Ed’s Blog

Ben & Jerry’s issued a direct, clear statement. Including four key steps that must be taken immediately in order to achieve real change.

Almost a quarter of families using childcare will be adversely impacted by the activity test and potentially face higher out of pocket fees for care than before COVID19.

Given women account for 55% of job losses postCOVID19, the idea of a well paid, male-dominated industry being the recipients of a $688million stimulus is hard to swallow.

Atlanta’s mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former lawyer, judge and mum of four has emerged as ‘the face and the voice’ of the Democrats in recent days.

The speech came after days of silence, and also reports that he’d spent time in an underground bunker as protesters gathered outside the White House.

As a white middle-class woman living in suburban Sydney in 2020 my privilege has never felt more ostentatious. Outrage – without action – is cheap.

Can we pay the suppernation back? There are options, especially given the billions that will not be spent as expected in the JobKeeper scheme.

Re-prioritize on the fly and only worry about what you can control,” Professor Tanya Monro said at the National Press Club in Canberra this week

On Tuesday UNSS said it would close Kanga’s House, the long-running ECEC service on campus, and outsource three other centres.

Could COVID-19 have been disastrous for women on boards? It’s possible. But the figure’s remained steady. Now for the recovery.

The old broken childcare model & the interim rescue package are not the only available options for the delivery of early education in Australia.

We’ve broken the habit of thinking about work as a place you ‘go’. Let’s continue to see it as something you ‘do’ instead.