Ed’s Blog

Just over two years ago I ventured into Jo Burston’s office to talk to the founder of multiple businesses about women’s entrepreneurship.

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Sometimes I’m surprised the gender gap in senior executive leadership isn’t actually worse than it is.

Liz Broderick was on the sidelines at the Rio Olympics when the Australian Women’s Rugby Seven’s team took Gold last week.

Recently while watching a social soccer game, I heard a 12-year-old tell her father she wanted to ‘play for the Matildas’.

The Australian Federal Police has a major problem with sexual harassment and bullying, along with a culture that makes it difficult for victims to come forward.

On one side of town, we’ve got a former company chair declaring the system’s trying to “crush gender equality into the space of a few years” and that it’s the “wrong time to be a 60-year-old professional” male.

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from the woman behind two-lipstick businesses, Poppy King.

If you want your future offspring to get into politics, or on the board of an ASX 200 company, think carefully about the names you choose.

It’s an unpopular opinion, but I do believe politicians should be well paid.

To all the women who’ve had a crap week at work, spare a thought for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

The option to work ‘flexibly’ is great, until you realize it’s just a ploy to rip you off and make you feel better about constantly checking your email.