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Migrant women workers exploited on Australian soil
2008-04-11 03:55:00
Asian Women at Work have released a booklet to expose the unfair working conditions migrant women workers are subjected to by some employers in Australia. Cries from the Workplace was launched at Parliament House on 8 April by NSW Minister for Women, Ms Verity Firth and features the stories of twenty Asian women workers exploited by employers in ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Migrant women workers exploited on Australian soil", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 394" });
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Girl?s Guide to Turning Your Idea into a Business by Melissa Seymour
2008-04-10 05:39:00
‘You won’t find a book written by a man that warns you about investors who want to get into more than your business’ [Melissa Seymour, 2008:9]. Australian entrepreneur, wife and mother of two, Melissa Seymour (pictured) has written the quintessential guide for women in business.  Whether you are just starting out, or you are well established ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Girl ’s Guide to Turning Your Idea into a Business by Melissa Seymour", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 391" });
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Greenpeace delivers the message: ?Save the climate - No future in coal?
2008-04-09 05:19:00
When it comes to publicity, no-one does it better than Greenpeace.  At dawn this morning the Greenpeace hot air balloon flew over Liddell and Bayswater coal-fired power stations in the Hunter Valley, to deliver a climate change message to the federal government: ?Save the climate - No future in coal?. The balloon, flown by an experienced hot air balloon ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Greenpeace delivers the message: ?Save the climate - No future in coal?", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 389" });
More About: Environment , Climate , Future , Message , Coal

Employers are turning to part time workforce to ease skills shortage
2008-04-08 06:09:00
With greater emphasis on work life balance and a critical skills shortage in Australia, employers are turning to the part time workforce to fill job vacancies.  To meet this increasing demand for part time employees, Rhonda Sermon (pictured) and Shereen Jolly, two clever mums from Perth, are using technology and the Internet to bring employers and this pool of largely untapped ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Employers are turning to part time workforce to ease skills shortage", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 387" });
More About: Business , Time , Careers , Part , Skills

I Am Woman CD - Mothers Day Appeal 2008
2008-04-07 05:14:00
MUSIC TO HELP HEAL THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF TIMOR-LESTE On Tuesday 8 April, ?I Am Woman ?, a CD produced to help heal women and children of Timor-Leste will be officially launched as a national Mothers Day Appeal at the State Parliament of Victoria by Rob Hudson MP, Chair of the Balibo House Trust and ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "I Am Woman CD - Mothers Day Appeal 2008 ", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 386" });
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Sex Discrimination Commissioner wants to hear from young people
2008-04-07 03:05:00
Young people around the country are being asked to talk online to federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick next week when she takes part in the e-Festival of Ideas as part of National Youth Week. Commissioner Broderick will co-present a panel, Reworking Feminism - What does gender equality mean in the 21st Century, as part of ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Sex Discrimination Commissioner wants to hear from young people", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 385" });
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Olivia takes the first of a million steps along the Great Wall
2008-04-06 20:16:00
Olivia Newton-John has taken the first of a million steps on her epic journey along the Great Wall of China. Olivia will spend the next 23 days leading a team of Australian and International celebrities on an arduous 228 kilometre trek hoping to raise enough money to build a new cancer and wellness centre as well ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Olivia takes the first of a million steps along the Great Wall ", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 384" });
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Employees awarded their birthday off from work
2008-04-06 19:54:00
How many times have you thought: wouldn?t it be great if I could have my birthday off? In what we hope will be a new precedent in Australia, employees at one association now have the privilege of celebrating their special day as they see fit. As part of their commitment to acknowledging the importance of work-life ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Employees awarded their birthday off from work", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 382" });
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An apple a day really does keep the doctor away
2008-04-06 19:38:00
A new health report released today advises us to get back to basics by eating an apple a day because, according to the science, they really can keep the doctor away. The Apple Report, a comprehensive review of scientific research published over the last 10 years, found that apples are one of the only foods specifically ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "An apple a day really does keep the doctor away", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 381" });
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Aid to poor countries in decline
2008-04-05 01:31:00
Desperately needed assistance from wealthy countries to poor countries is falling, according to the latest aid figures released by the OECD on 4 April 2008. Oxfam Australia spokeswoman May Miller-Dawkins said the figures, released on Friday in Tokyo, show that the total overseas aid provided in 2007 was $US104 billion, an 8.4% drop in real terms. Ms ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Aid to poor countries in decline", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 380" });
More About: Human Rights , Countries , Poor , Charities

