Ed’s Blog

A rise in the number of women in senior management positions is the good news in WGEA’s latest survey of Australian workplaces, but blink and you might still miss seeing such women in your office.

A President-elect who is a billionaire, in part due to inheriting a vast estate from his father, cast as the champion of the working class: the anti-establishment.

Trust is an issue that keeps coming up when it comes to workplace flexibility, particularly in ‘allowing’ employees to work from home.

The government is looking at boosting paid parental leave from 18 to 20 weeks.

There are few jobs I can personally imagine enjoying more than writing a column for the Financial Times.

Many Australians spend more time in an office than they do with their family and friends.

Three women made headlines yesterday; each of them trailblazers, each in the spotlight talking openly about the shackles that could have stifled them.

You may be aware that today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

To the women of Australia, if you feel like you (or the women around you) are having your credibility chipped away by interruptions, allegations of being “emotions”, you are not imagining it.

Just thinking about the amount it costs to send my eldest son to childcare churns my stomach.

She is quite possibly the most influential scientist you’ve never heard of.

Depleted? Distracted? Unfulfilled? It might be that as the end of the year approaches, you are simply tired and ready for a break.