Books ‘Beware the controlling man’: Why Nikki Gemmell’s memoir is the book all young women need Nikki Gemmell’s new memoir is about the reckoning that goes on between love and creativity, and boy is it good.
Appointments GroupM gets first local female CEO with Aimee Buchanan appointed Aimee Buchanan is the new CEO of the Australia & New Zealand branch of the world’s leading media investment company, GroupM.
Books Women’s Weekender: For everything you need to read, listen and binge this week! For our weekend, we look at the blockbuster films that started out as stories inside the minds of great Australian writers as books.
News & Views Annabel Crabb sheds light on the political women history forgot in ABC’s Ms Represented Annabel Crabb hosts a four-part tv series looking at the trajectory of women in politics since women started campaigning for their rights.
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 Sirisha Bandla becomes third woman of Indian-origin ever to fly into space On board Richard Branson’s spacecraft, Sirisha Bandla becomes the third India born woman to fly into space.
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.
News & Views Claire Moore breeds Queen Bees and wants us to appreciate these intelligent and essential creatures Even as a small child, Claire Moore was obsessed with bees. Now, she’s breeding them, and teaching beekeeping to at-risk youths in the justice system.
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 Professor Bronwyn Fox appointed as CSIRO’s Chief Scientist CSIRO, has appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Swinburne University of Technology, Professor Bronwyn Fox as its Chief Scientist.
News & Views ‘My accident taught me to be grateful’: How Turia Pitt chose happiness in her darkest hour Turia Pitt chose happiness in her darkest hour, and it transformed her life. She shares her story on The Leadership Lessons.
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.