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Women Poorly Represented in Cancer Studies
08-Jun-09
Women are under-represented in major clinical trials for cancers that affect both sexes, a new review finds. The trials include, on average, just 38.8 percent women.
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Women more cautious, strategic investors: study
09-Feb-09
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Henderson's plan for the future
29-Oct-08
The Chief Minister Paul Henderson has announced that a 20 year strategic plan for the Northern Territory will be produced by mid next year.
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Government told mandatory reporting a mistake
27-Oct-08
LEGAL and support agencies are making a last-ditch appeal to the NT Government to drop draft legislation that would force Territorians to report domestic violence.
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Age no boundary for 84-year-old
25-Oct-08
A TERRITORY pioneer has proven that you do grow wiser with age.
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Top gong a sign of good times
25-Oct-08
TIMES have certainly changed from the days when Territorian Annette Gillanders ran her business by herself from her spare bedroom while wearing a sarong.
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Study reveals that signs of heart disease are attributed to stress more frequently in women than men
13-Oct-08
Gender bias could explain delay in assessment of women with heart disease
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Mental Health Week Launched in Darwin
06-Oct-08
Looking after the mental health of young Territorians is the focus of Mental Health Week activities this Year
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Market meltdown: where to now?
05-Oct-08
News.com.au takes a look at what the failure of the proposed bailout of US banks means for you.
More than $55 billion was wiped off the Australian share market today, cutting another 2 per cent off the value of the average super fund. On top of that the Treasurer has warned that mortgage rates look less likely to fall.
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Intervention bears fruit
04-Oct-08
THE announcement last week that the report of the review into the Northern Territory intervention will be delayed for a month is welcome news.
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Julia Gillard pledges maternity pay equality
03-Oct-08
DEPUTY Prime Minister Julia Gillard has vowed to protect stay-at-home mothers and ensure they benefit from the Government's new paid maternity leave system.
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Through the roof
30-Sep-08
THE owner of this Darwin house is potentially $500,000 richer overnight - all because of Inpex.
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20 weeks' paid leave plan for new parents
29-Sep-08
Families would be given 20 weeks' paid leave to help them spend more time with their new-born babies, under a scheme to assist working parents commissioned by the Federal Government.
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Attitudes at men-only club "chilling"
29-Sep-08
A PROMINENT member of an exclusive Melbourne men's club has described as "chilling" the attitudes displayed by men towards women at the club's annual general meeting.
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We kept our word on industrial relations: Julia Gillard
27-Sep-08
JULIA Gillard insists the Rudd Government is keeping all its promises on Labor's planned new industrial laws, and has dismissed union and business criticism as inevitable.
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An ethical argument: Include pregnant women in research
26-Sep-08
DURHAM, N.C. -- Why aren't pregnant women included in most clinical trials?
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Housing Affordability Fund Guidelines Released
16-Sep-08
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Improving maternity services in Australia: a discussion paper from the Australian Government
16-Sep-08
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NT permit system fails to halt grog
15-Sep-08
CLAIMS by the Rudd Government that the permit system plays a crucial role in keeping alcohol out of Aboriginal lands are not supported by police statistics
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It's a super juggle
13-Sep-08
LAST week I was invited to contribute to what turned out to be (other than me) an all female panel discussion on women and money for the annual Premier's Women's Summit.
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$1.7 million to bolster Rental Scheme
12-Sep-08
The Australian Government will provide close to $1.7 million over the next two years to fund products, activities, resources and tools to help deliver improved housing affordability through a National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) Capacity Building Strategy.
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What women really want from their boss
11-Sep-08
Women are more likely to enjoy their job, have a higher level of career satisfaction and take more pride in their work, according to a new report from the Right Management group.
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On how marketing and advertising affect equality between women and men
10-Sep-08
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Overhaul to target maternity services
10-Sep-08
CANBERRA is preparing to overhaul Australia's maternity services, after finding doctors are charging pregnant women up to $9000 while midwives miss out on taxpayer subsidies.
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The World's 100 Most Powerful Women
10-Sep-08
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Former NT chief minister Clare Martin to head ACOSS
09-Sep-08
FORMER Northern Territory chief minister Clare Martin will become head of the nation's peak welfare lobby group.
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Territory care system has 'serious flaws'
04-Sep-08
ONE year after the intervention, the Northern Territory still has the least responsive child care system in the nation despite widespread and entrenched levels of neglect, according to Aboriginal agencies.
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Aust women share skills in PNG
03-Sep-08
A TEAM of female Australian farmers, graziers, grain growers and rural community consultants have passed on some of the knowledge and skills to their counterparts in Papua New Guinea.
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eBay goes green with recycle image
03-Sep-08
Most consumers probably associate eBay more with vintage lunch boxes and low-priced electronics than with laptop bags made from recycled plastic by women in New Delhi.
