Ed’s Blog

A small amount of common sense has prevailed over the Government’s proposed Paid Parental Leave (PPL) changes, with a 1 January start date now looking unlikely — meaning women who’re currently (and in many cases heavily) pregnant now can still access to up to $12,000 in paid leave.

Congratulations Australia, we’re now in 46th place on the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index, one place behind the United States, well behind every country in Europe, and significantly lagging on other parts of the world including Rwanda, New Zealand and Mozambique.

I always feel optimistic picking up BRW’s Young Rich List at this time of year.

A big welcome back to Georgie Dent, as our new Contributing Editor here on Women’s Agenda.

Earlier this week, Independent senator Nick Xenophon and his team effectively stymied the government’s plan to begin reduced paid parental leave payments from 1 January 2017.

There’s a small group of entrepreneurial men who are concerned about a lack of rites of passage for young white blokes today, and the knock-on effect this has for them in the world of business.

Here’s how to play successful politics in Australia: When things get tough in the polls, you look for vulnerable groups to attack.

Less than two hours in, as I was, quite literally, juggling a baby and work, it all came rushing back.

Two days out from the US presidential election, Hillary Clinton has been exonerated by the FBI over the use of her email while Secretary of State.

We’re about 24 hours away from finding out if, after a very long succession of 44 men, a woman will be named the 45th president of the United States.

In 2012 Gillian Triggs retired from her position as the Dean of Sydney University Law School to take up a new job as President of the Human Rights Commission.