Ed's Blog Mythbusting: Women, childcare & paid parental leave How does the 2015 budget impacts families? That was, in a nutshell, my brief for an appearance on ABC’s Lateline last night.
Ed's Blog So that’s it. The Abbott Government has finally given up on new mothers It’s been declared a ‘political budget’, the kind a government delivers in order to win back some popularity, usually in the lead up to an election.
Ed's Blog A message for the government: Quite frankly, you’re disappointing “I’m going to call the media out on this.
Ed's Blog Time to stop being the ‘good girl’ at work? Tracey Spicer recalls telling a boss at Channel 10 not to ‘worry about giving her a payrise’.
Ed's Blog My daughter went to daycare in her pyjamas … it wasn’t Pyjama Day This morning I generously performed a small community service for all the other mothers and fathers at our daughters’ daycare.
Ed's Blog What happens when you give women 140 seconds, a soapbox and a microphone? What happens when you invite eleven women, of different ages, from different backgrounds, with different passions, to speak for 140 seconds on an actual soapbox? Magic.
Ed's Blog Dear OddsChecker, This is the most awful tweet I’ve ever seen Yesterday afternoon I was having my hair cut, scrolling through my twitter feed when I nearly jumped from the chair.
Ed's Blog Two careers, a family and a marriage: How to make it all work Imagine it is Christmas or Easter or some family event which has entailed a fair amount of preparation.
Ed's Blog Love and marry who you want: Australia, we are so very overdue Last night, my Irish father-in-law shared how proud he was of his homeland over the weekend.
Ed's Blog “You’re one of those corporate mothers” & other cutting comments “You’re one of those corporates mothers.
Ed's Blog Please explain: The “rudest Budget imaginable” for women For the 30 years prior to 2014 each Federal government of the day has produced a Women’s Budget Statement in tandem with the Federal Budget.
