News & Views

“Is your company sexist?” It’s not the type of question you’d expect to be met with laughter.

I’m so very sick of this.

Fair Agenda are glad to see the Turnbull government’s first funding announcement is focused on the family violence crisis – because this issue should be our nation’s top priority, and governments should be doing everything needed to keep women safe.

Dealing domestic violence in small towns is a huge challenge.

Over the past decade a strong “digital factor” has emerged as a driving force behind women getting into business for themselves, spurred by new technology, better access to funding and the demystification of starting a business.

Have the Ernie Awards become a victim of their own success? Has the campaign to shame public sexism had the effect of actually reducing sexist behaviour? Ernie Awards convenor Meredith Burgmann raised this possibility last night when announcing the Judicial Silver Ernie, usually a goldmine of material – who could forget “rougher than usual handling”? “The Judicial Ernie used to always win the Gold Ernie because judges just said terrible things.

As a born and bred Queenslander, I have a special place in my heart for Rugby League.

September 4 this year was “Equal Pay Day”.

If you’ve been a woman in business for any length of time, it can get to a point where the temptation to take the stilettos off, rub those sore feet and shove a pair of shabby old ugg boots on is overwhelming.

Sydneysider Kim Graham-Nye was having breakfast with her husband Jason one morning in 2002 when the idea for their now multinational business gDiapers came about.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to acknowledge and support women affected by breast cancer.

Grandparents are the most popular providers of childcare in Australia today.