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=93<B style=3D'mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'=3EIt=92s just noise, I can=92t =
hear the words! Where=92s the melody=3F</B=3E=94 are all comments that I hav=
e either said or certainly thought along with hundreds of millions of father=
s around the world=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe fu=
nny thing is that I can remember my own dad saying exactly the same thing to=
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generation has its own sound=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPA=
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ZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3ERap or spoken-word music is the big thing =
at the moment=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBeing an ol=
d-school blues guitarist, a true child of the 60s and 70s, I hate rap=2E<SPA=
N style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThat was until I had teenagers =
of my own=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI heard rap in =
the morning, rap in the evening, rap on the TV and even rap in the car=2E<SP=
AN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI eventually learned to like r=
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IZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EWhat changed=3F I did=2E<SPAN style=3D'ms=
o-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EI made a conscious decision to listen to rap=
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PAN=3EThe reason I wanted to understand it was because rap music was importa=
nt to my children=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMy chil=
dren are important to me, so I wanted to figure out why they liked it=2E<SPA=
N style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBeing a musician probably helps=
, but my liking for rap all started with a decision to actually try to under=
stand the skill and creativity of rap music=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: y=
es'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ERap music is based on rhyme, clever slang and poetry set =
to a simple beat=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EOften a =
drum machine with maybe a guy on =91tables', making weird sounds with an old=
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ong has a melodic hook or chorus, maybe it has nothing, but space is everyth=
ing=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ERap musicians often f=
ollow the old adage that older guitarists used to say to me when I was young=
=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3E=91It=92s not the notes =
you leave in that count but the notes you leave out!=92<SPAN style=3D'mso-sp=
acerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIn rap, it=92s the space between the rhythms and=
 the words=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIt=92s really =
very clever=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ESome of it is=
 very complex=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe best de=
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'=3EAs you tune your ears to the music and get your head around the slang, y=
ou find that you can actually begin to understand the words, and wish that y=
ou didn=92t understand some of them!<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 =
</SPAN=3EThis brings me to my next point =96 Is there such a thing as good o=
r bad music=3F<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EA lot of gang=
sta rap where they advocate rape, crime, murder, torture and killing police =
is bad=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EBut how do you kno=
w it=92s bad unless you can understand the lyrics=3F<SPAN style=3D'mso-space=
run: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3ENotice I didn=92t say <U=3Eall</U=3E gangsta rap=2E=
<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EIn the same way some straig=
ht rap is good, some is bad=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=
=3EEminem has put out some really foul songs=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: =
yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EHowever, the song he sang recently at the Grammy Awards =
is more positive=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D=
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ian is to get involved in your children=92s music=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-space=
run: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThey will love you for it=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spac=
erun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EWhatever stage of development they are at, Wiggles=
, Colin Buchanan or POD, it doesn=92t matter, you have to try to get your he=
ad around it=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMusic is the=
 language of youth=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EMusic =
has great power for good or evil=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 <=
/SPAN=3EYour children, including your teenagers, need your friendship and gu=
idance when it comes to what they listen to=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: y=
es'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EYou mightn=92t like their style of music, but you need to=
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e Shakespeare had a point, =91Music calms the savage beast=92=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=
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or your children or teenagers=2E They=92ll appreciate it=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</=
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lub, Jump 5 (USA), <SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0</SPAN=3EColin Buc=
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Warwick Marsh is the founder of the Fatherhood Foundation=2E=A0 Married for =
27 years he is the father of five children, four boys and one girl, ranging =
in age from 21 years to 9 years=2E=A0 Warwick is a musician, songwriter, pro=
ducer and public speaker who likes to think he can still laugh at himself=2E=
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yle=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3ETHE ART OF FATHERING =96<SPAN style=3D'mso-sp=
