Career
Kathryn Robinson and Magdelena Roze join Ten’s Breakfast line-up
Ten announces breakfast line-up and includes two women in program at the same time as Melbourne’s Mix 101.1 makes similar decision. Channel Ten is the latest news and entertainment provider to announce its talent line-up for 2012, with Magdelena Roze and Kathryn Robinson joining the network's Breakfast timeslot. Robinson, a mother of two, has been…Read More
BUSINESS
Lorna Jane founder named as finalist in the Australian Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award 2012
Finalists announced for the Australian Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award 2012. One of the country’s leading retailers has been nominated for prestigious women in business award. When it comes to inspiring women in business it is fair to say that Queensland's Lorna Jane Clarkson ranks highly on most people's list. And after launching a successful…Read More
BOOKS
Book Extract: “The Map of the Soul – Discovering Your True Purpose” By Tricia Brennan
The Map of the Soul teaches you how to discover your higher soul’s purpose and the meaning of your life. The book is designed and set up as a step by step 12 week guide that encourages the reader to record their insights, gather vital clues that ultimately reveal the bigger picture of who you…Read More
Book Extract: “The Metabolic Clock” By Julie Rennie
Welcome to The Metabolic Clock. It is full of simple, natural, weight-loss strategies that will get you started on your journey to achieving a healthy, slim body. As I approached middle age it seemed every year I was slowly gaining more weight. I justified this weight gain and my lack of vitality as part of…Read More
HEALTH.
DAA says young women need to change the way they eat
Young women encouraged to change their eating habits by the DAA as more and more people face the battle of the bulge. New research from the Dieticians Association of Australia (DAA) shows that more and more young women are making pledges to lose weight – in fact 64 per cent of female Aussies between the…Read More
LIFESTYLE
“Falling In Dior. Okay, Not Dior” by Kerri Sackville
There is a classic scene in the final episode of Sex And The City in which Carrie falls on her face in Dior (the store, not the clothes, though it is possible she is wearing Dior, too). She is in Paris, it is raining, she is wearing very high heels, and she slips on the…Read More
BEDTIME STORIES FOR CHILDREN
Bedtime Stories for Children: Camping Holiday by Jo Antareau
“Ah, a nice peaceful night in the bush, far away from the noisy city!” Dad said proudly. Rikki and Tom were sitting under some trees with their parents, munching through a mountain of sausages and washing them down with hot chocolate. It was starting to get dark, and everybody was tired after a long drive…Read More
Bedtime Stories for Children: Summer Outing by Lyn Oxley
Kids in cossies, thongs and caps Laugh in car while puppy yaps. Mum parks car and says, ‘Unpack!’ Kids and pup run down the track. Mum with buckets, towels and spades, Carries lunch for kid’s brigade. Happy kids with sunscreen faces Ditch their thongs for barefoot races. Burning sand makes kids run fast; Jill comes…Read More
COOKING
Jamie Oliver’s Mobile Kitchen offers free cooking classes in Queensland
Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food Mobile Kitchen will travel throughout Queensland teaching basic cooking classes. The purpose built kitchen classroom on wheels will commence its 2012 Program starting in Logan on Friday 20th January 2012. Jamie’s Ministry of Food Truck will offer a five-week cooking course, comprising of one 90-minute cooking class per week. Participants…Read More
Cookbook Review: A Cook’s Guide by Donna Hay
Rating: It’s easy to recognise a Donna Hay cookbook. The queen of gorgeous styling and branding knows the power of both familiarity and consistent best quality, and A Cook’s Guide – a compendium of donna hay magazine’s How to Cook sections – is another mouthwatering concoction for the home cook who wants simplicity with their…Read More
