Sport Serena Williams announces pro tennis comeback Serena Williams will return to competitive tennis this month, marking her first official appearance on court since the 2022 US Open.
News & Views 78% of counsellors are women. They’re still excluded from Medicare funding Australia’s mental health system undervalues women’s work, leaving care workers underfunded and access to support unequal.
News & Views Employers have a duty of care for domestic violence when working-from-home. But our laws are failing victims Employers have a duty of care, but domestic violence victims are still falling through gaps in work-from-home protections.
Business We tell young people to get a job. But what if they don’t have a place to sleep? In Australia, work has long been sold as a pathway to success and stability. There’s a big gap in that theory.
Soapbox I took parental leave, and discovered I wasn’t entitled to my job back afterwards When Elizabeth Watt found out she did not have a statutory right to return to her job after having a baby, she headed to the Federal Court.
News & Views Cheap memberships won’t fix the Liberal Party’s women and youth problem A new discussion paper from the Liberal Party has pushed the idea of a $10 digital membership to reverse declining engagement.
News & Views Nette is ready for parole. A prison program is keeping her from her son Nette misses her son every single day and remains in prison, hoping for release so they can finally be together again.
Business Why so many women leaders are eldest daughters and what it’s costing them dubbed the “eldest daughter syndrome”, it describes a tendency to become the responsible one, the helper and the person everyone can count on.
News & Views Gina Rinehart and Southern Cross Austereo: what do billionaire media buyouts mean for democracy? As billionaires buy into media, concerns are growing about democracy and who influences the news in Australia today.
News & Views Why working from home may be holding women back Remote work can reinforce unequal domestic responsibilities and reduce women’s visibility and opportunities for career progression.
News & Views ‘Do you want children?’: Kylie Minogue and the sexist questions women in the public eye still can’t escape Netflix’s Kylie documentary shows women in the spotlight still face sexism and impossible expectations every single day.
News & Views ‘Baby brain’ myth debunked as new study finds no cognitive decline in new parents “Baby brain” has long defined women’s experiences of early motherhood, but a new study finds no evidence it exists in new parents at all.
