Kim Scott is this year’s winner of the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award. At the Miles Franklin Award dinner held at the State Library of Victoria last night, the multi-award winning author … [Read more...]
Employees urged to treat their workplace like a hotel
Companies wishing to reduce their costs are asking employees to book a desk at work, according to a psychologist speaking at the 9th Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference (IOP) in … [Read more...]
Small Business Superannuation Clearing House
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Sydney Business Awards 2011
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The Time is Right for Women
This year the oldest of the baby boomers turn 65 and this hard working generation begins its long descent into retirement. Leading KPMG demographer, Bernard Salt, predicts that the impacts of this … [Read more...]
Use of lightweight plastic shopping bags in ACT
Use of lightweight plastic shopping bags in ACT This information is brought to you by business.gov.auUse of lightweight plastic shopping bags in ACTThursday 16 June 2011If you're a retailer in the … [Read more...]
Minerals Resource Rent Tax open for consultation
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New Point of Sale sign for retailers
New Point of Sale sign for retailers This information is brought to you by business.gov.auNew Point of Sale sign for retailersTuesday 14 June 2011A new Point of Sale sign is now available to … [Read more...]
Textile, clothing and footwear industry grants
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Help your business take off overseas
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National Cyber Security Awareness Week
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Product Review: Neutrogena Deep Clean Cream Cleanser
We all want to keep our skin clean and looking good, and the most important step in any beauty routine is using the right facial cleanser. It is important to clean away all the damage done to your … [Read more...]
Cookbook Review: Mangia! Mangia! by Teresa Oates and Angela Villella
[rating:5] “When we told Nonna Villella that sun-dried tomatoes were selling for $40 a kilo at the local supermarket, she thought we were joking. She had quietly gone about making her filled sun-dried … [Read more...]
Are You an IBMer: IBM Recruitment Australia
IBM are currently recruiting for a range of positions in Australia. Job areas include: Consulting & Services; Engineering (hardware); Finance & Accounting; Human Resources; IT & … [Read more...]
Give an Australian Child a Good Beginning
Good Beginnings, a national charity building better outcomes for children in vulnerable communities, is calling on Australians to help build better futures for children suffering from neglect and … [Read more...]
Menopause in the Bedroom
Tonight many women will find themselves burning up and getting hot and sweaty between the sheets; but for all the wrong reasons. Hot flushes and night sweats are two common symptoms of menopause that … [Read more...]
The facts about bowel cancer
Bowel cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, is a malignant growth inside the lining of the large bowel. Most bowel cancers start out as polyps, which look like small spots on the bowel lining or … [Read more...]
Book Review: Little People by Jane Sullivan
[rating:4.5] “One day she will ask me the inevitable question. There is much to tell, and I am not certain how to tell it. At least I know where to begin...It began with a game a gentleman taught … [Read more...]
Kids Stay and Play Free at Paradise Resort on the Gold Coast
For a limited time only, Paradise Resort have released a Family Fun package with breakfast included for the whole family! 2 night packages start from $180* per room per night! Paradise Resort is … [Read more...]
Book Review – The Indigo Sky by Alison Booth
[rating:3.5] The Indigo Sky is the sequel to last year’s Stillwater Creek (reviewed here). Author Alison Booth has revisited the fictional town of Jingera on the New South Wales south coast. It is now … [Read more...]
Measure, Monitor and Motivate for a Healthy Weight
Dietitian Dr Catherine Lombard has some advice for Australian women when it comes to achieving and maintaining a healthy weight; measure, monitor and motivate. Dr Lombard is the Director of Healthy … [Read more...]
Book Review – The Lightkeeper’s Wife by Karen Viggers
[rating:4] Mary’s health is failing and the arrival of an unexpected visitor bearing an unwanted letter – a letter with hideously destructive potential – catapults her into action. She returns to … [Read more...]
Book Review – Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen
[rating:3.5] “I think that the Lord appreciates a man on a tractor more than a man smoking marijuana in his pajamas,” Mom said earnestly. “I know I do.” When Rhoda Janzen’s husband leaves her for a … [Read more...]
