Ed's Blog Eva Cox: The hidden power of Abbott’s paid parental leave policy Earlier in the week I expressed my reservations about Tony Abbott’s paid parental leave policy.
Ed's Blog Why incompetent men are more likely to get promoted to management than competent women There is no direct correlation between confidence and competence.
Ed's Blog Kids are not widgets It’s been more than a year since Anne-Marie Slaughter penned her prolific and ground-breaking missive Why Women Still Can’t Have It All.
Ed's Blog Why paid parental leave doesn’t just benefit parents One thing is certain about paid parental leave; it generates a lot of discussion.
Ed's Blog Words of wisdom from women who have made the world their own Earlier this week Jane Caro gave an answer to the question she likes the least but is asked the most: are women their own worst enemies? If you read her piece, which you really should, you will know they’re not.
Ed's Blog There are no excuses for the gender pay gap Talking to Helen Conway is invariably depressing but it’s no indictment on her.
Ed's Blog Seen but not heard: Is that the standard we accept for young women? A throwaway line from a barista tipped me over.
Ed's Blog Is being attractive the best thing a woman can hope for? If so paid parental leave looks very expensive I wrote about my discomfort with women being treated as window dressing before I had watched Tony Abbott ask the contestants in Channel Nine’s Big Brother to remember him as the one with the “not bad looking daughters”.
Ed's Blog And the winner is… Tony Abbott is set to become Australia’s next Prime Minister after leading the Coalition to a resounding victory at the ballot box.
Ed's Blog Three quick wins for Tony Abbott He will be sworn in as Prime Minister any day now but according to Sydney Morning Herald’s political editor Peter Hartcher Tony Abbott is “the first unpopular Opposition Leader to win an election” in the history of the Fairfax Nielsen poll.
Ed's Blog Having a three year old might make Tanya Plibersek a better leader Over the weekend it was reported that former prime minister Bob Hawke cited her having a three year old child as a reason Tanya Plibersek isn’t being considered a frontrunner for the ALP leadership.
Advice How to combat a morale-draining team member I am not an accomplished athlete so the idea that I have much personal understanding about team sport is laughable.