governments, and non-government bodies.

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• This follows the recent renewal and expansion of a contract with a major ecommerce brand for 3000 3D models, as well as an enterprise renewal contract with an S&P 400 company for more than 5000 3D models.
• Management believes these enterprise renewal contracts, along with its multi-year supply agreement with Amazon, strengthens Nextech3D.ai's position in the 3D models for the ecommerce industry.
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