Kirsten Robb

When Anna Dimond started her business with her sister Eran in 1996, the young women didn’t think twice about the challenges that lay ahead of them.

When Cyclone Yasi hit Mission Beach in February 2011, Katrina Knowles was taking cover inside The Elandra – a beachfront hotel she had spent years transforming from a dilapidated and run-down property into a luxury resort.

This week, our sister publication Smart Company is eight years old.

There are only two female chief executives holding the top jobs in Australia’s retail sector, despite women making up at least 57% of the country’s 1.

Employers are being warned they may be liable for sexual harassment that happens outside the office, after the Federal Court ruleda pub two work colleagues visited to deal with sexual advances counted as a “workplace”.

In 1998, Alicia Beachley was working at one of Australia’s largest PR agencies, Hausmann Communications, on high profile accounts including Nokia and Unilever.

Every morning public relations powerhouse Jackie Crossman climbs the steep incline from her house in Sydney’s Potts Point to her office building in a pair of towering high heels.

Tampon company Libra is the latest brand to face online lobbying against its advertising, as a petition calling for the immediate removal of a “female stereotyping” ad gains momentum.

Most business founders can tell the story of where they were the moment they knew they had to start their own business venture – but most tales wouldn’t be as good as Jane Bianchini’s.

The number of older Australians participating in the workforce is rising, with an increased number of Australian women working past the age of 55, according to research from the Melbourne Institute of Applied Social and Economic Research.