Georgie Dent

One of the first articles I ever read on Women’s Agenda was about friendship.

Last night the television anchors for Sky News and ABC’s 7.

“(Dianne reckons Beverly’s dreaming if she thinks she can work full time 6 weeks after the birth of her baby however likely she may have arrangements in place that Dianne is unaware of!) Permanent nanny from day 1 but she’s still dreaming …” This is just one snippet of a thread of emails that were published in The Australian today.

My eldest daughter is about to turn four and has recently discovered the joy of writing.

Towards the end of my recent interview with Tanya Plibersek she made a comment that I knew I would remember long after any story was published.

Our parents did it without childcare subsidies or paid parental leave so why can’t we? As arguments go it’s about as constructive and tenuous as saying, “I don’t hate men” as an explanation for not being fussed with gender equality.

Is it possible to live a balanced life? If your immediate response to that question is to recoil internally you might like to set aside 30 minutes this weekend to listen to a My Agenda webinar I hosted with Megan Dalla-Camina on Wednesday.

Not long after Angelina Jolie revealed to the world she had undergone a double mastectomy as a preventative measure against breast cancer, the enormity of her doing that became obvious to me in an unexpectedly personal way.

If you’ve been in Australia in recent weeks you may have noticed that we hosted a Royal visit.

It was not so much the words themselves as the tone in which they were delivered.

Do you ever sit at your desk, or lie in bed at night, and wonder if you’re in the right job? Or living the right life for you? If so, you’re not alone but nonetheless fielding doubt about your chosen career can be scary.

I was at a wedding over the weekend and, as is often the case at weddings, I met quite a few new people.