Hunter Valley girl Sarah Crowe (pictured), has been named ‘Rising Star of the Year’ at the Hunter Valley Legends and Wine Industry Awards held on 28 May 2009. On a night when legendary wine maker, Fay McGuigan, was also honoured for her outstanding contribution to the industry, Sarah was recognised as an aspiring star of…Read More
Celebrity Chef Phil Vickery Continues To Impart His Pudding Wisdom
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May 31, 2009 By
The Pudding Master Class Continues And This Month It’s An Italian Classic With A Healthy Twist – Tiramisu. Everyone has their favourite pudding but not everyone knows how to make them! However, help is here in the form of Celebrity Chef Phil Vickery. Phil is here to impart some pudding wisdom and help you create…Read More
David Jones sprung for ads sexualising children
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May 31, 2009 By
Documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws completely vindicate claims by The Australia Institute that retailer David Jones used advertisements that sexualised children as young as 10, according to advocacy group Kids Free 2B Kids. The documents reveal a brief asking for girls aged 10 and 12 to be “more adult and sexy”. The girls…Read More
Business Woman drives traditionally male dominated industry
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May 29, 2009 By
Owner of FMS (Forklift and Mechanical Services) Training Services in Brisbane, Jocelyn Doherty (pictured) is proving you don’t have to be rough around the edges to make it to the top of a traditionally male dominated industry. Looking every bit the ‘girlie’ girl, Jocelyn has held a forklift license for a number of years and…Read More
Microsoft to Launch New Search Engine
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May 29, 2009 By
The launch of Bing, Microsoft’s much anticipated new search engine, was announced early this morning (AEST) by Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, at the D: All Things Digital conference in California. Set to change the nature of search as we know it, Bing offers a more organised search experience for consumers to help them find what…Read More
Stay at a Monastery: a unique, inspirational and cultural experience
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May 28, 2009 By
Girls, have you ever thought of staying at a Monastery or a Convent Guest House? When travelling in Italy a few years ago, I stumbled across a small Tuscan village called Orvieto and decided that I would like to stay there for a couple of days. I was pleasantly suprised to find cheap, secure and…Read More
S is for Superhero and B is for Bob McLeod
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May 28, 2009 By
Popular children’s author and comic book illustrator, Bob McLeod, chats with Australian Women Online. Bob McLeod has been doing something super. Something that is the envy of kids and adults everywhere. Something most people wouldn’t even view as ‘work’. Bob has been creating superheroes. Bob, who lives in Pennsylvania in the United States with his…Read More
How to Build a Successful Online Business
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May 27, 2009 By
Jackie Maxted is the Managing Director of Directories Group Pty Ltd, digital publisher of beautydirectory.com.au and beautyheaven.com.au. As our Special Guest Blogger, Jackie gives her personal take on how she built a successful online business, the challenges she faced and how she overcame them. The idea of building a website from scratch, and to our…Read More
Alice Munro wins 2009 Man Booker International Prize
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May 27, 2009 By
Alice Munro (pictured) has won the third Man Booker International Prize. Not to be confused with the annual Man Booker Prize, the Man Booker International Prize is worth £60,000 to the winner and is awarded once every two years to a living author for a body of work that has contributed to an achievement in…Read More
Could Real Beauty be the New Black?
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May 27, 2009 By
The recent announcement by DOLLY magazine that their June issue will be free from airbrushing, has again highlighted the camera tricks and post-production measures used in fashion shoots by magazines. For decades women and girls have been comparing themselves unfavourably to these images at the expense of their self-esteem – and until now, magazines have…Read More
