Ed’s Blog

A few months ago I sat opposite Nicola Hazell at BlueChilli’s Sydney office, and watched as she used a whiteboard marker on a table to outline a vision for transforming gender diversity in the tech startup scene.

“I stand before you as a doormat … Oh, I mean, as a female entertainer”.

How could anything remotely positive stem from a woman enduring the ignominy of being followed by photographers and having images of her going about her Sunday splashed across the internet, calling for particular attention to be paid to her underwear? It seems oxymoronic to suggest there is any upside.

“I’ve got to get better at being a dad, and a partner, being around a bit more, not being stressed and knackered when I am,” he said.

It’s not every day that women’s sports makes the front page of any newspaper, let alone a national broadsheet like The Australian.

2016 was the year that everyday Australian women wielded real power online.

We see the violence and misery in our social media feeds.

In 2004, a single punch rendered Daniella Borg a single mother.

An average day in the life of CEO Mikaela Jade involves flying drones, landscape mapping, story boarding with traditional land owners and coding.

Another day, another sex scandal.

Yes it’s the year 2016.

Asked by a journalist yesterday what she’s learnt in 2016, Senator Penny Wong said it was the value of sleep.