Ed’s Blog

Just before Christmas the family of Katrina Dawson, one of the victims of the siege in Martin Place, established a charitable foundation in her honour.

Pope Francis departed from his prepared address to encourage mothers to breastfeed their babies if they were hungry during a baptism he conducted for 33 children in Rome’s Sistine Chapel.

In Still Alice, Julianne Moore plays a 50-year-old Harvard cognitive psychology professor who’s built an incredible career, balanced with a family life that includes three grown children.

On Friday, the findings from the government’s public consultation into gender reporting were posted on the Department of Employment’s website.

The leader of the Christian Democratic Party, Fred Nile, has used another television appearance to continue his criticism of the male victims who were held hostage in the siege in Sydney’s Martin Place last year.

Where to start? On Tuesday The Australian published an article by the paper’s contributing economics editor Judith Sloan criticising the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

When we arrived home last weekend after two weeks at the beach I contemplated two options.

No, Treasurer Joe Hockey’s unlikely to live to a ripe old age of 150.

“Stay-at-home parenting is superior to ‘day orphanages’ (childcare).

Let’s play a quick game.

As Women’s Agenda reported yesterday, Bloomberg has made a significant move for gender diversity in the media, by being the first of the major business news outlets to issue a mandate that news stories must include female voices.

For a Prime Minister who pledged to govern without surprises, Tony Abbott is proving spectacularly adept at surprising us.