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Go red on Friday 13 June to support Heart Foundation ?Go Red for Women Day?
2008-04-22 09:03:00
The Heart Foundation will be turning black Friday red on 13 June 2008 with special Go Red for Women events across Australia. Heart disease is the number one killer of Australian women - a fact that will surprise many Australians. In 2006, 10,797 women died from heart disease ? this equates to about 30 Australian women ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Go red on Friday 13 June to support Heart Foundation ‘Go Red for Women Day’", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 430" });
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Women delay perinatal depression help, to avoid medicines
2008-04-22 08:54:00
About one in three women experience postnatal depression. Fifteen percent have more severe symptoms which can negatively affect the baby and lead to chronic depression, marital difficulties and suicide, according to an article in the current issue of Australian Prescriber. The earlier that a mother or mother-to-be gets help for depression, the better it is for ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Women delay perinatal depression help, to avoid medicines", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 429" });
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Outstanding Australian managers to be recognised in a new award
2008-04-22 08:42:00
Outstanding achievers in sport, the arts, science and the community are often identified and publicly celebrated. Outstanding managers of people, however, receive scant recognition. In light of the fact that managers have a significant impact on the lives of almost everyone in the Australian workforce, the national body that represents Australian people managers has initiated ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Outstanding Australian managers to be recognised in a new award", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 428" });
More About: Business , Careers , Award , Managers

Green Ribbon Week
2008-04-22 08:29:00
Green Ribbon Week aims to raise awareness about how replacing animal models with modern technologies increases the quality of medical research and spares animal lives. The latest available Australian statistics reveal around 5 million animals are used in research and teaching each year. Animal research causes pain, suffering and death to animals, yielding results of minimal ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Green Ribbon Week", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 427" });
More About: Green , Animal Rights , Charities

How do you measure success?
2008-04-22 01:59:00
The more I think about it, the more I see significant differences between men and women in terms of our measures of success.  What is your measure of success in life ? as a male or female ? and has this shifted over time? www.sphinxx.org SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "How do you measure success?", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 426" });
More About: Careers , Success

Juggling farm life, motherhood and caring for the land
2008-04-21 18:49:00
Profile Juggling motherhood, a 81 hectare dairy farm and community environmental projects are just part of the working week for Dairy Farm ers supplier Leesa Swan of Jamberoo, NSW. Since Leesa commenced her role at Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority (CMA) in 2006, she has helped drive more than 53 environmental projects funded by CMA through the National ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Juggling farm life, motherhood and caring for the land", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 425" });
More About: Business , Life , Motherhood , Land

Research to be released shows workplaces at risk of losing skills war
2008-04-21 17:15:00
Research to be released next week by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) shows that employers are failing to provide workplaces that will overcome the skills shortage and remain competitive. The EOWA research uncovers the significant disconnect between what women and men want and expect from a workplace and what they are ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Research to be released shows workplaces at risk of losing skills war", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 424" });
More About: Business , Research , Careers , Released , Risk

Bakers go pink for a good cause
2008-04-21 14:37:00
Bakers Delight stores across the nation will actively support Australians affected with breast cancer from 24th April ? 14th May, 2008. 100% from the sale of specially prepared Pink Finger Buns during the Pink Bun Fundraising Campaign will go directly to Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) - helping them continue to assist the 36 women a ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bakers go pink for a good cause", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 423" });
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Decade of success for Wendy-Jayne Williams
2008-04-21 14:26:00
Profile Wendy -Jayne Williams was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Jobs Statewide 10 years ago at the age of 34. The not-for-profit organisation has since become the leading job network provider in the country, increasing its annual turnover from $100,000 to $21 million and growing from three employees to 160. Wendy-Jayne started with Jobs Statewide Inc in ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Decade of success for Wendy-Jayne Williams", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 422" });
More About: Business , Success

Four ingredients to a better lifestyle
2008-04-21 07:41:00
The LifeStyle Channel today announced that it will produce a new six-part series, 4 INGREDIENTS, based on the best-selling, self-published recipe book of the same name. It?s a series for anyone who has ever asked? What am I going to cook for dinner tonight?  How can I spend less money at the supermarket, less time in ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Four ingredients to a better lifestyle", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 421" });
More About: Entertainment , Lifestyle , Ingredients

Victims of domestic violence live with the fear children will be removed
2008-04-19 10:19:00
It?s important for their own safety that women do continue to report domestic violence, without the baseless fear that their children will be taken from them as a result, the NSW Department of Community Services said on Friday. Acting Executive Director, Operations Support Helen Freeland, said it was inappropriate to comment on the individual cases of ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Victims of domestic violence live with the fear children will be removed", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 418" });
More About: News , Parenting , Children , Domestic , Live

