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…
Is flexible working the key to gender equality?
As far as Tuesday evenings go this was pretty good. Last night I attended a debate, hosted by the Diversity Council of Australia, moderated by ABC journalist Tony Jones, about whether flexible working…
Q&A: Business leaders discuss new government, carbon tax, paid parental leave and the gender pay gap
Last night the ABC hosted the first ever corporate leaders Q&A panel. The host Tony Jones was joined by Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond, Santos chief executive David Knox, Nestle Australia&#…
The enigma of Julia Gillard: She was barely respected in office and now she is revered
Yesterday afternoon, at an event hosted by the Victorian Women’s Trust called Credit Where Credit Is Due, the former Prime Minister Julia Gillard gave a keynote address to an adoring crowd. The …
Do men or women make better parents?
The other morning I was working from a cafe close to my home. The tables at this café are arranged in such a fashion that in twenty minutes I came to learn a lot about the life of the family sitting n…
A message from male chief executives: An intervention is required
Getting a handful of our most powerful chief executives in the same room at the same time is no small feat. Getting more than 20 of them, including the head of our defence force, and having seven of t…
