Ed's Blog The shockjock, the Liberal party and why high-profile women don’t publicly speak up Lucy Wicks has confirmed she is the complainant in a sexual harassment investigation involving disgusting text messages.
Ed's Blog Verve’s $3 million raise shows power of women founders creating women-focused financial products Verve has just raised $3 million for Verve Money, demonstrated desire for financial products founded by women.
Ed's Blog When the spotlight’s on but it’s still ‘not the time’ to discuss equal pay FIFA’s boss would rather stick to the positives. He’s happy about what’s ahead. Equal pay discussions? Not for now.
News & Views Cut pay for those working from home? No, Jeff Kennett Yes, pay frontline workers more. No, don’t dock the pays of those who ‘choose’ to work from home to pay for it.
News & Views The gaslighter needs to quit the act and leave Parliament immediately With the findings of the Robodebt Royal Commission now out, what more can we tolerate from former PM Scott Morrison?
News & Views Courageous hospital whistleblowers who make the system safer must be protected Beryl Crosby has told media that people are already terrified when speaking out about the healthcare system in Queensland.
Ed's Blog Vale Simon Crean: A mentor to women who fought ‘captain’s call’ on Iraq War Simon Crean only led the Australian Labor Party for two years, but during that time he cast a critical eye over Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war, delivering a stirring and defining parliamentary address opposing then Prime Minister John Howard’s Australian troop commitments.
Ed's Blog ‘They go lower, we go higher’: Linda Burney on Opposition’s Question Time tactics Burney’s parliamentary work this week was extraordinary in the face of significant pressure, and clear targeting from the Opposition.
News & Views It will take 131 years to close the global gender gap and progress is stalling We have a long wait ahead, and that wait could get even longer if progress stalls further on closing gender gaps globally.
Politics ‘Health leave’: The hasty detour men in politics take when they get found out These stories tell us that men in politics accused of serious crimes are protected in ways that female victims may never be.
News & Views We can’t let a toxic week in politics and media undermine safety for women at work Are we witnessing the unravelling of so much good work on pursuing an end to sexual harassment, bullying, and misconduct in Australian workplaces?
Ed's Blog The message to women on coming forward? ‘Watch out’ Senator Katy Gallagher issued a statement to partliament today denying she mislead the Senate back in 2021.
