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Women in Business: Bianca Kristallis from Pamper Hamper Gifts
After growing up as a hoarder of Christmas presents, Barbie Dolls, makeup and shoes, Sydney businesswoman, Bianca Kristallis (pictured), made the decision to turn her passion for detail and luxury into a career. Tired of outdated, tacky and one-dimen...
Dodgy Products and Services Take the Prize at CHOICE Shonky Awards
Sky-high airline credit card surcharges, cereal packets which shrink in size but not price and liquid chicken stocks made from plain old powder have dominated this year’s CHOICE Shonky Awards. The celebration of dubious, dodgy and doubtful goods an...
Carol Jarred Named Franchise Woman of the Year 2009
Director of Price Attack Franchising, Carol Jarred (pictured), has been declared the 2009 “Franchise Woman of the Year” at the Franchise Council of Australia’s (FCA) Awards Evening. Carol Jarred co-owns the 128-store strong national company, wh...
Surviving Breast Cancer: Kay Leicht’s Story
For the final article in our series for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we meet Kay Leicht (pictured), a 53-year-old mother of three from Bexley, New South Wales, who is celebrating her tenth year of survival from breast cancer. Kay’s breast cancer ...
Mortals Beware! A Frightful Halloween Party
Lock your doors. On 31st October every year, the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest. Rustle up your goblins and ghouls, your witches and zombies, and concoct a cauldron-stirring Halloween party that will be the envy of the living...
Women in Business: Kathy Forrest from Dutiful Daughters
Kathy Forrest (pictured) is Managing Director of a Sydney-based organisation called Dutiful Daughters, which provides aged-care to local communities delivering companionship, meal preparation, outings, personal care and 24 hour support for families. ...
Thanks for the Mammaries: Interview with Sarah Darmody
Boobs. They’ve really got it all. Beauty, charm, nourishment, sex appeal, love. And cancer. Every day, 36 Australian women are diagnosed with breast cancer. Thirty-six women. A day. And one in eight women will be diagnosed with the disease in t...
The Fashionista Fallout
This is the Fashionista Generation. Chalk it up to Gossip Girl or Next Top Model or all those banks who handed out credit cards like they were candy — whatever the reasons, designer labels have become a part of our culture. We use them to fit in, t...
Hocus Pocus – Hosting a Haunting Halloween
Holding a Halloween celebration in your house can be as easy as pumpkin pie. Follow these basic ideas and get ready to spook! When we lived in Beijing, our family became hooked on Halloween. Like, seriously hooked - it’s just the most fantasti...
Leanne Tander Debuts at Bathurst in a Pink V8
It was a weekend full of exhausts, fast cars, loud engines and…Australia’s only sterilised tampons, at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000. While Garth Tander won the big race, his wife Leanne (pictured) had her fair share of attention as ...
Surviving Breast Cancer: Lisa Jansz’s Story
Lisa Jansz, a 43-year-old mother of two from The Gap in Brisbane, was diagnosed with early breast cancer in June 2007 and again, in January 2008. Having assisted with thousands of breast cancer surgeries during her career as a theatre nurse, Lisa ha...
Love and Land Management with Rachael Treasure
Rachael Treasure (pictured) is the bestselling author of Jillaroo, The Stockmen and The Rouseabout. In her latest novel, The Cattleman’s Daughter, Rachael draws on her own experience of riding horses and droving cattle in the snow gum country ...
The Making of Julia Gillard
Julia Gillard is the first woman in our nation’s history to become the Deputy Prime Minister and is tipped by many to go all the way to the top job. Highly intelligent, with a strong work ethic, Gillard is widely perceived to be ambitious. Bu...
International Baby Loss Awareness Day
Thursday, 15th October is International Baby Loss Awareness Day. Across the world people whose lives have been touched by the loss of a baby during pregnancy or just after birth, will be attending memorial services, balloon releases and candle light...
It’s a Sweet Life Family Road Trip – Day Four
Day Four of our Koleos It’s A Sweet Life adventure meant home time. Alas. How we loved our short stay in Sydney, and could have easily spent another twenty years exploring the enriching tendrils that seem to snake down every single laneway and wate...
