Ed's Blog Desperate mothers on Christmas Island: How did it come to this? Australia will not give in to “moral blackmail”, according to Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Ed's Blog Do and spend whatever it takes to get through the day While I was on maternity leave and dealing with a particularly difficult couple of weeks, I ventured into the dangerous territory of online forums to determine if the various things I was doing to manage my baby were ‘right or wrong’.
Ed's Blog Do Senate negotiations need a woman’s touch? Internally, the former Labor government had plenty of problems, most of which have been relentlessly unpicked and examined in the year since Julia Gillard lost the leadership to Kevin Rudd.
Ed's Blog The hunt for Australia’s most powerful part-time workers Part-time work is for ‘working mothers’ only.
Ed's Blog Step up big business: More Australian organisations need to meet simple gender principles This week, Oxfam published a report finding that at the current rate of decline, the world will be waiting another 75 years before closing the gender pay gap The report has got people talking, with news articles and opinion pieces published across almost all our major news outlets.
Ed's Blog The 27 Australians could have been any one of us This morning I received a call from my mother.
Ed's Blog Parental leave a distraction that will hurt childcare Having to sacrifice a proposal for one of the most generous paid parental leave schemes in the world in order to reform our childcare system seems decidedly unfair.
Ed's Blog What does a part time worker look like? Hint: Not always a mother We’re searching for Australia’s most powerful part timers.
Ed's Blog Jacqui Lambie must take her position of power seriously We searched, but we couldn’t find any public reference to a male senator offering a detailed description of what he’s looking for in a woman.
Ed's Blog Pregnancy penalty: When 1 in 2 mums experience discrimination it hurts women, as well as Australia’s GDP See the stats on pregnancy-related discrimination, as well as real examples of such discrimination, below.
Ed's Blog Who has a problem with women? Australia, actually No matter the substance of the issue admitting there is a problem is a small but critical step on the road to remedying it.
