Stepfamilies Australia says National Families Week (10 -16 May 2009), is an important occasion to celebrate the many different types of families across society and acknowledge the many different people who make up these families. “National Families Week is a critical opportunity to highlight family issues and to recognise the diversity of contemporary family life”,…Read More

After receiving numerous complaints about unfair gym contracts, Australia’s largest and most trusted consumer organisation CHOICE, sent two shadow shoppers into the major fitness chains to investigate claims of aggressive sales tactics, elastic pricing, confusing contracts and overcrowded classes. Australian Women Online is able to offer our readers a first look at the CHOICE report…Read More

The Australian Bankers’ Association (ABA) says banks are increasing security measures on ATMs following recent attacks by criminals. Banks reported to a meeting with NSW Police and other ATM owners that the sector had been involved in a continuing risk assessment program for their ATM fleets and had been enhancing ATM security. This follows attacks…Read More

Australia’s leading publisher, ACP Magazines, will launch a new and unique one-shot magazine to help parents navigate the minefield of tween fashion. SHOP Girl will be an extension of Australia’s biggest selling fashion magazine Shop Til You Drop and follows the success of the magazine’s first brand extension, SHOP 4 Kids. The new magazine will…Read More

Australian families are being encouraged to celebrate magic moments in breastfeeding by submitting photographs to the Australian Breastfeeding Association’s (ABA) tenth annual calendar. Calendar project manager Barb Glare says, “With so much emphasis placed on issues like sleepless nights and sore nipples, we don’t often see the beautiful moments breastfeeding offers a mother and her…Read More

Today Maureen Houssein-Mustafa (pictured) heads the largest state-of-the-art College in Australia that offers Nails, Beauty, Makeup and Hairdressing qualifications all under the one roof. The Australasian College Broadway in Sydney is a Registered Training Organisation with the capacity to accommodate 500 students taking courses across different skill areas, and the college has plans to expand…Read More

The Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing has established a new, national hotline for the public to receive health information about the outbreak overseas of Swine Flu. THE NUMBER IS 1802007 In a statement released to the media yesterday afternoon, Queensland’s Chief Health Officer, Dr Jeannette Young said that the two suspected cases reported in…Read More

Over 1.2 million Australians are missing from the electoral roll and can’t vote or have a say in federal, state and local government elections, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) said today. Electoral Commissioner, Ed Killesteyn said the AEC was stepping up its efforts to find these missing Australians and encourage them to enrol to vote.…Read More