Yesterday I wrote about the lunch I attended on Tuesday and the question I asked David Gonski about quotas. I didn’t write about what happened next. After the formalities were over a chief execu…
The McGrath Foundation and Dell Australia appoint female chief executives
Petra Buchanan, the former CEO of the Australian Subscription Television Association, has today been announced as the chief executive of the McGrath Foundation. Glenn McGrath AM, the co-founder and pr…
Why David Gonski is against quotas and why I wish he’d change his mind
Yesterday I was fortunate enough to attend a Women in Banking & Finance lunch. The guest of honour was David Gonski who was interviewed on stage by ANZ’s Amanda Gome. Their conversation weav…
The reluctance to accept sexism is a big problem
One of the substantial hurdles for gender equality is the reluctance by many to accept inequality between men and women exists. (A less substantial, but more sinister, hurdle is the belief that inequa…
Can she lead? This is the question Julia Gillard says reveals the different expectations on men and women
The former Prime Minister Julia Gillard has talked about the significance of having a supportive relationship with other female leaders across party lines. Speaking on The Diane Rehm Show, a syndicate…
Work-piling up? I found an app for that
You know how when it rains it pours? Well, at the moment, in my world it’s pouring. We are moving house tomorrow, which even on its own is a pretty demanding life event. And it has to be said th…
What is a ‘frightbat’? The search for Australia’s ‘most unhinged hysteric’
Have you heard of a frightbat? Until yesterday I hadn’t but then my social media feed started lighting up with the term; it was trending on Twitter by last night. A “frightbat” is a …
Meet the woman who wants to help create 20 million new jobs by 2020
Can you imagine what it would have been like to take on a senior management position with a domestic airline in America a week before September 11 in 2001? Vicki Escarra can. She took on the third mos…
What is the impact of denying a father parental leave?
The latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, released yesterday, shows that women do double the housework of men. Women also do more of the childcare and the household errands…
Meet the woman who coaches Lt General David Morrison
He has lived and breathed the military for almost 60 years. He is the son of a late Army General, he’s the father of three sons himself and he’s now the head of the army. On paper it’…
