A review of food labels is taking place within Australia in regards to providing nutritional information to guide consumer food choices. An FOPL system considered is the UK adopted Traffic Light system, which applies red, amber or green traffic lights to the front of the pack depending on the total fat, sugar and salt content of the product.

Nut's For Life explained that "Implementing a Traffic Light System is not as simple as start, slow, stop. Only tallying ‘total’ fats in foods and ignoring the type of fat means that natural primary produce foods containing healthy fats such as nuts, avocados and olives would carry the same ‘red light’ as manufactured chocolate bars and chips."

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What did you see when you looked outside your bedroom window this morning? Most Queenslanders didn’t get a good night sleep or any sleep at all as they are located in an area that has been declared a ‘disaster zone’; as most of Queensland (QLD) is covered in water.

It would be safe of me to assume that you have seen the stories whether you’ve watched the extended news reports, heard about the Queensland floods on the radio or read the stories in the newspapers. You will all know that Queensland is under metres of water which is showing no signs of moving, anytime soon.  The floods have impacted 75% of Queensland which is the combined size of Germany and France.

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A group of young girls are heading to Denmark in December to attend the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit as part of a Girl Guides youth Delegation. Allison Hooper, 24 yrs, Petina Blackwell, 25 yrs, and Nellie Mair, 25 yrs, will join 19 young women from around the world at COP15 to form the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts’ (WAGGGS) youth delegation in support of environmental protection.

Also heading to Denmark is Tasmanian Guide Leader, Abyilene McGuire, 26 yrs, who will join the Australian Koala Foundation’s (AKF) delegation on behalf of Girl Guides Australia – a gold sponsor of the AKF. Abyilene will promote the plight of the koala and the effects of climate change on the much loved native Australian animal.

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Explorergirls.com is a website for women who love travel and extreme sports. The social networking website aims to connect likeminded adventurers with new friends around the globe. Explorergirls.com is aimed soley at female thrill seekers with a passion for travel and interests in rock climbing, surfing and snowboarding. Basic members are able to customise their own free webpage and post limited images and blogs whilst sending their images as personalised postcards. VIP members are able to post unlimited blogs and images and also contribute to forums, live chat and exchange housing with other VIP members around the world. It does cost a small amount to become a VIP member.

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