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.
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.
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 ‘Save it for Tinder, mate’: Why women are calling out men who use LinkedIn as a dating app LinkedIn has been facing backlash recently as women speakout about receiving unwanted and inappropriate attention from men on their profiles.
News & Views Men speak more & listen less when interviewing women, according to study of 2000 job interviews Unconscious bias exists. When when a male interviews a female, they speak more and listen less than when interviewing another male.
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?
News & Views Journalist, Emily Wilder sacked by AP over allegedly biased Facebook post An Arizona-based AP reporter has been fired after social media posts from her past allegedly showed “clear bias”.
News & Views Pandemic leaves women struggling at home and in the workplace according to Deloitte study Between November 2020 to March 2021, women’s workloads both at home and on the job have increased and their mental health has suffered.
News & Views Australia’s current Paid Parental Leave scheme only entrenches negative gender stereotypes A new study has claimed that in the last ten years, almost all paid parental leave under the role of ‘primary carer’ has been taken by women.
News & Views Meghan Markle speaks out about women being ‘disproportionally affected’ by pandemic Over the weekend, Meghan Markle appeared on TV declaring that women have been ‘disproportionally affected’ by pandemic.
News & Views Link found between women’s mental health and communication breakdown A study has found startling results about the communication styles between men and women and its direct correlation on their mental health.