News & Views Is this the end of handshakes and kiss greetings at work? We should stop shaking hands for the time being in order to help slow the spread of Coronavirus. Maybe we should have stopped a long time ago?
News & Views The new and urgent need for normalising remote and flexible work Changes in how we work may no longer be dependent on workplace culture, but rather on community necessity. But we must carry the lessons into the future.
News & Views Should we rename International Women’s Day to International Do-More-Work-For-Free Day? The irony of International Women’s Day becoming a peak opportunity to extract yet more free labour from women breathtaking.
News & Views The cost of climate change on women and girls internationally is dire Climate change and environemental degradation is contributing to gender based violence affecting women and girls internationally.
News & Views Bettina Arndt’s Order of Australia is formally under review Bettina Arndt’s Order of Australia will be reviewed by the independent board responsible for the awards, after comments in relation to Hannah Clarke.
News & Views Podcast: No ‘trad wives’ here, Startup sexism, Tennis superstars & more Have you heard about ‘trad wives’? Neither had we, until we saw a major media outlet declaring that “hordes of women” are pushing for a return to 1950s style marriages.
News & Views The dangerous ‘driven too far’ narrative delivered by Queensland Police “Our job as investigators is to keep a completely open mind,” he said in comments that have sparked outrage.
News & Views What happened in Brisbane on Wednesday has to be a turning point The horiffic deaths of Hannah Clarke and her children Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey are tragic proof that what we’re doing to combat violence is not working.
News & Views Not good enough: Gender Pay Gap drops teeny-tiny 0.1 percentage points in six months The national gender pay gap is now at 13.9 per cent, a drop of just 0.1 percentage points over the past six months.
News & Views New University of Melbourne podcast explores truth of women’s working lives We’ll be featuring stories on all eight episodes of the Women Are The Business podcast here on Women’s Agenda, thanks to our partnership with the University of Melbourne.
News & Views PM Scott Morrison’s new plan to avoid a target for net zero emissions by 2050 It’s reported that Scott Morrison will avoid Australia signing up to net zero emissions by 2050, by setting a technology investment target instead.
News & Views Caroline Flack & life under the tabloids’ microscope 40-year old British television presenter, Caroline Flack, died by suicide at her London home on the weekend. Was she hounded to death by the press?