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The National Consumer Credit Protection Bill 2009 will simplify and standardise the regulation of consumer credit, which until now has been regulated under a myriad of different State and Territory laws to the detriment of consumers, according to Middletons’ Head of Banking & Financial Services, Jim Bulling. Mr Bulling says, “The proposed national licensing scheme…Read More
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For her second novel, Melbourne based author Fran Cusworth revisited the year she followed her husband to a mining town on the south west coast of Australia. Although a work of fiction, the story of three very different women who follow their husbands to Hopetoun, was inspired by Cusworth’s personal experience of a small community…Read More
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Parenting & Family Matters Columnist, Tania McCartney. There’s some serious stuff going down in the mind of this mother right now. That and an extraordinary, scrabbling, mind-bending balancing act that seems to be testing every ounce of my creative problem-solving ability. Put it this way: when the kids have trotted off to school, sometimes I…Read More
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Indigenous school students across Australia are being encouraged to apply for a position with ANZ’s Indigenous School Based Traineeship Program for 2010. The two year Program enables Indigenous students to undertake a paid traineeship in an ANZ branch and complete a Certificate II qualification at TAFE while finishing high school. ANZ Managing Director Retail Distribution,…Read More
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With Mother’s Day approaching, Australian Hearing wants to raise awareness about the hidden disability affecting more than half of women aged over 60: hearing loss. According to Australian Hearing ambassador Dr John D’Arcy, 60 per cent of Australians over the age of 60 have a hearing impairment which is often over looked. “Many women could…Read More
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Pacific Magazines has unveiled insights gained from the ongoing research project – the 2009 Pacific Magazines Homemaker survey, Australia’s largest survey of homemaker trends, opinions and spending habits. The research was conducted earlier this year amongst 2,641 Australians to determine the extent to which homemakers were concerned about the Australian economic situation and whether this…Read More
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A new exhibition opening at the Australian National Maritime Museum before touring Australia, will show how Australian designers and swimming stars have been central figures in the evolution of the modern swimsuit, helping to blur the boundaries between underwear and outerwear. Neck-to-knees, togs, budgie smugglers, sluggos, maillot – over the last century swimwear, like its…Read More
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After 30 years of marriage, Christine Lister lost her beloved husband Rex, to Melanoma (skin cancer) in the Spring of 2005. For five long years the couple had fought bravely to stay together in this life, but in the end even a love as strong and true as the Lister’s couldn’t stop Cancer from tearing…Read More
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Australian women are struggling with their weight and body image, with an RMIT University survey showing 92 per cent experience “fat days” and one in five regularly starve themselves to try and lose weight. Preliminary findings from the What’s Really Eating You project, a nation-wide study by RMIT and La Trobe University, reveal Australian women…Read More
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A staggering 78% of Australian women are unaware that heart disease is their number 1 killer. The high number of Australian women who are unaware of their heart disease risk is of great concern, says the Heart Foundation as it launches its Go Red for Women campaign. In a recent survey conducted by the nation’s…Read More
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