Ed’s Blog

What’s a divorce worth when one half of the marriage manages a high profile career in the paid workforce, while the other half manages the unpaid work at home?  According to a ruling of the Family Court last week, such a split should be 50/50.

When Margaret Simons was a police reporter for The Age thirty years ago she spent many nightshifts listening to the police scanner.

I read with more than a little dismay this morning of the school principal in Victoria who has reportedly banned female students from participating in running events because it may cause them to lose their virginity.

In March we hosted a lunch with Twitter to launch a campaign encouraging more women to use the platform from a #PositionofStrength.

At 5.

How do you earn a full time wage while managing the bulk of the domestic work at home? How do you continually strive to earn more and take on more responsibilities when you’re also juggling a full time role at home? Some women can.

On Monday night, before delivering a sobering speech at The Sydney Institute’s annual dinner, the foreign minister Julie Bishop gave the room an update on two unfolding matters.

Those of you who even skim over Women’s Agenda might notice that over the past 24 hours we have published a variety of different opinions on the government’s planned trial subsidising nannies.

*I sent this letter to Councillor Kevin Mack earlier today.

On the weekend a new princess was born.

It’s the stuff that makes you look good, and your life and job easier, that really matters when it comes to technology.

Last night I met the one and only Helena Morrissey.