News & Views Record number of women recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours Women comprised 40% of recipients of Queen’s Birthday Honours across all tiers of the awards, the highest percentage of women recipients in history.
News & Views Victims of domestic violence in Australia ten times more likely to experience other legal problems A NSW Law & Justice Foundation report shows domestic violence victims, on average, faced 20 legal problems in the last year compared to 2 for non-victims.
News & Views Labor’s new leadership team & men ‘making way’ for women Ensuring equal representation of men & women in Labor’s leadership team has been the first order of business for Anthony Albanese.
News & Views Jamila Rizvi on the dreaded C-word & women in the workplace “We have a very male construction about what confidence looks like,” Jamila Rizvi said at a recent event hosted by Triumph.
News & Views Party Twist: The disgraceful Herald Sun cover trivialising Courtney Herron’s murder The Herald Sun has published a disgraceful front page story about the murder of Courtney Herron with the headline “PARTY TWIST”.
News & Views Breaking Badly: The story of how I worried myself sick & rebuilt my life In her memoir Breaking Badly published by Affirm Press Georgie Dent explores how she suffered a nervous breakdown at age 25 and rebuilt her life.
News & Views ‘This is about men’s behaviour’: Assistant Commissioner on Courtney Herron’s death A young woman Courtney Herron, was found murdered in a Melbourne park. Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius said men’s behaviour needs to be examined.
Ed's Blog Some thoughts on genuine flexibility on FWD2019 May 22nd is National Flexible Working Day 2019, a day to consider how employers can embed true flexibility in their organisations.
Ed's Blog Why Tanya Plibersek doesn’t owe it to women lead the Labor party On Monday afternoon the deputy leader of the Labor party, Tanya Plibersek, announced she would not run for the party’s top leadership position.
News & Views The case for hope after shock election result For anyone who felt genuinely optimistic about the opportunity for Australia to embrace progressive change to it’s hard to muster hope after shock election.
News & Views Golly gosh wow wee: Barnaby Joyce discovers Women Vote On Tuesday Barnaby Joyce accused the ABC of bias when it showed the scorecard prepared by Women Vote ranking the parties’ commitment to women.
News & Views Kelly O’Dwyer responds to WEL’s election scorecard: ‘It’s not independent & ignores our achievements’ Kelly O’Dwyer says the Women’s Electoral Lobby Election Scorecard ranking the three major political parties on their commitment to women isn’t impartial.