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le=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EYep, it sure is good for the farmers mate=85RA=
IN that is=2E What a saving grace this wet weather has been, especially for =
all those out west trying to making a living off the land=2E Many a prayer h=
as been answered just of late, that=92s for sure=2E Well, not to dampen your=
 spirits any, and speaking from a non-farmers perspective =96 enough is enou=
gh!! Bring back the sun=2E I=92m sick of being couped up inside, within the =
boundaries of these four walls; I just want to get outside! =96 Let me rephr=
ase that =96 I want the kids outside!!! It=92s not that I don=92t love our k=
ids immensely, and enjoy spending time with them =96 It=92s the fact that to=
o much of a good thing can sometimes be harmful=2E Ever had that much nice c=
hocolate that you actually felt sick=2E Or the surf was so good you were out=
 there nearly all day, and now you are paying for it (sunburn and lethargy t=
o the max)=2E Anyway, you get my drift=85the time has come for outdoor activ=
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rdana'=3ERecently, in between showers, I have had to think back to when I wa=
s a kid, and what I used to do for amusement when it was raining=2E <IMG hsp=
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omputers them days; there were no Game boys or Sony play stations=2E The mov=
ies were too expensive, and too far away, and VCR=92s weren=92t even invente=
d yet=2E So, what did we used to do=3F Aaaahhhh, now I remember =96 let me j=
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ing wet, sliding around in the mud, getting as dirty as possible, hair matte=
d with mud =96 mum loved it when we got home=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
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fy'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EGoing down to the local pool, w=
e would be the only ones there =96 had the whole 50m pool to ourselves; the =
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s mounted up)=2E Having a stack on your bike wasn=92t so bad when it was wet=
 and muddy =96 you tended to slide a bit more=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
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fy'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EGoing down to the local creek (=
normally dry) and watch the torrent=2E Have some stick boat races in the rap=
ids=2E Build a dam as big as you could; quick, it=92s starting to get throug=
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ids of today=3F They don=92t seem to grab hold of life like we used to =96 t=
echnology controls them=2E Maybe we, as parents, should attempt to show our =
kids the way to enjoy the simpler things in life, turn the TV off, no comput=
er games, put on some old clothes, and have fun=2E Yep, just talked myself i=
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layout-grid-align: none'=3E(Special thanks to Neil Porter for this test for =
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One of the most notable features of the present Federal Government is its de=
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However the impact of its policies often goes well beyond its intentions=2E<=
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r the Federal Government=92s funding of childcare centres=2E<SPAN style=3D'm=
so-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EThe benefits provided have increased six-fo=
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unding in the last year was about $1=2E65 billion=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-space=
run: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EChildcare, once provided by parents, grandparents, =
or non-profit community based centres, is now a gold mine for investors=2E<S=
PAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EA 36 year old Brisbane milkma=
n, Eddie Groves, has made $90 million since early 2001=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-=
spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EAndrew Peacock, the former Liberal Party leade=
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AN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana'=3EGovernment funding has =
increased the value of places at child care centres to $5,000 per child, fro=
m about $2,000 five years ago=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SP=
AN=3EMeanwhile, the proportion of costs spent on labour in the private centr=
es (60%-70%) is significantly less than the traditional non-profit operators=
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ds the pockets of the investors, and is a reflection of the level of care of=
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funding of childcare centres is specifically intended to assist working moth=
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of women whose youngest child is under five do not work=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso=
-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 </SPAN=3EOnly about 15 percent work full time=2E<SPAN =
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eceive little benefit from social security entitlements: the social security=
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wever the taxation department treats them as individuals and provides them w=
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=3EHowever, if they choose to allow the children=92s father to care for the =
children, then the financial independence and security the government provid=
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dial father, separated since 1997, with 5 young children aged between 6 and =
14 years=2E=A0 Roland is a passionate father and an active social reformer w=
ho believes Australia's current laws are contributing to the creation of our=
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: 1'=3E=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </SPAN=3EYou can run, jump, climb mountai=
ns and keep up with your kids in your 50s and 60s=2E Its possible=2E<o:p=3E<=
/o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 1=2E3pt 0pt =
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/SPAN=3E</I=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi=
-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3E<SPAN style=3D'mso-tab-cou=
