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UNITED NATIONS WOMEN

Today is a historical day, This afternoon, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously decided to establish UN Women, The UN entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women. The creation of a strong UN organisation that will be a champion to promote and advance the rights of women and girls worldwide has been a goal we have been advocating for many years, and i know you will join me in celebrating and embracing this momentum achievement.

Ines Alberdi

UNIFEM Executive director

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DR GREG CHAPMAN - HOW TO DOUBLE OR TRIPLE YOUR SALES WITH A SALES PIPELINE

Using a sales pipeline is strategy that allows a business to sell smarter so that you do not need staff to all be super sales people as on average, most sales people are average. A sales system gives a business consistently good sales performance that does not rely on the results from any signle individual. That is the results occure due to the system and are replicable. A sales pipeline can be used to increase sales whilst at the same time reducing your costs per sale.

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DOING BUSINESS WITH JAPAN

An inside view of Japans new Economy

A presentation to APEC WLN by Sally Phillips - Austrade Trade Comissioner & Consul Osaka Japan

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SME TAX FORUM

The SME Tax Forum is an online community created by the ATO specially for SME's (Small to medium enterprises with a turn over between $2million and $250 Million). Using interactive tools such as discussions, survey and brainstorm blogs. SME's are able to communicate with the ATO sharing their views on taxation issues and the broader challenges for business. The Forum also hosts members-only live chats and Webinars featuring senior executives from the ATO and other government departments to allow SME's to speak directly with senior government representatives. To see if you qualify to become a member of the forum visit this link http://mayweask.com/iwfci

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SME COMMUNICATOR

The SME Communicator is a monthly e-newsletter providing relevant information to businesses with an annual turnover between $2m and $250 Million.

Developed by the ATO in consultation with SME Tax Forum members, SME Communicator presents topics relevant to SME's as well as suggested links to useful ATO information.

Given how time-poor many SME's are, the e-newsletter aims to be quick and easy to read and subscribers .

To view the current edition, access previous editions and subscribe to SME Communicator visit: http://ato.gov.au/businesses/pathway.asp?pc=001/003/105&mfp=001/003&mnu=58765#001 003 105

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Export Beginners Guide

Five Steps for Export Beginners

While some Exporters might happen across export orders, most have to carefully plan both their market entry and their business growth to ensure success. Developing an export program takes time, money and resources. You must have total commitment from the boardroom to the shop floor. with 20 million potential customers.

Australia is a limited market. many companies look to the international marketplace for growth opportunities after they have established themsleves in the domestic markets

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JOURNEY TO GENDER EQUALITY

Women in Australia are demanding the 2010 Federal Elections make changes towards gender equality.

The following recommendations call for change in policy programs to achieve substantive equality between men and women in Australia

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WHAT BUSINESS WANTS

IWFCI as a member of the Securtity of Women (S4W) publishes from time on our website articles of relivants to our members. Please find a project assessing SME's attitude and approach to gender equity in the work force and female participation in the work force covering many areas of which I believe you will find of great interest.

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LAND MARK SURVEY SUPPORTS QUOTES FOR BOARDS

A landmark survey of females directors has revealed more than 50 percent support legislated gender quotas for public listed (ASX) company boards.

The survey was conducted online in September 2009 by leading advocate for boardroom change, for women

Claire Braund, Executive Director of women on Boards, said the unprecedent level of support shown in the survey for legislation gender quotas was indicative of the high of frustration among working women in Australia.

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AUSTRALIA FUTURE TAX SYSTEM

How much inequity should we allow?
Speech by Dr Ken Henry
Chair – Australia's Future Tax System Review Panel and Secretary to the
Treasury
Australian Council of Social Service National Conference
3 April 2009

It's not just an opportunity to get some important feedback for the review of Australia's tax and transfer system (and because it now appears to bear my name, I have even more incentive to get it right!). It's also a chance to do something for the battered reputation of the profession to which
I belong — economics.

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TAX REFORM, TARGETING THE TAX BURDEN ON WOMEN

1. Since the 1980s the introduction of income tests on family payments has transformed Australia’s progressive individual income tax into a system with strong elements of joint taxation and a rate scale that has an inverted U-shaped profile – the highest marginal tax rates apply across low to average incomes and to the incomes of married mothers as second earners.
2. Personal Income Tax (PIT) cuts at high income levels and the expansion of the Low Income Tax Offset (LITO) over successive budgets have shifted the tax burden to average wage earners by replacing the strongly progressive rate scale of the PIT with one that is less progressive in general and no longer progressive over certain ranges.
3. The overall effect of income-tested family payments and the less progressive rate scale on personal incomes has been to fund tax reductions at top income levels by raising taxes on low to average wage working families, and with an especially heavy burden on working married mothers.
4. The set of policy measures to achieve this redistribution of the tax burden – income-tests on Family Tax Benefits (FTBs), the Medicare Levy (ML) and the LITO combined with tax cuts at high income levels – have resulted in an unnecessarily complex tax system. The changes amount simply to a change in the rate structure and base of the tax system that could have been made directly and openly.

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ATTITUDES TO MATERNITY LEAVE IN AUSTRALIA

This research survey was conducted online in April 2009 with a total sample of 1703 Australian residents, segmented to be representative of the national population by age, gender and residential location.

The total sample of 1703 provides an error margin of +/- 2.4% at a 95% confidence level. This means that for a result of 50%, we can be 95% confident that the actual result would be between 47.6% and 52.4%.

For full respondent profile details, please see the appendix at the end of this report.

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