Appointments Brooke Webb takes on role of CEO of Sydney Writers’ Festival The Sydney Writers’ Festival Board of Directors have announced Brooke Webb and Michael Williams as the next CEO.
News & Views Australia Post unveils new parcel packaging acknowledging original Aboriginal place names Australia Post has unveiled new parcel packaging that includes a dedicated space for the inclusion of traditional Aboriginal place names.
News & Views Indigenous academic Elisa Loncon elected to re-write Chile’s constitution Mapuche woman Elisa Loncón, was elected by the country’s constitutional delegates to lead a group to draft a new text to replace constitution.
Leadership Awards ‘I had to shoulder barge or kick my way in’: Antoinette Lattouf’s fierce pursuit for media diversity Antoinette Lattouf has a mission to change the face of the media here in Australia. Make it more reflective of the population.
Appointments Lina Khan is the 32-year old chair of the US Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan has just become the chair of America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC). On Tuesday, Khan was confirmed and sworn in.
Entrepreneurs Melbourne friends smash crowd-funding record with their Bubble Tea Club Bubble Tea Club launched equity crowdfunding raise, setting the record for the most amount of expressions of interest.
News & Views Sydney-based body positive app raises $1 million in seed funding to expand her business A Sydney-based fashion tech startup has raised more than $1 million from local and global investors completing its seed funding found.
News & Views Sam Gash’s virtual run to raise life-saving funds for COVID-19 relief in India Melbourne-based ultra-marathon runner Sam Gash is running across India to raise money for India’s COVID-19 relief.
News & Views Piers Morgan’s predictable attack on Naomi Osaka shows how threatened some men become when women take a stand Piers Morgan criticised Naomi Osaka for pulling out of a press conference at the French Open and is not backing down.
News & Views Alison Dean is announced as chairperson of Cochlear Alison Deans has been appointed chairperson of Cochlear, a Sydney-based medical device company that manufactures cochlear implants.
Leadership Awards There’s power in intentionally being bored: How engineer Naureen Alam leverages it WALA winner in the Emerging Leader in Technology category Naureen Alam has advice for us: do less, one day each week.
News & Views Meet the woman leading Australia’s medicinal cannabis research Dr Meghan Thomas is one of a few women in the medicinal cannabis industry. What’s her new role going to look like?
