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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 Women’s Awards program has been a prominent event on the business calendar since 1995, and recognises the many achievements of Australian women and their invaluable contribution…Read More


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The fashionable way to be kind to the environment

Have you ever wondered why reusable shopping bags lack style and colour? And that why being ‘green’ is often synonymous with being boring, and why ‘green’ items are often offered only in green, black or brown?  Sure, those reusable shopping bags sold in supermarkets may be environmentally friendly, but they’re about as fashionable as the plastic…Read More


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Overweight women need more help to breastfeed

Visiting American breastfeeding expert, Kay Hoover says overweight women have more difficulty breastfeeding and with the rising incidence of obesity in Australia this could have a significant impact on the health of babies born to overweight women. Ms Hoover is touring Australia this week, presenting at the Australian Breastfeeding Association’s Breastfeeding: A Work of Heart…Read More


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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 overcome her impairment of profound deafness in her right ear and take on a singing career. The energetic, loving and inquisitive Phoebe was…Read More


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Are Australians safe at the beach?

The 2007-08 Summer saw a mounting human toll of Australians who fell ill doing what they love: swimming and surfing at the beach. 16 year old Tom Stenford of Flinders contracted a Golden Staph infection 1 day after surfing at Gunnamatta Ocean Beach, Victoria, in late January. The infection had spread from a wound on…Read More


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