Rose Powell

Whether it’s the women in Tony Abbott’s life giving interviews about “the real Tony” or Julia Gillard sharing drinks with the power women of the blogosphere, the battle for the “women’s vote” is already on.

French tennis star Jo-Wilfried Tsonga lost his quarterfinal match in the Australia Open last night to Roger Federer, and then the support of many by telling a post-match press conference why “girls” can’t keep up with the men in the sport.

Bloomberg’s just published its annual list of the world’s richest people, with women making up just 12 of the 100 spots available and one Australian, Gina Rinehart, making the list.

Caroline Pidcock, Pidcock: Architecture+Sustainability Caroline Pidcock’s sustainable architecture company looks set to expand in 2013 as Australia comes to grips with increasingly unpredictable weather and natural disasters such as floods and fires.

The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled a new exhibition celebrating 21 leading women to have shaped the last century and broken new ground for Australian women.

Anita Lincolne-Lomax is the director of Babes in Arms, mother of four kids under eight, and a finalist in the NAB Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards.

For Tessa Court, running a business is like having a “third person in your marriage”.

When Alison Hardacre launched HealthKit, a medical software program, she did so because she saw an opportunity to potentially change the lives of almost every person on the planet.

Monica Meldrum started Whole Kids based on the simple and powerful belief that kids deserve healthy food, and parents need to be able to trust the brands they buy.

Twelve female writers have been named on the first ever longlist of the Stella Prize, a major new prize for Australian women writers worth $50,000.

Fortescue Metals has today announced its first female non-executive director, Elizabeth Gaines, ending its outlier position as the only ASX50 company with no women on its board.

Women are better educated and have more employment opportunities than ever, but the challenge of balancing work and family is still preventing them from reaching senior leadership roles according to a new report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.