Well my entrepreneurial friends, there is a new Entrepreneurs Club  that will be of interest to people everywhere. Why? Well all the speakers are videoed and each month they are put on line for all the members to view and membership is really cheap. There are also plans to build a Virtual Incubator online so you can access a range of necessary services at a reduced rate. Any members that join now will get discounted rates as the service gets going so if you are interested in getting some great information at low cost then go to www.aelc.edu.au and click on Entrepreneurs club. I highly recommend it!

The latest average weekly ordinary time earnings (AWOTE) showed this week that the average male earnings jumped ahead by 5.2 per cent to $1172.20 while female wages only grew 4.8 per cent to $980.70 in trend terms. Men are earning much more than women, with the average male wage rising earning to almost $10,000 more than their female counterparts.

These are incredible figures. I can only presume this refects the male focused dominance of the mining sector in Australia. But I also believe that women are still not choosing the high earning executive pathways that so many men pursue.  In fact many women I talk to seem to be heading back down the pathways of their grandmothers and only work because they have mortgages to pay. It is just too hard to work, have a family and pay for childcare.

Well if this is the problem, what are we doing about it?