It’s been 125 years since women in New Zealand were granted the right to vote and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has a number of plans in the works in order to celebrate. She’s edited the …
Seeing red as another MP quits & Liberal women numbers dwindle
Losing a woman from your team, party, board or something else is never good. But losing one when women make up less than a quarter of your representatives is bad, especially when she announces her dep…
Nine-year-old Harper Nielsen got attacked by politicians for taking a stand. She’s now making international headlines
CNN is reporting it. The BBC is reporting it. The Washington Post is reporting it. Some of the biggest international news outlets are talking about the stir nine-year-old Harper Nielsen has started in…
This law firm is offering an extra week’s annual leave and super paid during unpaid parental leave
The legal sector has long been known as one that has a leaky pipeline when it comes to getting women into partner and leadership positions. So it’s great to see a couple of announcements from on…
LNP claims ‘recruitment, retention & mentoring’ will improve women’s representation. So why isn’t it working?
Liberal deputy leader Josh Frydenberg seems confident that his party will hit its 50% female representation target by 2025. But that’s despite the Liberal National Party not showing any major in…
Australia confirms climate change biggest threat to Pacific by signing declaration. So what now?
Australia can’t get its act together on developing firm emissions reduction policies, but can confirm that climate change is the biggest threat to the Pacific. Australia has signed on to the Boe…
My wife works but she’s a great mother: Peter Dutton’s au pair comments are so wrong
Let’s be clear, there are many reason for the growing market for au pairs in Australia, including a lack of affordable and flexible childcare options and an increase in women’s workforce p…
The Parent Gift Gap: Spending more on Father’s Day than Mother’s Day
Here’s a new take on the gender gap you may not have expected. It’s called The Parent Gift Gap, and it could be seeing Australians spending more money on Father’s Day than we are on …
Thought childcare was expensive? Out of pocket expenses rose 48% in 6 years
More of us are using formal childcare in order to participate in the workforce, yet childcare is still becoming less affordable. That’s the verdict on the childcare system in a new report by the…
‘I don’t tolerate bullying and intimidation’: Liberal MP Julia Banks to leave politics
The fallout from last week’s leadership spill is continuing today, with Liberal MP Julia Banks announcing she’ll be leaving politics at the next election, declaring that she will not toler…
