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	<description>a feminist, not for profit, self-funded, non-party political, lobby group founded in 1972</description>
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		<title>Where does budget leave sole parents and their children?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Media Release: The announced change in the Parenting Payment which moves a further 100,000 single parents and their children onto the lower paying Newstart Allowance is roundly opposed. Women’s Electoral Lobby joins advocates for sole parents and their children in condemning this government budget measure. Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL) endorses the negative response of ACOSS, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WEL submission to EOWA Bill inquiry</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WEL has welcomed the introduction of the Commonwealth Government’s Bill to amend its workplace equal opportunity legislation but believe the bill could be easily amended to better benefit women in the future. WEL has put in a submission to the Senate inquiry into the new legislation outlining these amendments and WEL member Kathy MacDermott will be giving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WEL congratulates Defence Minister Smith in fostering cultural change in the ADF</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women&#8217;s Electoral Lobby (WEL) congratulates Minister for Defence Stephen Smith     for commissioning the enquiry into the Australian Defence Force&#8217;s sexist culture after the Skype incident at the Academy, Duntroon. WEL National Executive member Kathy MacDermott said WEL was aware of the difficulties in working for cultural and organisational change. “It is fantastic to see the Minister&#8217;s determination and that of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy International Women’s Day 2012 and Happy WEL 40th Anniversary!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helen L’Orange AM Chair, WEL National Coordinating Committee I write to wish everyone a Happy International Women’s Day as we celebrate WEL’s 40th Anniversary. WEL members will be attending the International Women’s Day community picnic at First Fleet Park on 10 March from Midday. Make sure you come along, meet with fellow WEL members and talk the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WEL welcomes equal opportunity for women in the workplace</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL) today welcomed as a good start the introduction by Julie Collins, Minister for the Status of Women, of the Commonwealth Government’s Bill to amend its workplace equal opportunity legislation. WEL’s National Executive member Kathy MacDermott said the Bill is not perfect but that it does open opportunity for some real [...]]]></description>
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