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It’s been a LONG time coming, writes Kcasey McLoughlin from the University of Newcastle, but for the first time a woman will preside as chief justice of Australia’s High Court.

I decided to go to Kangaroo Island’s 5-day health retreat in a moment of quiet desperation.

The news that Dolly magazine was closing after 46 years of holding the hands of teenage girls while they navigated the painful years of puberty, felt like the passing of a friend for so many women on social media.

On Saturday evening the US President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter to express his displeasure at watching Alec Baldwin’s impersonation of him on Saturday Night Live.

It would be fair to say that I attend my fair share of conferences and events on the subject of gender equality.

A senior employee at computer giant IBM has quit her job and publicly condemned her former boss, in one example of what can happen when the leaders of a business choose to get involved in politics.

The Victorian government is calling on all members of the community, including businesses and startups, to step up to the mission of bringing gender equality to the state.

The Australian business sector has a big C suite gender problem according to Diane Smith-Gander, director and until last month the president of membership group Chief Executive Women.

When Natasha Stott Despoja was appointed Ambassador for Women and Girls in late 2013, a certain (now former) Financial Review columnist described the appointment as a ‘cynical piece of politics’, which would see the ‘leftie sweetheart touring the diplomatic cocktail circuit’.

Ten female-led startups have been named founders in the SheStarts program, selected from more than 400 applicants.

You’re busy.

Last week Caitlyn Elliott took some time out from her usual delicate work of designing and making wedding gowns to do something a little different.