Serious Women's Business

THE HON JULIA GILLARD MP DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER - 2009 SWB Speaker Notes Events like Serious Women’s Business are an opportunity for us to come together to recognise Australian women who are leaders in their fields – to hear their stories and experiences. click here to view the speech>>	X	SWB in the media In the Weekend Australian's October 10-11 issue, John Durie's Martin Collins reports on SWB 2009 click here to view article>>	EOWA Model Submission Please find attached a Model Submission for you - or your networks - to use as a basis for making a submission to the all-important EOWA review. This is a unique opportunity to let the federal government know what we feel about the lack of equality of opportunity and remuneration for women (at all levels) of employment. link>>

SWB Past programs See all the past programs as they will show you an insight as to what the SWB conference is click here>>		Careermums Check out the new online service that keeps working mums in touch with the labour market http://www.careermums.com.au	Sherry Strong - Our SWB Resident Wellbeing Guru! Organizational health & wellbeing consultant, food philosopher and nutritional strategist. www.sherrystrong.com

Anne Summers - The Looking Glass Anne Summers is a writer, a journalist and author. http://annesummers.com.au/		The federal government's Office for Women News and updates on what the government is doing for women http://www.ofw.facsia.gov.au	Financial Literacy for Women Free information sheets on various aspects of understanding money and planning for wealth accumulation and/or retirement - especially targeted to women http://www.understandingmoney.gov.au

Unifem Australia Promotes women's human rights, political participation and economic security http://www.unifem.org.au		Fitted for Work is a service committed to helping long term unemployed and disadvantaged women obtain work, maintain employment and ultimately achieve financial independence. http://www.fittedforwork.org	The Australian Human Rights Commission is the new name of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. The Commission was established in 1986 by an act of the federal Parliament. We are an independent statutory organisation and report to the federal Parliament through the Attorney-General. http://www.hreoc.gov.au/

Task Force on Care Costs Read the latest report from the Task Force on Care Costs: a case study conducted at National Australia Bank http://www.tocc.org.au/		Diversity Council Australia Diversity Council Australia is the independent, not-for-profit diversity advisor to business in Australia. www.dca.org.au	Why Attend SWB The Art of Focus? Are you and your organisation “too busy to keep focused on the future”? A big part of what can make attending a conference effective is its ability to give you new perspectives and ideas – ‘takeaways’ that extend your development progress and make a lasting impression. learn more>>