The latest Women’s Agenda podcast is up and ready for your weekend, and we’re talking about the Glass Cliff. That’s the phenomenon that sees women appointed to leadership roles when …
How CEO Renece Brewster became the go-to woman for video
Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter– there’s no getting away from the fact that video is everywhere and that businesses large and small are getting in on the action. Renece Brewster know…
Nicola Roxon appointed independent chair of HESTA
Five years since leaving politics and starting a board career, Nicola Roxon has been appointed independent chair of HESTA, ready to take over from Angela Emslie at the end of the year. Roxon has serve…
Why Australia should be wary of the Proud Boys and their violent, alt-right views
Australia has become a destination for a legion of far-right speakers from North America and the UK in recent months. The imminent visit of Canadian YouTuber and Proud Boys leader Gavin McInnes could …
Why Deb Elliott built a consultancy propelling all women, not just senior leaders
Deb Elliott is the founder of Fly Consulting; a business offering women in non-management roles a range of acceleration programs. She’s the latest to be featured in our ‘kickstarter series…
More than a century on, the battle fought by Australia’s suffragists is yet to be won
In settler-colonial White Australia, suffragists wanted the political power to make the white man’s burden woman’s burden too, writes Clare Wright a historian from La Trobe University and author of Y…
More women in politics, please: Latest Women’s Agenda podcast
The latest Women’s Agenda podcast is away! And this week we’re exploring the push for more women to run for politics, and just how the trend can change countries. Angela Priestley, Georgie…
Australian Federation of Air Pilots gets first female president in 80 year history
Captain Louise Pole has been appointed President of the Australia Federation of Air Pilots, marking the first time in the federation’s 80 years that a woman has held the job. Pole will oversee t…
Julia Gillard’s portrait unveiled to stand out in line of men
It’s taken five years and been put off a number of times, but Australia’s first female prime minister Julia Gillard has had her official portrait unveiled in Canberra today. And, hanging a…
Dr Julia Walsh named first woman to coach national men’s basketball team
Dr Julia Walsh has been appointed the first woman to coach a national men’s basketball team in Australia, taking up the position with the Australian Boomerangs Men’s team for athletes with…
