Lisa Wilkinson, a fixture of the Australian media landscape for more than three decades, has not written a memoir…yet. But when she does, it will no doubt take up a proud place on many women’s bookshe…
Can politics get more family friendly? Yes, and it should lead by example
Female politicians in Australia and around the world are mixing breastfeeding and politics in growing numbers. But aside from this practical and symbolic change, what more needs to be done to make pol…
The data says it all: There’s a significant ‘motherhood penalty’ in Australia & it’s getting worse
Kristine Ziwica is a ‘gender equality data geek’. So what better person to take the lead researcher role on our latest report on shifting the dial for women at work? Below, she shares some…
Jamila Rizvi & Clare Bowditch serve tea, cake and plenty of sage advice
I went to a tea party on Tuesday night – a tea party filled with joy, singing and a fairly hefty helping of sage life and career advice. What kind of tea party is that, you ask. And can I come? Well y…
Tessa Sullivan is Australian Politics’ #MeFirst. She has my respect and undying gratitude
Yesterday, the Melbourne City Council published a summary of a 100 page independent investigation overseen by QC Ian Freckelton into allegations of sexual harassment against former Lord Mayor Robert D…
‘Another woman, just trashed’: Women must not become pawns in politics
When people like Andrew Bolt are speaking out against women becoming collateral damage in the battle for political point scoring, Kristine Ziwica has reason to feel optimistic about change. Liberal S…
Finally, new sexual harassment policies for political staffers
Just two days after the then Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the National Party Barnaby Joyce (finally) resigned citing a sexual harassment complaint filed against him as the final “straw that bro…
Remembering Zelda D’Aprano, the legendary equal pay campaigner
Zelda D’Aprano, who famously chained herself to the Melbourne Commonwealth Building to protest for equal pay, passed away this week. Her legacy: a timely reminder to go back to the barricades — …
Is the PM’s intervention & the ‘bonk ban’ the start of #MPToo?
Does the Prime Minister’s spectacular intervention in the Joyce affair, the so called “banning of the bonk”, herald the beginning of a process to address sexual harassment and gender inequality in Aus…
About that picture of Barnaby ‘eyeing off’ Vikki Campion
By now, you will have seen the picture on the front page of yesterday’s Daily Telegraph featuring (for the moment at least) Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the National Party Barnaby Joyce “eyeing…
