Australian entrepreneur Alyce Tran launched her leather goods business, The Daily Edited in one day via Instagram. It was a simple strategy, but more effective than she could have ever imagined. A law…
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‘How could you have blonde hair, fair skin, and a connection to country?’ Meet the woman connecting Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia
Naidoc Week 2018: Because of Her, We Can. Australia is fortunate to have the oldest continuing cultures on earth. For Rona Glynn-McDonald, a Kaytetye woman raised in Alice Springs, this knowledge is a…
New Zealand prepared to mandate female board directors within private companies
You could never accuse the New Zealand Government of doing things by halves. According to a new policy pledge, all state boards and committees will be gender equal by 2021 having already reached 46 pe…
As a nation, are we setting our girls up for a lifetime of earning less?
This is the reality for Australian girls in 2018: Boys earn more in pocket money than them from an early age and when those boys become men–according to the current gender pay gap–they wil…
Lucy Liu’s startup has secured the biggest capital raise of 2018 so far
Australian fintech startup Airwallex, co-founded by a group of five including Lucy Liu (pictured above), has secured the biggest local venture capital raise of the year so far, raising $108.93 million…
We must overhaul how we measure the gender pay gap if we ever hope to fix it
I’ve got a problem with the gender pay gap. The most broadly cited statistics used to calculate the difference between what women and men earn, are not quite right. As it stands, the data is ske…
What organisations must do to minimise risk of sexual harassment and create safe environments for staff
Organisations and their leaders are well placed to challenge the systems, structures and cultures that have enabled sexual harassment and sexual assault to be perpetrated for so long. Here’s wha…
