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	<title>Women&#039;s Network Australia Blog &#187; Social Debate</title>
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		<title>Do We Really Have To PUSH Women On To Boards?</title>
		<link>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2010/06/27/do-we-really-have-to-push-women-onto-boards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhondalynn Korolak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first arrived in this country several years ago, I struggled to find anyone who would hire me in a senior management capacity. I found this puzzling since I have two degrees, two professional designations and very solid work experience with recognised international brands. The MAIN reason I was given by organisations was that I “lacked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What lack of childcare places? Government&#8217;s take is that you are just imagining it</title>
		<link>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2010/04/26/what-lack-of-childcare-places-governments-take-is-that-you-are-just-imagining-it/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2010/04/26/what-lack-of-childcare-places-governments-take-is-that-you-are-just-imagining-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst women are continually finding it a struggle to secure childcare places, it seems, according to the Government, they are simply imagining there is an issue. Not sure if you read about it, but late last week the Rudd Government broke its 2007 election promise to build 260 new childcare centres. Apparently the reason behind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imitation book lacks two vital ingredients</title>
		<link>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2009/08/23/imitation-book-lacks-two-vital-ingredients/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2009/08/23/imitation-book-lacks-two-vital-ingredients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kim McCosker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachael Bermingham]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trademarking a business idea.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/?p=292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, whilst shopping in K-Mart, I was a bit surprised to see one of the oldest and well known national women&#8217;s magazine&#8217;s name appearing on the cover of a book titled &#8216;Just Four Ingredients&#8217;. Now I might be wrong but didn&#8217;t the concept and idea of cooking with 4 Ingredients originally belong to bestselling authors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Babes are likely to be out of the budget</title>
		<link>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2009/02/24/babes-are-likely-to-be-out-of-the-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2009/02/24/babes-are-likely-to-be-out-of-the-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just for Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[maternity leave]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week-end the Government will receive the Productivity Commission&#8217;s recommendations on Maternity Leave. It appears that after all the carry-on about this idea it&#8217;s not going to even get a look-in as part of the May Budget. It seems the Nation is not in an economic position to implement it &#8211; well the Government had heaps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulus a no-go for many women</title>
		<link>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2009/02/10/stimulus-a-no-go-for-many-women/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2009/02/10/stimulus-a-no-go-for-many-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have received hundreds of emails agreeing with my lack of enthusiasm for the Government’s proposed stimulus package. The consensus of opinion is that one off bonuses are not the way to go, but rather a combination of infrastructure projects, tax cuts and one off payments going only to those crippled by the economic fallout. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulus needs a re-think</title>
		<link>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2009/02/09/stimulus-needs-a-re-think/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2009/02/09/stimulus-needs-a-re-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lynette's Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How insignificant the economic woes of the Nation become when one considers the tragedy that&#8217;s unfolding in Victoria. Today you would be hard pressed to find anyone anywhere in the country complaining about their loss of employment or weeping over the hit they&#8217;ve taken on their investment or superannuation funds. It&#8217;s a sobering time for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money &#8211; What do women really think?</title>
		<link>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2008/12/08/money-what-do-women-really-think/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2008/12/08/money-what-do-women-really-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who won’t be glad to see this year tick over? The never ending financial doom and gloom portrayed by the media is enough to put anyone off having fun. For many business owners life is proving to be very tough and if the pundits have it right not much is going to improve in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paid Leave &#8211; Competitive</title>
		<link>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2008/11/24/paid-leave-competitive/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2008/11/24/paid-leave-competitive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just as we’re finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel in regards to taxpayer-funded Paid Parental Leave let’s hope the issue doesn’t end up in the too hard basket, conveniently moved to the side as yet another casualty of the current economic crisis. The final round of the public hearings of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If the world could vote</title>
		<link>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2008/11/04/if-the-world-could-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2008/11/04/if-the-world-could-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this site today http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/ which was set up by three guys in Iceland.  When I just visited it a few minutes ago over 712,000 people from across 200 countries had already cast their vote.  Many feel the President of the United States is the most powerful position in the world so who is it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100 Most Powerful Women According to Forbes</title>
		<link>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2008/09/08/100-most-powerful-women-according-to-forbes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.womensnetwork.com.au/2008/09/08/100-most-powerful-women-according-to-forbes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the world&#8217;s most powerful woman for the third straight year, topping Forbes magazine&#8217;s 2008 list of the top 100 women based on their career, economic impact and media coverage. There are 54 business executives and 23 politicians on the list, with media personalities and heads of non-profit organizations rounding out [...]]]></description>
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