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Louise Hay’s book Empowering Women is simple, to the point and awesome. I am loving it. Early on in the book Louise discusses some of the reasons why many women have low self esteem today. One of them being our programming from past decades, television, media and school. If you would like to learn what [...]
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John and Helen Taylor drove around Australia in their Peugeot 308 HDi, breaking two Guinness World Records – “Round Australia Diesel Economy World Record”, and the overall “Round Australia World Fuel Economy Record” (subject to final Guinness World Record confirmation) – and completed their trip yesterday when they returned to Melbourne. Greenfleet’s CEO Sara Gipton [...]
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Aussie men, brace yourselves for a lady literally falling at your feet on 29 February! One in five women (20%) think a leap year is the only acceptable time for a lady to pop the question – whilst 27% of women would go down on bended knee, were they to ask a man for his [...]
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The release of a new study, Fertility and Family Policy in Australia, reveals ongoing pressures on working families are preventing many women from having children or large families. In her response to the research paper released by the Australian Institute of Family Studies, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigeneous Affairs, Jenny Macklin says working [...]
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Today we continue our series on Victorian women in small business with Shameem Bhatti, founder of Women on the Go Driving School. In Islamic culture, women and men avoid situations where they will be alone with someone of the opposite sex who is not a family member. Since the majority of qualified driving instructors are men, this can [...]
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Getting my children to snack smarter seems to be an ongoing challenge. My mantra is It becomes easier and easier to feed my children healthy snacksEach have their own unique tastes and preferences, one liking one thing and the others liking something else. Enter the crowd pleaser in our home – dips. Blmurch’s Smarter dips [...]
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I have recently found myself addicted to Chocolate Facials. It is the easiest and simplest way to connect to the Chocolate Goddess within. Natural raw cacao (cocoa) powder is packed with antioxidants (10 times more than blueberries and 40 times more than green tea) not to mention its the richest form of magnesium. The Chocolate [...]
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According to an expert in psychology and child development, the link between smacking naughty children and aggression in adults is a tenuous one. However, parents should also be aware that corporal punishment is not an effective discipline strategy and that research suggests spanking can lead to other problems in adulthood. The former chief justice of the Family Court, Alastair Nicholson, has called for smacking to [...]
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Just under half of Australians are dissatisfied with their current job, with one third claiming they would not recommend their current employer as a great place to work, a CareerOne.com.au survey has revealed. The survey conducted by CareerOne in partnership with Coredata in January 2008 also found: 47 per cent of Australians were dissatisfied with [...]
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This print advertisement which features an image of a woman’s body in a car boot has angered opponents of domestic violence and the families of murder victims. Women’s Forum Australia said the images featured in the fashion campaign glamourise violence against women. The campaign for Loula Shoe Boutique appeared in Harper’s Bazaar Australia. A spokesman for the fashion magazine only inflamed the situation when he told the Herald [...]
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