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Australian Women Online to be included in the National Library of Australia 2008-01-23 10:27:00 I am thrilled to announce that Australian Women Online has been selected as an electronic publication of national significance and lasting cultural value by the National Library of Australia. Recently I was approached by the National Library of Australia requesting permission for Australian Women Online to be included in the PANDORA Archive, which preserves documentary resources of [...] ...

NAPCAN says ‘It’s time to break the cycle of child abuse’ 2008-01-23 09:49:39 Every National Indicator Worsens Again. It’s Time to Break the Cycle of Child Abuse. The latest shocking figures on child abuse are a timely reminder to the new federal government of the opportunity it now has to make a real impact on the future of Australia’s children. The figures, released by the Australian Institute of Health and [...] ...

Internet Censorship in China 2008-01-22 10:45:57 If you use the Internet regularly you are probably aware there are strict government controls placed on Internet users in China.  But have you ever wondered what censorship actually means in China and how it affects the country’s estimated 110 million Internet users?  Well, here is an overview of what you could expect if you were an Internet user in China. The [...] ... Internet

Is she a bad mother or were her actions just a tragic mistake? 2008-01-22 09:01:51 I’ve been following media coverage of the trial of Julie-Anne Austin, the mother accused of deliberately poisoning her six year old daughter, Rose Villanueva-Austin causing the child’s death.  The Crown Prosecutor alleges that Ms Austin gave young Rose a lethal dose of methadone and then administered non-lethal doses of the drug to two other children to cover-up her crime.  Julie-Anne [...] ...

Women told to choose between career and motherhood 2008-01-22 06:55:56 Every so often a news story like Career women empty nation’s sperm banks rears it’s ugly head, reigniting the debate between career and motherhood.  Often women who choose to have a baby through artificial insemination are presented as selfish, career driven, man haters making a last grab for femininity after climbing the career ladder.  The insinuation being, women shouldn’t expect to have it [...] ...

Detox your kitchen bench: Six simple things you can do now: 2008-01-22 03:34:32 Chemicals and toxins enter our bodies easily either by being inhaled from the air we breathe, absorbed via our skin or ingested through our food and water supplies. They quietly and some times not so quietly build up inside our bodies lodging in our organs, bones and blood stream greatly effecting our health and [...] ...

Delete obstacles and welcome a rush of new opportunities: 2008-01-21 18:37:28 Detox and simplify: A special January feature: If you are genuinely looking for change and keen to welcome new beginnings, new opportunities and amazing new experiences then you simply must create the energetic space in around you for these and more to occur. If you don’t then you are slowing down or blocking the creation [...] ...

Mom’s Blogging Carnival - Jan 21, 2008 Edition 2008-01-20 18:05:11 The latest edition of Mom’s Blogging Carnival features 44 articles from all over the world, each submission selected for it’s value and interest to women in general and to mother’s in particular.  Our host for this edition is Angela over at angelawd, so pop on over and say hello. Thank you to all the writers who submitted articles for [...] ... Blogging

The Porn Generation: the best reason to place restrictions on Internet pornography 2008-01-19 16:31:37 Written by Deborah Robinson  We are raising a generation of kids who are first exposed to pornography on the Internet at an average age of 11.  Continued exposure to Internet pornography will produce a generation of kids who are at far greater risk of sexual assault, sex addiction, aggressive and deviant sexual behaviours.  If our society doesn’t act quickly to [...] ... Internet

Traffic Control: The People’s War on Internet Porn (movie trailer) 2008-01-19 12:06:27 Traffic Control: The People’s War on Internet Porn is an award winning feature-length, made-for-DVD documentary film that takes viewers on a journey of opinions, experiences, and perspectives from people across America on the topic of Internet pornography and how easy minors and business employees have access to it. The film captures a controversial and important debate [...] ... Internet

Dying in loneliness 2008-01-19 10:15:13 Recent reports in the media about the bodies of elderly people being discovered up to a year or more after they passed away, has some of us wondering: Where is the love for our fellow man? It is rather a sad indictment on our society that so many people, especially the elderly, are dying alone in our large cities and their [...] ...

Media distorts the facts about sex education in kindergarten 2008-01-19 08:17:15 A reporter at news.com.au has sparked a national debate about sex education in primary schools.  But despite what you may have heard, the school at the centre of the controversy is not actually teaching sex education to kids in kindergarten, but rather protective behaviours albeit, not very well as it turns out because the littlies have been experimenting [...] ...

Do judges need sensitivity training? 2008-01-18 15:05:03 Australian judges are not known for their sensitivity and compassion, especially when dealing with victims of violent crime.  In fact some of the remarks from the bench have led many to believe the judiciary is so out of touch with community standards, a little sensitivity training may be in order.  Take a look at these blunders from the bench [...] ...

Valentine’s Gifts for Men 2008-01-18 12:24:16 Let’s face it.  Your average Aussie bloke isn’t impressed by flowers, champagne and cavier.  And he’d rather have a beer in front of a big screen TV, than take a moonlit stroll along the beach.  But he does love his lady and he will make an effort to impress you on February 14th.  So why not return [...] ...

Jay Jays responds to public pressure over lewd t-shirts for kids 2008-01-18 07:04:25 I just heard the news (thanks Mike for the heads up) that Jay Jays has removed Little Loser t-shirts with alcohol-related messages and sexual innuendos from store window displays, in both Australia and New Zealand. According to Yahoo News it was the political lobby group Families First New Zealand who were finally able to convince Jay Jays to respond to [...] ...