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MY AUSTRALIA looks at Australia through the eyes of people from the Asia‐Pacific region who are studying or living here. Each week they will undertake a new activity to find out more about Australia and come away with a greater understanding of how Australians live, work and play. The series is being produced by the [...]
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Nominations for the Australian of the Year Awards 2010 will be officially opened on Wednesday 1 July 2009 at a launch in Darwin. National Australia Day Council Chairman Adam Gilchrist, Judith Durham OAM (Australian of the Year – The Seekers 1967) and Catherine Freeman OAM, who is the only person to be named both Young [...]
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According to the Dietitians Association of Australia, more Australians turn to comfort foods at this time of year, eating pastries, cakes and chocolates, and less eat fruit, during the colder months¹. Australia’s last national nutrition survey found more than 70 per cent of Australian adults indulge in less nutritious ‘cereal-based’ foods during the winter months¹. [...]
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It’s been a very long time since I’ve read a young fiction novel. So long, in fact, that when I finished reading Angel Cake by British author Cathy Cassidy, I felt thirteen again. Really. It was like stepping back in time, feeling all those adolescent emotions once more. It also felt wonderful to be reminded [...]
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Now women in Australia and New Zealand can access a book club anytime from the comfort of their own home or office. The new look AWO (Australian Women Online) Book Club was launched on 23 June 2009 and is now actively seeking new members to join us as we rediscover the joys of reading, and [...]
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We all love our labels. Some labels carry brand names that make us feel cool, while other labels provide us with valuable information, such as how many grams of fat are in each biscuit. When it comes to cars, labels can be just as important. I’m not talking about the one that sits in the [...]
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The high cost of petrol is getting a lot of people thinking about their current car. If you have made the decision to purchase a new car and fuel efficiency is key, use the following list to facilitate the process. Note that the figure shown is based on a “combined cycle” which is based on [...]
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SANE Australia tells us that the Advertising Standards Board (ASB) has uphelding complaints about portrayals of mental illness in advertising as discriminatory and stigmatising. Two advertisers made light of mental illness to promote their products and both have been found in breach of section 2.1 of the AANA Code of Ethics for discriminating on the [...]
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Oscar-nominated actress and Greenpeace Ambassador, Keisha Castle-Hughes (pictured), has boarded the Greenpeace ship Esperanza to speak up for a strong global climate treaty. The New Zealand based star of the film ‘Whale Rider’ and mother of 2 year old Felicity-Amore, joined the MV Esperanza in the Cook Island’s capital, Rarotonga, and spent two days in [...]
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Recent figures show Australian home loan borrowers are paying an extra $2.7 billion a year in repayments by sticking with the big banks*. But despite these home loans having higher interest rates, exorbitant fees and being rated lower in value than 60 other home loans*, around 90 per cent of Australian home loan holders are [...]
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