Climate The stakes are high for the world: Climate Change, Global affairs and the US election It’s not just domestic policy that will be shaped by the next US president.
News & Views Women dominate the Prime Minister’s Literary awards Lisa Gorton and Charlotte Wood have been named joint winners of the 2016 Prime Minister’s Literacy Award for fiction, with the $80,000 prize divided between them.
News & Views Pauline Hanson celebrates, Turnbull promises ‘strong and effective relationship’ with Trump administration The Turnbull government wants to engage with Donald Trump’s administration quickly and constructively, to talk about the United States’ strategic interests and role in the Asia Pacific region.
Business ‘It’s my first business and I got really far’: Nasty Gal founder opens up after bankruptcy It’s been 24 hours since Sophia Amoruso’s Nasty Gal filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, a business Amoruso started building ten years ago, which went on to become one of the most powerful and successful online retailers in the world.
Advice Three social media lessons from someone who’s seen inside a US presidential campaign During digital strategist Rahaf Harfoush’s first trip to Australia, she did some media appearances and discussed her experience as a full-time volunteer for the digital strategy team on Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.
Appointments AICD board now 50% female with new appointment Nicola Wakefield Evans has been appointed to the national board of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, which will see the 12-person board go 50% female for the first time.
News & Views Let’s bust some myths about women working in STEM Guess what? Women are just as capable and talented as men in STEM fields! That’s despite less than one in four IT grads and one in 10 engineering grads being female, and a significant lack of women in leadership across such industries.
News & Views Making corporations good, and training less boring Erin Mulvey is waging a war on meaningless compliance training in workplaces, which she says does little more then “create resentment and ensure impoverished minds”.
News & Views Newspaper opinion pages still a male-dominated zone Yes, you’re entitled to your opinion, but as Danielle Wood from the Grattan Institute writes, it helps if you’re a man.
Business Less stressful being a business owner? Can be, says Young Businesswoman of the Year Anna Ross worked a number of different jobs before spotting a gap in the market for a unique new product.
Business The employers who want women who are out of work Hearing another educated and skilled friend lament the fact there was “no point” in returning to the workforce, gave SAP President Adaire Fox-Martin an idea.
Advice ‘The reality is that you need support’: Dell MD Angela Fox on the program that’s supported 170 mentoring relationships It’s Ok to fire a mentor, according to one of Australia’s most influential women in tech, Dell ANZ Managing Director and Senior Vice President Angela Fox.
