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PAWA NEWS is the newsletter of the Pakistan Association of Western Australia (Inc).

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY

AUSTRALIAN TAXATION SEMINAR AT AUSTRALIAN ASIAN ASSOCIATION

To help you better understand the introduction of the Business Tax Break, we are organizing a series of workshops

across Australia. These workshops will be run by representatives from the Australian Taxation Office who will answer

your questions on these new measures. In your area, the next workshop is scheduled to be held at the Australian

Asian Association, 275 Stirling Street, Perth, on Monday 12 October 2009 at 3.00 pm. The session will run for 90minutes including question time. Information will also be available in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Khmer, Korean,

Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese languages.

Admission is free for everyone and refreshments will be provided. You are welcome to bring along your friends or

other members of the community. Please confirm your attendance and numbers to Bunthan Chan on 9268 5279 or

Katharina Deng on 9268 8362.

NOMINATION FOR WOMEN SUB COMMITTEE, ETHNIC COMMUNITIES COUNCIL OF WA

We need to have a representative of PAWA on the Women Sub Committee which has played very active role in

raising awareness about issues concerning CALD women and suggesting possible solutions and strategies. The

meetings are held once every month on Tuesdays at 9.30 at 20 View Street, North Perth. Any of our members who

are willing to participate as PAWA nominee on the subcommittee please let us know.

ROUNDTABLE CONSULTATION: 12th October 2009, Level 8 235 St Georges Terrace Perth

The Office for Women in the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs is

conducting a review of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999 (EOWW Act) and the Equal

Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA). The Office for Women has engaged KPMG to assist with

the consultation process. The purpose of the roundtable is to complement the public submission and survey

processes by exploring practical solutions to improve equal opportunity for women. Details are as follows:

A light lunch will be served on arrival and afternoon tea will also be provided.Could you please respond to this invitation by contacting Shenuka Jayasuriya of the Health and Human Services

Practice of KPMG on (02) 9295-3983 or by email atsjayasuriya@kpmg.com.au, as soon as possible and at the latest,

by Friday 2 October 2009.

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