Women make up just 17 per cent of employees in investment management, so it’s particularly disappointing to hear that some of those who do enter the industry are experiencing gender inequality. …
Six women does not make a ‘Next Gen Team’. Especially when Peter Dutton remains
Freshly minted Prime Minster Scott Morrison may have managed to find an additional woman for his Cabinet over Malcolm Turnbull’s dismal five, but the lack of female representation is nowhere nea…
Julia Gillard’s fighting words for responding to the rise of the ‘strongmen’
As the Liberal Party was imploding yesterday, former prime minister Julia Gillard was speaking at an RMIT event in Melbourne. Parts of the event were shared across social media, with many noting the e…
A female Liberal MP puts it perfectly: ‘I think people should stop thinking about themselves’
In all the madness going on in Canberra at the moment, there was one comment last night that stood out to sum up the situation perfectly. It came from Liberal MP Jane Prentice, who told reporters as s…
‘I’m, unapologetically, a brown, Muslim, migrant, feminist woman’: Mehreen Faruqi’s first speech
Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi delivered her maiden speech in the Senate on Tuesday, offering an upfront and blistering assessment of Australian politics today. An engineer and academic, Faruqi is Aust…
The lesson Australian leaders can learn from NZ’s PM Jacinda Ardern
If you’re sick and disgusted at the infighting and sniping in Australian politics right now, take the following as a reason to believe in something better. A couple of weeks after returning from…
The lesson Australian leaders can learn from NZ’s PM Jacinda Ardern
If you’re sick and disgusted at the infighting and sniping in Australian politics right now, take this as a reason to believe in something better. A couple of weeks after returning from parental…
Bushfires and drought, but Canberra just had another (failed) leadership spill
It was on, again. For the umpteenth time in Australia. The top job in Australia was contested, behind closed doors this morning. While you were busy starting your work day, leaving the school pick-up …
Diversity, where is it advertising? Latest Women’s Agenda podcast
The latest Women’s Agenda podcast is away! And this week we’re tackling the serious lack of women in advertising, as well as racism in politics and the benefits/potential downsides of sing…
Just some of the Australian women killing it in science leadership right now
It’s National Science Week and it’s a pretty special year for women in science, given some of the very visible role models we have available. For one, there’s our 2018 Australian of the Year, quantum …