World?s Biggest Playgroup
2008-04-17 00:23:00
An estimated 15,000 children and adults will come together at more than 60 events Australia-wide on Wednesday 30th April for the ?World ?s Biggest Playgroup. Stretching from Mandurah, Western Australia, to Hobart in Tasmania, and Cairns in North Queensland, this uniquely Australian event brings together families with under-school age children, to celebrate the fun and friendship of ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "World’s Biggest Playgroup", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 416" });
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Recipes made with love to treat Mum this Mother?s Day
2008-04-16 10:06:00
Courtesy of the Cranberry Media Bureau Mother ?s Day is almost here again, the time of the year when we can return some pampering to those who continuously care for us. This year try something new and spoil your nearest and dearest with some delicious cranberry treats! From a refreshing cranberry cooler to dark chocolate tarts with cranberries, ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Recipes made with love to treat Mum this Mother?s Day", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 415" });
More About: Love , Made , Treat

Australia?s healthiest products
2008-04-16 03:50:00
Healthy chips, healthy desserts and ready-made meals are amongst the 36 award-winning products celebrated in Slimming & Health magazine?s annual Healthy Eating Awards, Australia ?s only initiative to award the foods and programs that make healthy living easy. Now in their fourth year, Slimming & Health?s 2008 Healthy Eating Awards saw Australians cast over 6,400 votes for their ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Australia?s healthiest products", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 414" });
More About: Products

Charmaine Graham and ?Worldwide Shopping Tours?
2008-04-16 02:36:00
After spending too much of her own travelling time figuring out post-office and custom requirements in foreign cities, and handing over a small fortune to airlines to drag excess baggage back to Australia, Charmaine Graham began searching for a solution to the problem faced by so many travellers these days.  Worldwide Shopping Tours  is the result of extensive ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Charmaine Graham and ‘Worldwide Shopping Tours’", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 411" });
More About: Business , Interviews

Desk etiquette? does it differ for the sexes?
2008-04-16 00:49:00
My friend Nea is a great photographer.  She is one of the few who have resisted the temptation of digital and retains her trusty SLR camera - primarily so that she has a reason to have her photos printed (when was the last time you printed your digital photos??)  So she is constantly surrounded by beautiful ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Desk etiquette? does it differ for the sexes?", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 413" });
More About: Business , Etiquette , Careers , Feminism

J.K. Rowling takes legal action against RDR Books
2008-04-15 10:38:00
J K Rowling , author of the phenomenally successful Harry Potter series, has taken legal action against RDR Books over the publisher’s planned release of a 400 page Harry Potter Lexicon.  The lexicon is based on entries posted on a website www.lp-lexicon.com created by librarian, Steve Vander Ark. The publisher will argue in court that the lexicon provides fresh insights ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "J.K. Rowling takes legal action against RDR Books", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 412" });
More About: Action , Legal , Authors

Japanese whaling fleet will return to port after killing 551 whales
2008-04-15 08:15:00
The Government of Japan?s whaling fleet is returning to port having killed 551 or over half of its self-allotted quota this season.  According to IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare) 551 dead whales is 551 too many. The Institute for Cetacean Research (ICR) has posted a report from this year?s whaling season on the Japan ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Japanese whaling fleet will return to port after killing 551 whales", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 409" });
More About: Port , Return , Animal Rights , Whales

Industry code offers safer online experiences
2008-04-15 08:00:00
I am delighted to announce the internet industry in Australia is taking some action to regulate itself for the benefit of everyone who uses the Internet , particularly children. The Internet Industry Association (IIA) has launched its draft code of practice for internet content providers, for public comment. ?We are confident that the Draft Code achieves ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Industry code offers safer online experiences", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 408" });
More About: Online , Experiences

Bare-faced cheeky TV. Is new ad a step too far?
2008-04-14 17:06:00
In a new advert currently appearing on TV a cheeky chappy has to get to his wedding on time after a batchelor party goes a little too far. Nothing wrong or surprising with that I hear you say, but this is prime time TV and he?s in his birthday suit. That?s right. Our ?hero? of ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bare -faced cheeky TV. Is new ad a step too far?", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 407" });
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Caritas warns of international food crisis
2008-04-14 11:39:00
Caritas Australia has warned the spiralling cost of food will exacerbate global malnutrition already affecting over 820 million people in developing countries. ?Currently we have over 40 times the population of Australia who are malnourished?, said Caritas Australia CEO Jack de Groot. ?The number of malnourished people today would fill the MCG for the next 8200 weekends ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Caritas warns of international food crisis", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 406" });
More About: International , Food , Human Rights , Crisis , Charities

