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Dr Catherine Hakim from the London School of Economics, caused quite a stir recently when she presented a new theory of Erotic Capital in the European Sociological Review. According to Hakim, who is an outspoken critic of feminist theory, the six elements of erotic capital: beauty, sexual attractiveness, social skills, liveliness, presentation, and sexuality, have [...]
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Artist Careers, two research projects released this week by the Australia Council for the Arts, show that whilst artists continue to struggle financially, more than half believe new technologies could lead to improvements in their income. The research projects, Do you really expect to get paid? An economic study of professional artists in Australia by [...]
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For the next interview in our series in the lead up to the Women, Management and Work Conference in Sydney on 29th & 30th July, I spoke to Claire Braund, the co-founder and Executive Director of Women on Boards (WOB). When asked why there aren’t more women on boards in Australia, Claire Braund doesn’t mix [...]
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Continuing our series on ‘Women as Leaders’ in the lead up to the Women, Management and Work Conference scheduled for later this month, we hear from the federal Minister for Housing and the Status of Women, the Hon. Tanya Plibersek, MP. With two young children and another due in October, Tanya Plibersek is certainly in [...]
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Aspiring chefs from across Victoria have the chance to jump start their careers and represent their region in an exclusive masterclass with acclaimed restaurateur, Guy Grossi, on Tuesday 17 August 2010. Winners will join representatives from nine other Victorian regions in the Grossi Florentino kitchen, where Mr Grossi will hold a private cooking class and [...]
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The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched its first pregnancy discrimination case in the Federal Court in Sydney. Facing court is Wongtas Pty Ltd, operator of a commercial printing business in Riverwood, NSW, and its two directors Ding Guo Wang and Xiao Yu Zhang. When a 36-year-old Chinese-born mother of one informed the company last year [...]
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In the first of a series of four interviews with women leaders who will be speaking at the Women, Management and Work Conference later this month, we meet Helen Newell, Director of Corporate Development & Government Relations for Asciano, one of Australia’s leading transport infrastructure companies and the owner of leading port and rail operations [...]
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Professional women in their 30s are opting out of full-time work at an alarmingly high rate, says the author of new research released today by the University of Melbourne. Only 38 per cent of Generation X, tertiary qualified women participating in a long-running University of Melbourne study work full-time, compared to 90 per cent of [...]
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Australian Reader’s Digest has released the results of their annual Trust Survey, which among other things, ranks 40 professions we have most faith in, ahead of those with credibility issues. In Australia we tend to place our faith in the people who save our lives, care for us, protect us, and give back to us. [...]
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This information is brought to you by business.gov.au The Australian Government has allocated $3 million in funding for enterprises which specifically target job seekers with a disability. The funding aims to encourage the participation of people with a disability in the workforce. Employers can make funding submissions from July 2010 through the Department of Education, [...]
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