Women are Losing the Board Game
In the early 1990s the case for improving gender diversity on boards was waved away with the argument that more women moving through the ‘the pipeline’ would result in them achieving board … [Read more...]
Australia is an alcohol free zone during the month of February
If you're feeling a little worse for wear after the silly season, FebFast 2011 might really appeal to you. FebFast asks Australians to forgo alcohol for the month of February and if you need a little … [Read more...]
Book Review: Losing the Last 5kg by Susie Burrell
[rating:4.5] Many people will have made a new years resolution to lose weight and improve their health or have just reached a point of frustration after trying just about everything to lose weight … [Read more...]
Alcohol and the festive season
As the end of the year approaches, our social calendars become packed with parties, dinners, BBQs, work functions and ‘catch-ups’; many of which will involve alcohol. According to a 2009 survey by … [Read more...]
Book Review: Introducing the Honourable Phryne Fisher by Kerry Greenwood
[rating:4.5] Then she got on the tram and sat near me. A lady with a Lulu bob, feather earrings, a black cloth coat with an Astrakhan collar and a black cloche jammed down over her exquisite eyebrows. … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Great Australian Book of Limericks by Jim Haynes
[rating:3] The cover of The Great Australian Book of Limericks shows a bishop standing next to a sign to Nantucket – giving a good indication of what to expect between the pages. This is unashamed … [Read more...]
Aussie Business Women Offering Cash Prize for a Connection with Oprah
Two Australian business women are so keen to connect with Oprah Winfrey, they're willing to award a cash prize of $25,000 to whomever can make their dream a reality. Time may be running out for the … [Read more...]
Book Review: New Australian Stories 2 edited by Aviva Tuffield
There’s a story for most readers in this absorbing new collection of new short fiction. Dark, humorous, quirky and many other descriptive labels besides – pick your preferred writing style and there’s … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
[rating:5] Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2010 Julian Treslove is a man whose life has been “one mishap after another”. He is addicted to tragedy - he imagines almost everything in the context of an … [Read more...]
Gestational Diabetes
Diabetes is a condition in which there is too much glucose (sugar) in the blood. The rise in glucose occurs because the body can’t make enough of the hormone insulin, or the insulin produced is not … [Read more...]
Do Bloggers Need a Union?
I've been chasing one of Australia's largest media corporations for the money they owe Australian Women Online. Of course I'd be more than happy to discuss the matter with them, if only they would … [Read more...]
Social Connections are Good for your Health
We often worry about the physical factors that affect our health, but sometimes forget about the role of emotional or psychological factors. Social connections, friendships and our relationships with … [Read more...]
Book Review – Dead Man’s Chest by Kerry Greenwood
[rating:4] Phryne Fisher is heading to the resort town of Queenscliff for her summer holiday. Accompanied by her faithful companion Dot, Molly the dog, and her two adoptive daughters Ruth and Jane; … [Read more...]
The Real Halloween Horror: another excuse to sex girls up too soon
Just when you thought you’d seen every possible way for marketers to pressure girls to be too sexy too soon, along comes another opportunity for stores to sell product and sexualise girls . . . … [Read more...]
Book Review: What is left over, after by Natasha Lester
[rating:4.5] This is a book about mothers and daughters; about what it means to be both a mother and a daughter and what this familial bond means for a woman’s sense of self. Gaelle has fled her … [Read more...]
Book Review: Madam Lash by Sam Everingham
[rating:3.5] Gretel Pinniger, along with her larger-than-life alter ego Madam Lash, has outraged, titillated and enriched the Australian cultural scene over the past forty-odd years. The publicity … [Read more...]
Book Review: Otherland – a journey with my daughter by Maria Tumarkin
[rating:5] Sometimes the gulf between reality and imagination is vast. Often it is at its greatest when it involves those things closest to our hearts, for here the possibility of self delusion is at … [Read more...]
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