Ms Entrepreneur: multimedia project showcasing female entrepreneurs launche
2008-04-14 11:08:00
Ms Entrepreneur , a multi-media project comprising an annual magazine, a TV and podcast series and a website, was launched today at an industry event held in Sydney, at the Park Hyatt Hotel. The project was launched by Switzer Group?s Director and Ms Entrepreneur Group Publisher, Maureen Jordan, together with The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for Housing and ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Ms Entrepreneur: multimedia project showcasing female entrepreneurs launches in Australia", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 405" });
More About: Business , Multimedia , Female , Careers

Australia?s first ?Win a Divorce? competition brought to you by smut weekly
2008-04-14 05:01:00
In their latest attempt to boost circulation figures, that proudly misogynist publication, Zoo Weekly is offering Australia ’s first ‘Win a Divorce ’ competition. Readers of smut weekly are being invited to tell the low-brow mag in 100 words or less why they want a divorce. ?This is probably the best competition we?ve ever run. It?s a chance for ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Australia’s first ‘Win a Divorce’ competition brought to you by smut weekly", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 403" });
More About: News , Competition

New research reveals fatigue is causing havoc to women?s social and sex liv
2008-04-14 04:32:00
Newspoll research* released today reveals a ?fatigue phenomenon? which is hitting women hard, interfering with their sex and social lives and is also making them clumsy, angry and impatient.  Yet women are dismissive of the severity and impact of their tiredness, with 83 percent (translating to 4.5 million Aussie women) simply accepting it as part ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "New research reveals fatigue is causing havoc to women?s social and sex lives", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 402" });
More About: News , Social , Women , Research , Havoc

Aussie Pooch Mobile helping decrease your dogs environmental footprint
2008-04-14 04:09:00
Aussie Pooch Mobile offers a way for your dog to help decrease his footprint and do his part for the earth.  And to celebrate Earth Day on 22 April, all dogs washed by Aussie Pooch Mobile during that week will receive a free aroma therapy treatment which promotes calm and wellbeing and will leave your pampered ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Aussie Pooch Mobile helping decrease your dogs environmental footprint", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 401" });
More About: Dogs , Environmental , Aussie

Mom?s Blogging Carnival - 14 April, 2008 Edition
2008-04-14 02:38:00
Welcome to the April 14, 2008 edition of Mom’s Blogging Carnival . Denise D. Witmer presents Does your teen buckle up? posted at About.com Parenting of Adolescents Carla presents 5 Fabulously Important Things to do to Baby-Proof Your Home « Fabulous Mommy ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Mom’s Blogging Carnival - 14 April, 2008 Edition", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 399" });
More About: Internet , General

Wendy Iles? hair styles sell out in three days
2008-04-12 09:01:00
Tasmanian born hairstylist Wendy Iles is enjoying heightened celebrity status in Paris with the successful release of a new book dedicated to her. A coffee-table book of fine art photography featuring the creative hairstyles of the international celebrity is selling well around the world ? particularly in Paris where all stocks have sold out within the ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Wendy Iles’ hair styles sell out in three days", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 398" });
More About: Entertainment , Fashion , Styles , Hair , Authors

Women bus drivers sought in Perth
2008-04-11 13:38:00
Women are being encouraged to take up the challenge of driving a bus. Southern Coast Transit is now offering to train people with a car licence to upgrade to a bus licence if they pass a simple test ? are you female? This is a great opportunity for women to learn a new skill and build ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Women bus drivers sought in Perth ", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 397" });
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Applications open for Women?s Leadership and Development Grants
2008-04-11 13:31:00
Applications are now open for the 2007-08 Women ?s Leadership and Development Programme. The Australian Government invites eligible non-government organisations to apply for grants of up to $100,000. Applications for funding must be for projects with measurable outcomes, which will benefit women at either a national or local level. The grants will be awarded to projects which assist ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Applications open for Women’s Leadership and Development Grants", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 396" });
More About: News , Business , For Women , Applications

Fun new product: drinking glasses that light up the dark
2008-04-11 05:34:00
New Product Glow Glass is a fresh, colourful and exciting new range of plastic drinkware that will literally be the life of the party. A small lithium battery is cleverly concealed at the base of each unit and when liquid is poured into the glass the light is activated. The liquid creates the current revealing the ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Fun new product: drinking glasses that light up the dark", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 395" });
More About: Shopping , Dark , Drinking , Light