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The Make-A-Wish Foundation says the Chaser’s skit misrepresented the motives of the children and families that apply for Wishes with the Foundation. ‘The implication that sick children are materialistic and request unrealistic Wishes is offensive to those who have applied or intend to apply for Wishes’. Make-A-Wish® grants the Wishes of children suffering life-threatening medical…Read More
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Perhaps like most mothers who stand on one leg and perform a multitude of tasks like a thrashingly efficient octopus, I’m often hit with the crashing reality that I am indeed a mum. The daily multi-tasking should frequently remind me, but it doesn’t. Much of the time I still feel like I’m 12 years old…Read More
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An extensive Heart Foundation review into the fat we eat has found more evidence about the harmful nature of trans fat and the negative effects of too much saturated fat. The review has prompted the Heart Foundation to urge Australians to switch their fat focus from ‘total fat’ to ‘type of fat’ with a strong…Read More
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Ah, La Dolce Vita. The sweet life of a successful author. Erica Bauermeister’s first fiction novel, The School of Essential Ingredients, may still be fresh on the shelves but this tantalising novel has already been translated into Italian, under the title La Scuola degli Ingredienti Segreti. What a glorious excuse to jet off to Northern…Read More
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June long weekend, in celebration of some figurehead monarch across the seas (will Queen Liz II soon be 100? who will send her a card?), has snuck up behind me and slapped me hard on the back of the head with the realisation that our family has a decidedly blank three days ahead of us.…Read More
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The Minister for the Status of Women has today announced a review of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999 (EOWW Act) and Agency. Acting Director of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA), Mairi Steele, welcomes the review and said that it is both necessary and timely to…Read More
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