Surviving Breast Cancer: Donna Rullo’s Story
In the second article in our series for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we meet Donna Rullo (pictured). Donna is 50 years old and lives on a 120-acre fruit farm in Swan Hill, Victoria. She was diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer in March 2001 ...
DAY FOR DANIEL
Daniel Morcombe (pictured) was abducted in December 2003 from the Keil Mountain Road overpass in Palmwoods, Queensland. Police now suspect the 14 year old was murdered. In 2005 Daniel’s parents Bruce and Denise Morcombe, established The Daniel ...
Standing Up and Taking Action Against Poverty
On 14th October 2009 One Just World will be holding a special public forum at the University of Technology in Sydney (UTS), in support of ‘Stand Up Against Poverty’ – a global movement helping developing countries to become economic...
Grandmother Turned Children’s Author, Mimi King
When Australian grandmother of eight, Robyn Smith, took on the exotic nom de plume of Mimi King, it wasn’t the only major change in her life. After a lifetime of teaching and reading countless children’s books to both her students and her own chi...
It’s a Sweet Life Family Road Trip – Day Three
Hooray! No rain for day three of our It’s a Sweet Life family road trip; just a small smattering upon entry to Taronga Zoo, which soon disappeared for a cloudy but delightful day with more sunbursts than cloud. We zipped across the Harbour Bridge ...
Australia Takes Part in World’s Largest Pet Adoption Drive
Australian R&B singer, Deni Hines (pictured with ‘Max’, a Shih-Tzu with a wonderful temperament), visited The Sydney Dogs and Cats Home recently to help launch the world’s largest pet adoption drive ‘Iams Home 4 the Holidays’. The she...
Contraception Required After IVF Says Fertility Specialist
Many women, who have experienced difficulties in conceiving, give birth and think they don’t need to worry about contraception anymore. Then suddenly, they find themselves pregnant again, having conceived naturally, even if they’ve undergone IVF...
It’s a Sweet Life Family Road Trip – Day Two
Day Two of our sweet, sweet trip dawned pretty much a repeat of Day One – persistent rain and a persistent damp feeling in our sneakered areas. No bright blue Harbour skies, no glinting water to take the glare off with our Polaroid sunnies. No warm...
IN SEARCH OF ANGELS
When her 14 year old niece was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, respected journalist, radio producer and TV researcher, Janise Beaumont (pictured), set off in search of a miracle. What she found will warm your heart and perhaps, restore yo...
It’s A Sweet Life Family Road Trip – Day One
Day one of our Renault Koleos road trip dawned dank and rainy in Canberra with promise of more dank rainy-ness in Sydney for our arrival. We didn’t even pack coats, we were so hopeful the weather man got it wrong. Three-quarters of the way to Sydne...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Cathryne Pearce’s Story
During the month of October we will be featuring the stories of Australian women who have been diagnosed with the HER2-positive form of breast cancer, a particularly aggressive and fast-growing form of the disease affecting 15-30 per cent of patients...
Aged Care Professionals – We Can’t Do It Without You
There are currently 262,500 aged care professionals who deliver care and support for older Australians living in the community and residential care settings. The majority of aged care professionals are female and work as personal carers or nurses. R...
Women in Business: Elspeth Radford from Saltbush Clothing
To remain competitive and profitable, the Saltbush Clothing Company has had to change and evolve over the past twenty years. During the recession of the early 1990s, the company ceased production of children’s clothing to concentrate exclusive...
The Butterfly Effect: A New Positive Approach to Raising Happy, Confident Teen Girls
There is something poignant in the title of The Butterfly Effect – a book that gently prises open the cocoon surrounding teenage girls; those delicate creatures caught half-way between a lengthy and often difficult metamorphosis into womanhood. Lik...
Women in Business: Keran Wicks from Network Video
Keran Wicks (pictured) is the founder and Managing Director of The Network Group, a leading player in Australia’s $1 billion home entertainment industry. As the only woman in the world to run a movie rental group, Keran has spoken at international...