Health and environmental concerns for women using conventional feminine hyg
2008-04-04 07:34:00
Non-organic cotton is the most pesticide intensive crop on the planet. Pesticides are believed to be responsible for some of the more persistent dioxins in the environment and in recent years, the effect of pesticides on human health has been questioned. Links have been made between pesticides and increased incidences of Alzheimer?s, heart disease, cancer, ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Health and environmental concerns for women using conventional feminine hygiene products", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 379" });
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Shape-UpTips for mature women plus free offer from Curves for Mothers Day
2008-04-04 06:39:00
Mature women today want more out their life, and they need the energy to keep going. A half-hour at Curves is quickly becoming as popular as a tea-break for healthier and happier women from 50 plus who want to get into shape and stay there. With more than 5 million members in 58 countries, Curves, ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Shape-UpTips for mature women plus free offer from Curves for Mothers Day ", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 378" });
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Release of new guidelines for providers of social networking sites hailed a
2008-04-03 14:20:00
New international guidelines for safer use of social networking services, such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo, will be launched today in the UK Parliament?s House of Lords in London. The guidelines, Good Practice Guidance for Providers of Social Networking and Other User Interactive Services draws on the expertise of leading internet companies, family and child ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Release of new guidelines for providers of social networking sites hailed as ‘a good day for families on the internet’", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 377" });
More About: Internet , Social Networking , Sites

Burt?s Bees natural personal care products have landed in Australia
2008-04-03 12:20:00
New Products The world?s leading range of Earth-friendly, natural personal care products have just arrived in Australia . Loved and cherished by people of all ages across the globe, Burt?s Bees products are now available at David Jones department stores. Burt?s Bees creates natural personal care products formulated to help consumers maximise their well-being and that of the ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Burt’s Bees natural personal care products have landed in Australia", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 376" });
More About: Personal , Fashion , Natural

The Bub Hub: an internet success story
2008-04-03 10:30:00
Brad and Hilary Lauder (pictured) launched the Bub Hub in 2002 when the Internet was still a new addition in most Australian homes.  Over the years the couple has seen an explosion in the number of parenting sites launched on the Internet, including some fierce competition provided by large media corporations in Australia.  But the Lauders have refused to sacrifice their honesty and integrity ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Bub Hub: an internet success story", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 371" });
More About: Business , Story , Success , Success Story

Free resource for women to build their money skills
2008-04-03 06:10:00
A new resource for women who want to build their money skills was launched today by Paul Clitheroe, Chairman of the Financial Literacy Foundation?s Advisory Board. Women understanding money is a series of 14 information sheets for women, developed by the Foundation in association with the Office for Women and Security4Women. The information sheets discuss a range ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Free resource for women to build their money skills", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 375" });
More About: For Women , Money , Resource

Nominations are open for the Telstra Business Women?s Awards
2008-04-03 05:56:00
Nominations are now open for the 2008 Telstra Business Women ?s Awards , which recognise successful women across the country for their business acumen and career success. The annual Telstra Business Women?s Awards program has been a prominent event on the business calendar since 1995, and recognises the many achievements of Australian women and their invaluable contribution to ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Nominations are open for the Telstra Business Women’s Awards", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 374" });
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The fashionable way to be kind to the environment
2008-04-03 05:03:00
Have you ever wondered why reusable shopping bags lack style and colour? And that why being ?green? is often synonymous with being boring, and why ?green? items are often offered only in green, black or brown?  Sure, those reusable shopping bags sold in supermarkets may be environmentally friendly, but they’re about as fashionable as the plastic ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The fashionable way to be kind to the environment", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 373" });
More About: Environment , Fashion , The Environment , Fashionable

Overweight women need more help to breastfeed
2008-04-01 17:35:00
Visiting American breastfeeding expert, Kay Hoover says overweight women have more difficulty breastfeeding and with the rising incidence of obesity in Australia this could have a significant impact on the health of babies born to overweight women. Ms Hoover is touring Australia this week, presenting at the Australian Breastfeeding Association?s Breastfeeding: A Work of Heart seminar ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Overweight women need more help to breastfeed", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 368" });
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Idol songstress sets shining example for deaf children in Queensland
2008-04-01 17:34:00
A hearing impairment never stopped Australian Idol singer Brianna Carpenter from achieving her dream and it is not likely to hold back five-year-old Phoebe Kerr of Buderim either. Brianna was able to overcome her impairment of profound deafness in her right ear and take on a singing career. The energetic, loving and inquisitive Phoebe was diagnosed with ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Idol songstress sets shining example for deaf children in Queensland ", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 369" });
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Same sex foster parents vindicated after five year legal battle
2008-04-01 06:33:00
The NSW Administrative Decisions? Tribunal has today found that a Christian religious organisation broke the law by refusing to accept a gay couple?s application to become foster parents. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has been representing the same sex couple for five years in their battle to become foster parents for children needing emergency care. The ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Same sex foster parents vindicated after five year legal battle", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 367" });
More About: News , Human Rights , Legal , Parents , Battle

