Less than two hours in, as I was, quite literally, juggling a baby and work, it all came rushing back. Ah, the juggle, in all of its familiar, gritty glory. Whilst I spent my first hour “back at wo…
Hillary Clinton exonerated over email (AGAIN) but is it too late?
Two days out from the US presidential election, Hillary Clinton has been exonerated by the FBI over the use of her email while Secretary of State. Again. At the end of last month, eleven days out from…
What we can all learn from Gillian Triggs’s grace under fire
In 2012 Gillian Triggs retired from her position as the Dean of Sydney University Law School to take up a new job as President of the Human Rights Commission. It seemed a fitting progression for an em…
‘From hope for Hillary to cold dread’: Coming face to face with Donald Trump supporters in Australia.
I started the day filled with optimism. I had the audacity to hope that today we would watch history unfold. I tried to explain the US election and its significance to my two older daughters over brea…
Want a raise? Don’t ask for it. Don’t lean in. Let Karma do the work
Want a raise? Don’t ask for it. Don’t lean in. Just lean back and wait for the good karma to wash over you. That’s the advice Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, has shared with the Grace …
Is engaging men the game changer for equality?
It was barely a week ago and yet, thanks to an eventful election in between, it feels like it took place in a different world. On Tuesday night, over 400 men and women gathered in Sydney to partake in…
So Donald Trump is the President-elect. Where to from here?
It’s true. What last week seemed a far-fetched impossibility is now a reality. Donald Trump is the President-elect of the United States. The commander in chief. The leader of the free world. Million…
Facebook and Apple pay for female employees to freeze their eggs. Discuss
Facebook and Apple are two companies famous for being innovative and it seems they’re both at the cutting edge of a new employment trend. Facebook currently help some female employees cover the cost o…
The marginalization of middle class men like Tony Abbott & Andrew Bolt
A President-elect who is a billionaire, in part due to inheriting a vast estate from his father, cast as the champion of the working class: the anti-establishment. A Prime Minister, so wealthy his …
Is this the winning compromise on paid parental leave?
The government is looking at boosting paid parental leave from 18 to 20 weeks. The news was reported yesterday by News Corp’s National Political Editor on Sunday, Samantha Maiden, and represents a pot…
