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Out + about: With Natalie Saville

04 April 2008

The federal government has announced a new round of grants to women leaders in sport. The grants help women undertake accredited training and development in coaching, officiating, governance and sports management. I encourage Kingsford Smith sportswomen and women's sports organisations who would like to improve their skills to find out more about these grants at www.ausport.gov.au/participating/all/women

I was delighted to join local Olympic and Commonwealth Games walker Natalie Saville at the Hensley Athletic Field. Natalie and her sister Jane achieved an extraordinary feat at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games when they won silver and gold respectively in the 20km walk.

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A dishwasher can generate up to 500 kilograms of greenhouse gas a year.


• Look for dishwashers with a 4-star water efficiency rating. (Water-efficient dishwashers are usually energy efficient.)

• Only run fully loaded dishwashers.

• Use the shortest program sufficient to clean the dishes.

• Clean the filter regularly to maintain washing performance.

See www.energyrating.gov.au


Water efficiency matters too.


• The most efficient dishwashers use half the water of average models.

• By 2016, the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards scheme (WELs) could save nearly 1200 megalitres a year in national dishwasher water consumption – that's enough water to fill 600 Olympic swimming pools each year.

• This represents a reduction of about 6.5 per cent in the water consumption of the dishwashers sold between 2003 and 2016.

See www.waterrating.gov.au

 

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