Are Australians safe at the beach?
2008-04-01 03:13:00
The 2007-08 Summer saw a mounting human toll of Australians who fell ill doing what they love: swimming and surfing at the beach. 16 year old Tom Stenford of Flinders contracted a Golden Staph infection 1 day after surfing at Gunnamatta Ocean Beach , Victoria, in late January. The infection had spread from a wound on Tom’s ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Are Australians safe at the beach?", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 366" });
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Win a copy of ?Judas Kisses?
2008-04-01 01:36:00
Judas Kisses by Donna Carson with Debbie Ritchie A true story of betrayal and survival On Good Friday in 1994, Donna Carson was bashed, doused in petrol and set alight by her de facto partner.  Donna suffered horrific burns to 65 per cent of her body and spent the next six months in hospital lapsing in and ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Win a copy of ‘Judas Kisses’", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 364" });
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Sir Richard Branson launches Australia?s newest international airline
2008-03-31 01:33:00
Australia?s newest International Airline, V Australia, has announced daily direct Sydney-Los Angeles flights as its inaugural trans-Pacific route and a premium product offering when it takes to the skies from 15 December 2008. The announcement was made in Sydney today by Virgin Blue co-founders Sir Richard Branson and Chief Executive, Brett Godfrey, together with New South ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Sir Richard Branson launches Australia’s newest international airline", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 363" });
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Standards of Cystic Fibrosis Care Guidelines launched ? a first for Austral
2008-03-31 01:18:00
Australians living with the life-threatening condition, Cystic Fibrosis (CF), have reason to celebrate today with the launch of the Standards of Cystic Fibrosis Care Guidelines . The launch of the Standards of Cystic Fibrosis Care Guidelines is a strong indication of further improvements in the care of those people living with this debilitating condition, whether they are ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Standards of Cystic Fibrosis Care Guidelines launched ? a first for Australia", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 362" });
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Boys and their toys ? preventing eye injuries in children these holidays
2008-03-31 01:07:00
Boys between the ages of four and nine are three times more likely to experience serious eye injury than girls of the same age. And be warned, it is the everyday objects you have around the house that are most dangerous when it comes to penetrating eye injuries. A new study of traumatic paediatric cataract patients ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Boys and their toys ? preventing eye injuries in children these holidays", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 361" });
More About: News , Holidays , Children , Toys , Injuries

Australians delaying retirement by 15 years
2008-03-30 22:44:00
Financial uncertainty and the need to pay-off mortgages are the main reasons many Australians are delaying retirement well beyond age 55. In a comprehensive survey of CARE Super members, more than 60 per cent of pre retirees predicted their working life would extend to at least age 65. Almost 50 per cent of the members listed ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Australians delaying retirement by 15 years", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 360" });
More About: Retirement , Money , Careers , Years

Bake: celebrating the time honoured tradition of baking
2008-03-30 22:33:00
Following on from the best-selling COOK and KITCHEN, The Australian Women?s Weekly Test Kitchen has launched BAKE (available at Seek Books for $67.46). As the years go by, the pleasure that comes from in freshly baked bread and cakes is as strong as ever. This highly desirable baking masterpiece contains over 500 recipes for all those much-loved ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bake: celebrating the time honoured tradition of baking", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 359" });
More About: Baking , General , Book Reviews , Time , Tradition

7 Steps to Sanity On-Line Mentoring Program: Three to give-away:
2008-03-29 21:37:00
Monthly Holistic Living Give -away: The Healthy Living Lounge are giving away three, 7 Steps to Sanity On-Line Mentoring Program s: If you are struggling with work life balance, feel the joy has been sucked right out of your life and know you?ve had enough, then you will be thrilled to know, our April monthly holistic living give-way ...
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New standards for the transport of livestock do not go far enough
2008-03-29 15:22:00
Proposed new standards and guidelines for the land transport of livestock in Australia have been released for public comment.  In what is undoubtedly a response to the global campaign to end the long distance transport of live animals, Animal Health Australia has developed a set of standards and guidelines to relieve the stress inflicted on livestock during land ... SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "New standards for the transport of livestock do not go far enough", url: "http://www.australianwomenonline.com/?p= 357" } );
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