nt: 1'=3E=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </SPAN=3EYou can touch your toes and ev=
en do the splits with a regular flexibility program at any age=2E<o:p=3E</o:=
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AN=3E</I=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-fo=
nt-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3E<SPAN style=3D'mso-tab-count:=
 1'=3E=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 </SPAN=3EYour creativity is simply a funct=
ion of how you use your mind=2E Eg=2E Beethoven was his most creative near t=
he end of his life=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal styl=
e=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 1=2E3pt 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -72pt'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT=
-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-ansi-la=
nguage: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=
=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 1=2E3pt 0pt 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMI=
LY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EThere=
 are 168 hours in a week=2E All we need to do is to devote just 2 hours a we=
ek in a regular weight training and aerobic exercise program=2E If you can a=
fford it, join a gym or set one up at home=2E Better still, get a personal t=
rainer=2E The benefits far outweigh the cost=2E Its also incredibly time eff=
icient=2E A single 30 min workout is all that is required weekly for weight =
training=2E Then all that is required is to do a min of 60 mins or aerobic e=
xercise in any multiples that is convenient eg 2x30 mins or 4x15 mins etc=2E=
 <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 1=2E=
3pt 0pt 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bid=
i-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 1=2E3pt 0pt 0cm'=3E<SPAN sty=
le=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; m=
so-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EMy wife and I go to the gym regularly and we each=
 have a personal trainer who looks after our exercise program, motivates us =
and trains us hard=2E I can testify that I am fitter, stronger and feel bett=
er at 45 compared to when I was 25=2E I have all the energy, stamina and str=
ength to do whatever I want to do=2E<SPAN style=3D'mso-spacerun: yes'=3E=A0 =
</SPAN=3EMy personal trainer helps me greatly in achieving my physical goals=
=2E When I turn 50, my son will be 12=2E My goal is to be able to do lots of=
 adventure and physical activities with him in his teens=2E I fully expect t=
o be able to achieve that=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNor=
mal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 1=2E3pt 0pt 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; =
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU=
'=3E=A0<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0=
cm 1=2E3pt 0pt 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; =
mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EWith all this talk=
 of exercise, your mental attitude is critical=2E Your belief system dictate=
s the end results of your goals=2E If you believe that you can do it, you ca=
n=2E If you believe that you cannot, you won=92t=2E If you think =93old, slo=
w down, bones ache etc=94, then such will happen to you=2E If you believe th=
at you can do anything physical that you want to, you can and will=2E A grea=
t attitude to have is to stay forever young at heart=2E Be enthusiastic, cur=
ious, love & never stop learning, be adventurous, always have a challenge, h=
ave a go, try new things, hang around young people, play with kids, laugh lo=
ts and enjoy life=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal styl=
e=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 1=2E3pt 0pt 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAM=
ILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3E=A0<=
o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 1=2E3=
pt 0pt 0cm'=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi=
-font-size: 12=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU'=3EExercise, Life, Staying yo=
ung at heart =96 Be In It<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm -16=2E7pt 0pt 0cm'=3E=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=
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P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: ' New Times mso-fareast-lan=
guage: EN-US; =3FTimes Roman=3F; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language=
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lang=3DEN-US style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-s=
ize: 12=2E0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'=3ERichard Yiap is married to Yokai =
and they have one son=2E Fathering is a great passion of Richard's and his t=
ime is devoted to mentoring and assisting young people in personal developme=
nt and growth=2E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E<br=3E<br=3E=
<div align=3Dright=3E<font size=3D2=3E<a href=3D'#top'=3EBack to top</a=3E</=
font=3E</div=3E<br=3E<p=3E</p=3E</font=3E</blockquote=3E</td=3E</tr=3E<tr=3E=
<td width=3D578 height=3D13 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' nowrap=3E<!-- src=3D'http://=
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<a name=3D'anchor7'=3E</a=3E<b=3EThought for the Week</b=3E</font=3E<font fa=
ce=3D'verdana' size=3D2=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div=3E<img src=3D'http://www=2Ebosweb=
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=5Fphone girl=2Ejpg' align=3Dleft=3E</div=3E <P align=3Dcenter=3E<FONT face=3D=
'Comic Sans MS' size=3D6=3EThere are many ways to measure success; not the l=
east of which is the way your child describes you when talking to a friend=2E=
</FONT=3E</P=3E<P align=3Dcenter=3E<FONT face=3D'Comic Sans MS'=3EAnonymous<=
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top'=3EBack to top</a=3E</font=3E</div=3E<br=3E<p=3E</p=3E</font=3E</blockqu=
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width=3D578 height=3D25 bgcolor=3D'#ffffff' background=3D'http://www=2Eboswe=
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<blockquote=3E<p=3E<font size=3D3 face=3D'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-se=
