Women's Agenda

Dr Mehreen Faruqi is set to replace Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon in the Senate today, becoming Australia’s first female Muslim senator.

From ‘hackathons’ to ‘design jams’, organisations love the idea of innovating. But are poor workplace routines stopping them in their tracks?

Currently in Australia there are no government single-sex schools in Queensland, Western Australia or the Northern Territory.

The typical office desk is home to over 10million bacteria, 400 times more than a toilet seat. People don’t wash their hands & surfaces are officially dirty

Find yourself saying ‘yes’ a lot? It could be doing your career, and your wellbeing, some serious damage. Here’s how to assess opportunities

Women still do seven hours more housework per week than men, not including childcare. We need to end the assumption that men don’t see the mess.

If you find yourself in the boardroom of an ASX 100 company, expect the seats to be overwhelmingly occupied by white men with ‘aussie accents’. 

Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young promised to sue if Senator David Leyonhjem didn’t apologise. Now she’s launched defamation proceedings.

The idea they might be responsible for a tabloid splash or political problems is why political staffers rarely complain about bullying and harassment.

Alex Hattingh is part of a growing trend of organisations and startups aiming to bring people management directly into their executive teams, by appointing a ‘Chief People Officer’.

In one of the most significant female appointments of the year, Shemara Wikramanayake has just been named the next chief executive of Macquarie Group. 

Kitty Flanagan has taken on Channel Ten’s all-male line-up in a brilliant sketch on ABC’s The Weekly.