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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 working – and aims to provide opportunities for women to discuss common issues and concerns, network and generally share their experiences of being working Mums in this sector. 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 their lives. The ultimate outcome of the session is that participants will walk away from the session with three clear goals to focus on and a plan to take immediate action. Read more

Paloma Cole: the next generation of business woman

As a member of Generation X, I believe we have some responsibility to guide and assist the next generation of women. So when 19 year old Paloma Cole (pictured) contacted me to ask for my help with getting the word out about her first online store, I didn’t hesitate to schedule an interview with this inspirational young woman. Read more

Australian companies short-changing women

There are clear discrepancies between what women are looking for in a workplace and what they are experiencing in reality, according to research released today by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA).

EOWA’s research report: Generation F: Attract, Engage, Retain draws attention to crucial areas where business is failing to meet the needs of women aged between 16 and 65 – Generation F – in the workplace. 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 women’s organisation in the country. Read more

New study reveals 2008 as the year of cautious optimism

Australians remain cautiously optimistic about the future with personal finances, family and the environment the three big issues keeping us awake at night according to this year’s Eye on Australia report, released today by Grey. 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 place world wide.

“Yes, it’s a tragedy when someone goes to work and never comes home but thousands more, like my father, come home to die.” Sheryl Dell’s father lost his battle with mesothelioma in February after recovering from a series of injuries, including a year of blindness, sustained over his career as an industrial chemist.

On World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Sheryl Dell and the Safety Institute of Australia Victoria Division are calling for recognition of the “hidden” workplace death toll. Read more

Aussies cheat themselves out of bigger savings

Australians are cheating themselves out of additional savings by not being aware of the high interest rates available in the market today, Citibank says.

New research by Citibank shows there are almost 10 million Australians – or 84 percent – who have a savings account but are unaware of the top rates currently being paid in the market. This lack of knowledge extends to the rate of interest Australians are currently getting on their own hard earned savings.

Only one in five (19 percent) know what rate of interest they are currently receiving, 28 percent knew what the rate was when they opened the account – but have lost track or forgotten what it was – and a further 25 percent claim to know roughly what interest rate they are getting.

Suvrat Saigal, Director of Wealth Management at Citibank, says the research goes to show that a ‘set and forget’ attitude with savings can often mean an opportunity cost in the form of lost savings.

“Savers should be a bit savvier and review their interest rate every six months to make sure they aren’t cheating themselves out of lost savings. In the current higher interest rate environment, savers are the big winners,” he said. 

The research also showed that 99 percent of Australians with savings accounts don’t know which financial institution pays the highest rate of interest.

AAP

14 Nations Running for World Harmony

Beginning on April 27 a team of runners from 14 nations will run more than 15,000kms around Australia carrying a blazing torch of peace with Olympian Tatiana Grigorieva and the Premier of Queensland Anna Bligh leading the way.

Since jumping into the spotlight at the 2000 Olympic Games, former Russian Tatiana Grigorieva has since become a symbol for Australia’s multiculturalism and will continue this in her new role as Sports Ambassador and official spokesperson for the World Harmony Run held throughout April to August in Australia.

Tatiana will join and Queensland cricketer Michael Kasprowicz and Queensland Premier Anna Bligh at the Opening Ceremony in Brisbane on April 27th. They will join a long list of world and spiritual leaders including Mikhail Gorbachev, Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa as well as athletes and celebrities such as Cathy Freeman, Carl Lewis, Jon Bon Jovi and Arnold Schwarzenegger who have supported the event over the last twenty years.

The global torch relay, an initiative of eminent spiritual leader and accomplished athlete Sri Chinmoy in 1987, unites thousands of communities and millions of people in over 100 countries from Antarctica and the North Pole to even outer space in a Russian Space Ship. 2008 will be the first time the relay has run a continuous route around Australia and will see a team of runners from 14 nations run more than 15,000kms around our continent all in the name of world harmony. The runners will take in the heights of Mt Kosciusko, the never‐ending flatness of the Nullarbor, the sparseness of the Great Sandy Desert and the green beauty of Kakudu.

National Patron Ron Clarke, running legend and Mayor of the Gold Coast says, “The Run will bridge cultural and social barriers and all the boundaries that separate nation from nation.”

The Opening Ceremony will be held this Sunday April 27th at 9.00am at Riverstage, City Botanic Gardens.  Queenslanders are invited to attend the ceremony and are welcome to join the run for a lap of the Botanic
Gardens. The relay will then make its way to the first stop on the Gold Coast arriving on Monday where Ron
Clarke will meet the torch at Justins Park, Burleigh Heads (just north of the Burleigh Heads Surf Club).

Events will also be held in a number of major cities along the way including Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Hobart, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin.

For more information, a map of towns and cities the torch will go through as well as a “Live From The Road” blog go to www.worldharmonyrun.org.au

AAP

 

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 hard. Some soldiers preferred to grind them up and eat as porridge.

The popular ANZAC biscuit is a traditional, eggless sweet biscuit. Ingredients include rolled oats, sugar, plain flour, coconut, butter, golden syrup or treacle, bi-carbonate of soda and boiling water.

The following recipe has been supplied courtesy of Arnott’s Biscuits Limited, through Frank Townsend, Chief Chemist. Originally, the biscuits were baked in large industrial ovens but the recipe has been altered so that one can bake them in a domestic oven.

Ingredients
1 cup each of plain flour, sugar, rolled oats, and coconut
4 oz butter
1 tbls treacle (golden syrup)
2 tbls boiling water
1 tsp bicarbonate soda (add a little more water if mixture is too dry)

Method
1. Grease biscuit tray and pre-heat oven to 180°C.
2. Combine dry ingredients.
3. Melt together butter and golden syrup. Combine water and bicarbonate soda, and add to butter mixture.
4. Mix butter mixture and dry ingredients.
5. Drop teaspoons of mixture onto tray, allowing room for spreading.
6. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden. Allow to cool on tray for a few minutes before transferring to cooling racks.

Source: Australian War Memorial

 

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