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Green costs threat to Jetstar plans
02-Sep-08
JETSTAR may set up a hub in Asia instead of Darwin if the Federal Government does not exempt domestic aviation from its emissions trading scheme.
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New master switch found in the brain that regulates appetite and reproduction
01-Sep-08
LA JOLLA, CA – Body weight and fertility have long known to be related to each other – women who are too thin, for example, can have trouble becoming pregnant. Now, a master switch has been found in the brain of mice that controls both, and researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies say it may work the same way in humans.
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Supershire workers call on union for help
01-Sep-08
The Australian Services Union (ASX: ASU.ax) says Northern Territory local government amalgamations have stripped government workers of their rights.
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Tackling the pay differential
01-Sep-08
The first Women, Management and Employment Relations Conference took place almost twenty years ago, in 1989. Since then, many conditions for women in the workplace related to management and employment for women have changed
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Gillard mum on where schools money will go
31-Aug-08
Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard will not say where extra funding for schools will go.
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RUDD GOVERNMENT ACTS TO PROMOTE THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA
28-Aug-08
Attorney-General Robert McClelland and Minister for Housing and the Status of Women Tanya Plibersek have today welcomed a significant step forward in the protection and promotion of women’s rights in Australia.
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Invitation to Submit a Short Article to 'Leadership in Focus: The Journal for Australasian School Leaders'
27-Aug-08
SUBJECT: The editorial board is seeking short articles (500-2,500 words) for forthcoming issues of the journal.
Next article submission deadlines: 8 October 2008 & 1 February 2009
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Two-stage test could save lives
25-Aug-08
Hundreds of Australian women's lives could be saved each year if doctors asked four simple questions in addition to a blood test already used to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages, researchers say.
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Get customers while you sleep
22-Aug-08
Wouldn't it be nice for your cash registers to ring up products even while you sleep? Or it would be great to at least secure new leads so that you don't have to do as much leg work to convert prospects
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Succour for Congolese victims
20-Aug-08
ELAINE Dietsch spends her holidays in hell. Since 2004 the Charles Sturt University senior lecturer in midwifery has visited Africa to help women, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. And in her travel tales she describes a country where life is nasty, brutish and, for millions, short. Formally at peace, the DRC is plagued by 45,000 murders a month, committed by the armed bands that roam the country.
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Women, careers and the glass cliff
20-Aug-08
One would have thought we had come a long way but we have yet another survey, reported here, showing that women are still being treated as second-class citizens in the workplace, getting less pay than men and fewer career opportunities.
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Bizarre take on indigenous men
15-Aug-08
GERMAINE Greer's essay on Aboriginal male rage will enrage many men and women, indigenous and non-indigenous, says Rosemary Neill.
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It’s not what you say – it’s who says it!
15-Aug-08
Australia is now the fattest nation on earth – with four million Australians classified as obese and another 5.4 million as overweight and experts say exercising is one way to reduce this frightening trend.
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A spoonful of enviro-sugar helps the atmospheric medicine go down
14-Aug-08
In her 16th July 2008 media release, GREEN PAPER ON CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME RELEASED, Senator, the Hon. Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change and Water, stated that:
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Education body recognises CDU lecturer
14-Aug-08
One of the Northern Territory’s leading educators is being recognised for her ground-breaking work in developing a unique teaching model for vocal studies at a tertiary level.
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Grants Will Deliver More Women Leaders In Sport
14-Aug-08
The Australian Government is providing around $400,000 in grants to help nearly 2,000 Australian women to become leaders in sport.
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Social Web Attracts Women
14-Aug-08
Women are emerging as the queens of social online networking, according to a recent study by Rapleaf. Women have always been the biggest users of networking skills, nurturing relationships, exchanging info and igniting trade with each other. But this study reveals that women are currently the biggest users of the social web.
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Regional Women in Business Week
13-Aug-08
Outstanding examples of innovation and skills by Tasmanian rural women are highlighted in this year’s Regional Women in Business Week, the Minister for Primary Industries and Water, David Llewellyn, said today.
[Tasmanian State Government - 2:00 p.m. 12 Aug 08]
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Australian Women & Leadership Forum
12-Aug-08
Leadership Toolkit Forums - Darwin - Wednesday the 17th September 2008
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The Annual Australian Women & Leadership Forum Alice Springs 2008
12-Aug-08
On September 30th the women of Alice Springs are invited to a unique and powerful day at the Voyages Alice
Springs.
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Tanya Plibersek update - GOVERNMENT WELCOMES HREOC PLAN OF ACTION ON GENDER EQUALITY (PDF) [Email this file]
25-May-08 GENDER EQUALITY (49.51 KB)
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