There is never, ever, a good time for a person to kill their partner. It’s a fate no one should meet. Unfortunately it’s a fate that at least one Australian woman encounters every single w…
Spying, sorry and free speech: what they said on Q&A
It was the final Q&A of the year but the panel discussion last night could have continued well beyond the one-hour mark. Indonesia and the issue of spying dominated the conversation. On the …
Men’s magazine names model ‘woman of the year’. Really?
I have been deliberating over this one. Are my expectations unrealistic? Am I being pedantic? Or am I justified in feeling a tad dismayed that a men’s magazine would award a model as its woman o…
What’s happened to Kate? The magazine cover that shocked me
What’s happened to Kate Middleton? This is the question that is posed on the cover of a weekly magazine that is currently sitting on the newsstands. Two pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge acco…
How one outfit helped this woman break a cycle of despair
She stood up from her table at the Sofitel ballroom, strode onto the stage and with a single line the room, filled with hundreds of men and women, started clapping rapturously. She said “My name…
There is no shame in admitting babies are hard
It’s a sentiment that resonated with me after I had had my first baby. “You wouldn’t wish those first six weeks with a newborn on anyone.” It sounds harsh but anyone who has ha…
Dear Prime Minister: COAG says it’s time to act on gender inequity
Today the Prime Minister Tony Abbott has received an important letter and a report from the COAG Reform Council called Tracking equity: comparing outcomes for women and girls across Australia. In 2012…
More than Bollywood and batsmen: Tony Jones hosts Q&A in India
Last night, in yet another departure from ordinary proceedings, ABC’s Q&A was broadcast from Gurgaon near New Delhi in India. Who was on? Stuart MacGill Australian spin-bowling greatShashi T…
When your home life makes you cry at work
Last week I tempted fate. I put pen to paper and wrote about how, with the help of flexible work arrangements, I am able to effectively combine parenting two small children with a satisfying job.…
A confession: I work flexibly
A while back we ran an article on Women’s Agenda about employers that don’t ‘do’ flexibility. Before we published the piece I had a coffee with the author, Kate Mills, who…
