Yesterday I attended an event that Google hosted for female entrepreneurs. I arrived expecting to meet and hear from some driven and talented women and to come away with a few different story ideas. B…
What Julia Gillard said
She walked onstage to Aretha Franklin’s Respect and received a rock-star welcome as she joined author Anne Summers on the Opera House stage. More than 2,500 Australians flocked to hear our first…
A memo to the Minister for Women: no discrimination is legal
Before Tony Abbott was elected Prime Minister I was told, by a few different people who know him in a few different ways, that I would be pleasantly surprised by him. That he is more rational, clear-t…
What we read
One of the indisputable pleasures of the internet is the proliferation of terrific content. Whatever your interests, you are sure to find something on the web that grabs you. The trouble is we rarely …
Meet the Sydney woman bringing art to the masses
We talk to the founder and director of Art Pharmacy, Emilya Colliver, who is helping Australians build art collections without breaking the bank. What is Art Pharmacy?Art Pharmacy is a curated o…
Cabinet is bad. Big business is not much better.
Less than two weeks after the new government unveiled a Cabinet with just one woman, we learn that the representation of women in our biggest organisations remains a low priority. This is clearly demo…
Julia Gillard on shifting the focus from the way women look
Ahead of her highly anticipated public conversations with Anne Summers, scheduled for early next week, Julia Gillard have given two video interviews for the first time since she departed the office of…
A message of thanks – and support – for Anna Bligh
Is it just me or do our female politicians set the bar high as role models? That’s what I concluded yesterday after reading snippets from an interview with the former Queensland premier, Anna Bl…
Joe Hockey and Malcolm Turnbull: I’m looking at you two for change
Last week, with my great-Aunt, I attended a lecture given by a senior research fellow from The University of Sydney, Dr Julia Horne. The subject was the history of women attending university and, as I…
What TV taught me about hate
On Sunday night I appeared on a television program called Paul Murray Live on Sky News. I was invited, as the acting editor of Women’s Agenda, to be part of a panel to discuss the weekend storie…
