17 October 2008

The Rudd Government today launched the national Measure Up campaign to tackle obesity – a major weapon in the fight against obesity, aimed at saving lives.

Measure Up encourages Australians to measure their waists. Measuring your waist is a simple check to tell if

The Australian National Children’s Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey has shown that 72 per cent of 2-16 year old children were of a healthy weight, but 17 per cent were overweight, 6 per cent obese and 5 per cent were underweight.…

28 July 2008

The Federal Minister for Sport, Kate Ellis, today welcomed the establishment of the Westfield W-League – a national football league for women.

Speaking at the launch of the Westfield Women’s League, or W-League, Ms Ellis said the new competition would help raise the profile of football, putting

The Australian Government has moved to make sport safer for young Australians with the launch today by the Federal Minister for Sport, Kate Ellis, of new national guidelines to promote safety in sport and a national sport injury prevention program.

Ms Ellis said The Safety Guidelines for Children and Young People in Sport and

19 September 2008

Australia’s elite rugby union players today launched a groundbreaking program to assist organisations tackle the biggest health, environmental and social issues facing our nation.

Joining Wallaby Captain, Stirling Mortlock to launch the Rugby Union Player Association Foundation and Community

28 August 2008

The Minister for Sport, Kate Ellis, today announced that Australian Sports Commission (ASC) chief executive, Mr Mark Peters, had resigned.

“Mark served as chief executive from January 2001, overseeing many important reforms including the upgrade of facilities at the Australian Institute of Sport,

28 August 2008

The Minister for Sport, Kate Ellis, today announced the appointment of the independent expert panel that will investigate the reforms required to ensure that Australia’s sporting system remains prepared for the challenges of the future.

“From helping to tackle obesity and preventable disease,

21 August 2008

Minister for Health Nicola Roxon launched the national Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program. Interested schools can apply to take part in the initiative.

The $12.8 million Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program will teach kids in Government primary schools, in years 3-6, to grow, harvest, cook

Joint Release

The Hon Kate Ellis MP
Minister for Sport

The Hon Tanya Plibersek
Minister for the Status of Women

11 August 2008

The Australian Government is providing around $400,000 in grants to help nearly 2,000 Australian women to become leaders in sport.

The Minister for Sport,

PRESS RELEASE: Saturday, July 19. 2008

Australia's environmental champions have been recognised at the prestigious Banksia Awards ceremony held at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, with the issue of energy efficiency emerging as a strong direction for future environmental improvements.

Evidence of this trend

PRESS RELEASE: PR NEWSWIRE: MINNEAPOLIS, July 18, 2008

HealthFitness President and CEO Gregg O. Lehman, Ph.D., responded today to a report enumerating the return on investment that prevention activities can bring to Americans.

The report was released Thursday by Trust for America's Health, and found that an investment

Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 11:59 am
Press Release: New Zealand Government 

Associate Environment and Youth Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta is pleased to announce the 14 schools which have received grants under the New Zealand Glass Environmental Fund to carry out environmental projects.

A total of $22,346 has

ATLANTA – June 24, 2008 – The Atlanta Bicycle Campaign today announced that it is conducting the first ever bicycle count to establish a baseline against which to measure future bicycling populations in the city of Atlanta. This count will kick off a recurring project to show whether cycling is rising or falling in the

HASTINGS, Minnesota:

Anytime Fitness, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with a brother-sister team of fitness industry veterans, Justin McDonell and Jacinta McDonell Jimenez, to serve as master franchisees for all of Australia and New Zealand. McDonell and Jimenez plan to open 350 Anytime

Associate Professor Nicholas O’Dwyer is leading a research team at the University of Sydney in order to help people with cerebral palsy in the future. Members of this team are working on hand coordination, which in turn will have clinical implications for improving hand activity in people with cerebral palsy.

We are

Last month, I had the opportunity to listen to Loral Langemeier, Founder/CEO of Live Out Loud and a New York Times Best-Selling author, at a Wealth Creation Weekend held in Sydney. Langemeier’s claim to fame is creating millionaires. Being her first time presenting to an Australian audience, I was impressed with her 'straight to

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PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 11, 2008 – In the modern world, you would be hard pressed to find a fishing boat without some sort of fish finding device. GPS (Global Positioning System) devices have become the latest in technology and water safety when it comes to fishing. They are used as a

PRESS RELEASE: May 24, 2008

The Rudd Government and Laurie Lawrence will work together on water safety education for all newborn babies in Australia, to reduce drowning injuries and deaths among children aged 0 to 5 years in Australia.

It is difficult to imagine anything more heartbreaking for a parent than for their

PRESS RELEASE: Tuesday 3rd June 2008

Most people these days accept the issues surrounding climate change. The solutions can appear to be complicated but there are real and positive things that we can do as individuals and local communities to contribute. 

Three Brisbane entrepreneurs are leading the way by

Thursday 19th June 2008

On Thursday the 19th of June at 2:30PM the Albert Sailing Club's Solar Panel Installation will be unveiled by Martin Foley the Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Melbourne. The panel is a 3000 watt solar array and will generate enough power to offset all of the electricity used by the

Health service providers and health business suppliers now have a window of opportunity to get “on board” www.healthdirectory.com.au and enjoy a free Listing+Page for 12 months.

“Founder advertisers”, people who participated to date, are also rewarded with ongoing special status and benefits.

PRESS RELEASE: Thursday 3rd July 2008
 

It’s a brave soul who embarks on a journey across the outback alone; battling the dust, the distance and the dunes. 

In fact, there is many a shattered traveller who have given up their dreams of conquering the mighty outback, despite their kitted out 4WD

Tickets for the Donald Trump “Think Like a Billionaire” Seminar Series have gone on sale with what promoters have dubbed “Trump Super Saturday” across Australia.

Headlining a ‘who’s who of self made business people’ speaking card, Trump will unite with self-made Aussie success stories

[PRESS RELEASE: June 28, 2008]

Aussie Lounge (http://www.aussielounge.com.au), the free social networking site just for Australian travellers has finally been launched to allow Australians to connect with fellow Australians around the world.

For those users familiar with