rif' color=3Dblack=3E<br=3E<a name=3D'anchor8'=3E</a=3E<b=3ENews & Info</b=3E=
</font=3E<font face=3D'verdana' size=3D2=3E<br=3E<br=3E<div=3E<img src=3D'ht=
tp://www=2Ebosweb=2Ecom=2Eau/email=5Fblast/client=5Fimages/fathers=5Fissue29=
-17th March, 2003=5FZoran Djindjic 175=2Ebmp' align=3Dleft=3E</div=3E <P cla=
ss=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN class=3Dblackheading1=3E=
<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 13=2E5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial'=3E<FONT face=3DVerda=
na=3E<FONT size=3D2=3EThe world continues to=A0 have leaders who will stand =
up for what=A0they believe is=A0right and important for others, not themselv=
es=2E It is so disturbing that those who do not agree or want to change move=
 to violence=2E=A0Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, who played a key ro=
le in the downfall of former Yugoslav strongman Slobodan Milosevic, was assa=
ssinated during the=A0last week=2E</FONT=3E</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
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AMILY: Arial'=3E<FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2=3EA refreshing article in the =
equality debate appeared in the Australian this last week=2E Notice that mos=
t men want to reduce working hours !!</FONT=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P cla=
ss=3DMsoNormal style=3D'MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt'=3E<SPAN class=3Dblackheading1=3E=
<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 13=2E5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial'=3E<STRONG=3E</STRONG=
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T-FAMILY: Arial'=3E<STRONG=3EMums say no to equality</STRONG=3E</SPAN=3E</SP=
AN=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial'=3E<BR=3E=
<SPAN class=3Dbodytext1=3EBy Christine Jackman</SPAN=3E<BR=3E<SPAN class=3Db=
odytext1=3EMarch 11, 2003</SPAN=3E<BR style=3D'mso-special-character: line-b=
reak'=3E<BR style=3D'mso-special-character: line-break'=3E</P=3E<SPAN class=3D=
bodytext1=3E<=3Fxml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com=
:office:office' /=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</SPAN=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FON=
T-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial'=3EMOST working mothers are ha=
ppy for their husbands to be the main breadwinner and do not want an 'egalit=
arian' relationship, Australia's largest survey of work-family patterns has =
found=2E<BR=3E<BR=3EOnly one in five working couples with children shares an=
 equal relationship where both work similar hours, the landmark study reveal=
ed=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLO=
R: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial'=3EThe survey of more than 12,000 Australians f=
ound most working mothers would prefer to work fewer hours and would opt for=
 part-time work when they had the opportunity=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=
=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial'=3ET=
he findings are contained in a paper, Working Time Preferences in Couple Hou=
seholds, to be presented at a conference hosted by the Melbourne Institute o=
f Applied Economic and Social Research on Thursday=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E=
</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial'=3E=
The paper's author, leading US work-family researcher Robert Drago, found a =
substantial gap between the preferred working hours of men and women with ch=
ildren aged 16 or younger=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D=
'FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial'=3EOverall, Australian fat=
hers worked an average of 48 hours a week=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<=
P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial'=3EAsked=
 what hours they would prefer to work, the average response was 44 hours=2E =
<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: bla=
ck; FONT-FAMILY: Arial'=3EIn contrast, working mothers spent an average 28 h=
ours in paid work each week, but would like to cut that to 26 hours=2E <o:p=3E=
</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FON=
T-FAMILY: Arial'=3E'Even if they got what they wanted, the gap between what =
men and women work would still be substantial,' Professor Drago, of Pennsylv=
ania State University, said=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN styl=
e=3D'FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial'=3E'There is a subset =
of about 20 per cent of families who are egalitarian, where the working hour=
s of both spouses are within five hours of each other=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SP=
AN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Ar=
ial'=3E'But they are far from a majority=2E' <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<=
P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial'=3EAltho=
ugh women in egalitarian relationships worked substantially longer than othe=
r working mothers =96 about 42 hours a week on average =96 they also wanted =
to reduce those hours=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'F=
ONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial'=3EThe survey found they wou=
ld prefer to work an average of 36 hours a week, compared to their partners,=
 who would be happy to work just one hour less a week=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SP=
AN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Ar=
ial'=3EOnly 8 per cent of couples surveyed said they would like their relati=
onships to be more 'egalitarian'=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN=
 style=3D'FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial'=3EProfessor Drag=
o's figures were drawn from the federal Government's Household Income and La=
bour Dynamics survey, which aims to track the choices of 7682 households ove=
r the course of their lives=2E <o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E<P=3E<SPAN styl=
e=3D'FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial'=3EHis findings appear=
 to support Prime Minister John Howard's recent stance that the best way to =
help women is to help them find part-time work=2E <BR=3E<BR=3E<SPAN class=3D=
bodytext1=3E<I=3EThe Australian</I=3E</SPAN=3E<o:p=3E</o:p=3E</SPAN=3E</P=3E=
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