A brave Australian woman in Haiti

Today (January 26) Alison was awarded an AOM for “Humanitarian aid: Peraliya region of Sri Lanka following Boxing Day 2004 Tsunami. Below is an email she sent to her parents in Cronulla two days ago.

Email from Alison Thompson sent to her parents in Sutherland Shire (Sydney)on 24 January 2010Subject: Hell in Haiti

Hi mum and dad [...]

January 26th, 2010 | Category: Featured | Leave a comment

Tina Brown’s 10 things to stop bitching about

Tina Brown of The Daily Beast gives us a 2010 political Zeitgeist Guide. For instance, why is Obama so cool, not cool that way but so, so detached? And does it matter? (Hint: yes!) Are newspapers being killed by the Internet?  No.  Read it here

January 4th, 2010 | Category: Barack Obama, Featured, The Daily Beast, Tina Brown, US politics, Uncategorized, newspapers, the Internet | Leave a comment

War and Peace in Oslo

Read President Barack Obama’s acceptance speech for his Nobel Peace Prize here

December 11th, 2009 | Category: Barack Obama, Featured, Nobel Prize, US politics, peace, war | One comment

Australian Securities Exchange introduces gender reporting

As of July 1, 2010 the Australian Securities Exchange will require all listed companies to report on the numbers and positions of women in their companies as part of their corporate governance reporting requirements.  This important reform will show which companies are dragging their feet when it comes to hiring and promoting women, in management [...]

December 11th, 2009 | Category: Featured, equality, women in business, women on boards, women's employment | Leave a comment
 
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