Telstra is calling on everyone to nominate a business woman for the prestigious 2008 Telstra Business Women’s Awards before nominations close on 30 May. Group Managing Director of Telstra Product … [Read more...]
AMA Position on Obesity
The Australian Medical Association today called on the food industry to take more responsibility in curbing Australia’s obesity epidemic. AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, said governments should … [Read more...]
National Careers & Employment Expo is Heading to Sydney
Sydney job seekers and school leavers take note! The National Careers & Employment Expo is heading to Sydney, to be held at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre on the 9th and 10th May, … [Read more...]
Chic Executive Officers put their Stilettos Firmly Under the Boardroom Table
At last, conclusive evidence that females are stronger CEOs than males and far more suited to business leadership roles exhibiting more strategic drive, risk taking and people skills and innovation in … [Read more...]
Women in Business to Profit
Over the past ten years, wealth creation and personal development have become a hot topic at women’s forums and across women’s media. Many of Australia’s large and small businesses, including some or … [Read more...]
Serial or Socialite: what type of networker are you?
The importance of networking is a well-known key to business success but did you know there are six categories of networkers - the Socialite, the Serial, the Initiator, the Occasional, the Balanced … [Read more...]
Two Arts Mums Launch New Network
MELBOURNE ARTS & MEDIA MUMS (MAMMs) - CALL FOR MEMBERS MAMMs is a support group for women in the arts, media and entertainment industries – either working full-time, part-time or not currently … [Read more...]
Free Lifestyle Coaching Session
No matter where in the world you reside, Danielle Ferris Lifestyle Coaching is offering to provide one 45-minute complimentary session over the telephone for those who want to make something happen in … [Read more...]
Advocacy at the heart of Australia’s young women
What Girls Say, a report outlining the concerns of 4,500 Australian girls aged 5 – 17 years, was launched today by Lynne Price, Chief Commissioner, Girl Guides Australia – the largest girls and young … [Read more...]
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Monday, 28 April 2008 is World Day for Safety and Health at Work, an international campaign to promote safe, healthy, and decent work. This year, as in previous years, tripartite events will be taking … [Read more...]
Popular ANZAC biscuit recipe
The army biscuit, also known as an ANZAC wafer or ANZAC tile, is essentially a long shelf-life, hard tack biscuit, eaten as a substitute for bread. Unlike bread, though, the biscuits are very, very … [Read more...]
Go red on Friday 13 June to support Heart Foundation ‘Go Red for Women Day’
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 … [Read more...]
Women delay perinatal depression help, to avoid medicines
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 … [Read more...]
Outstanding Australian managers to be recognised in a new award
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 … [Read more...]
Green Ribbon Week
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 … [Read more...]
Research to be released shows workplaces at risk of losing skills war
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 … [Read more...]
Bakers go pink for a good cause
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 … [Read more...]
Milk takes the pressure down
Drinking milk may help women lower their risk of developing high blood pressure. New research, published in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension, showed that women who consumed more … [Read more...]
Victims of domestic violence live with the fear children will be removed
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 … [Read more...]
Recipes made with love to treat Mum this Mother’s Day
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 … [Read more...]
Japanese whaling fleet will return to port after killing 551 whales
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 … [Read more...]
Industry code offers safer online experiences
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 … [Read more...]
New research reveals fatigue is causing havoc to women’s social and sex lives
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 … [Read more...]
Aussie Pooch Mobile helping decrease your dogs environmental footprint
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 … [Read more...]
Women bus drivers sought in Perth
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 – … [Read more...]
Greenpeace delivers the message: ‘Save the climate – No future in coal’
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, … [Read more...]
Employees awarded their birthday off from work
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 … [Read more...]
An apple a day really does keep the doctor away
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 … [Read more...]
Health and environmental concerns for women using conventional feminine hygiene products
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 … [Read more...]
Shape-UpTips for mature women
Mature women today want more out their life, and they need the energy to keep going. Curves has been dedicated to studying women’s fitness for the past 10 years and their members report they feel … [Read more...]
Free resource for women to build their money skills
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 … [Read more...]
Nominations are open for the Telstra Business Women’s Awards
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 … [Read more...]
Idol songstress sets shining example for deaf children in Queensland
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 … [Read more...]
Sir Richard Branson launches Australia’s newest international airline
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 … [Read more...]
Standards of Cystic Fibrosis Care Guidelines launched – a first for Australia
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 … [Read more...]
Australians delaying retirement by 15 years
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 … [Read more...]
New standards for the transport of livestock do not go far enough
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 … [Read more...]
Family friendly jobs portal for parents
Australia's leading parenting website, the Bub Hub has launched another online first in Australia with a Jobs & Career portal specifically designed to meet the needs of parents. The Bub Hub has … [Read more...]
Warning against using cough and cold treatments on children under two
Cough and cold medicines formulated for children under 2 are being pulled from pharmacy shelves in the United Kingdom amid fears of accidental overdose. Responding to guidance issued by the … [Read more...]
New research reveals women avoid GPs more than men
When it comes to being healthy, it seems Australians are all talk and no action and women actually avoid GPs more than men. The secret’s out - Australian men are not as macho as they think they are. … [Read more...]