Soapbox Paid parental leave especially critical in male-dominated fields Labor MP Amanda Rishworth has recently reutrned to work after having her first child and knows the importance of a supportive workplace.
Employers New program aims to change the language to get more women applying Job ads that use gendered language will soon be targeted in a new pilot program to increase diversity.
News & Views How penalty rate cuts affect women and therefore the economy Women and young Australians are set to be hardest hit by the Fair Work Commission decision to reduce Sunday penalty rates in varying amounts for workers in retail and hospitality with the exception of restaurants.
Local An ultimatum to the PM: George Christensen threatens to walk Nationals MP George Christensen isn’t happy and he’s not afraid for the Prime Minister to know about it.
Ed's Blog ‘It’s all fake news!’: Trump says he’s loving it, but doesn’t appear to be He got what he wanted.
Ed's Blog Agree to welfare cuts or forget funding for childcare & the NDIS? The government’s ultimatum that failed. Nick Xenophon blocks government omnibus savings. Pitting childcare reform against disability support services is “dumb policy & even dumber politics.”
News & Views June Oscar becomes first Indigenous Woman appointed to Human Rights watchdog June Oscar has this week been named Australia’s new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, becoming the first Indigenous woman appointed to the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Ed's Blog Sweden’s deputy Prime Minister trolls Donald Trump & it’s brilliant. Over the weekend Sweden’s deputy Prime Minister Isabella Lovin shared a photo to mark the signing of a Climate law which binds all future governments to net zero emissions by 2045, ‘for a safer and better future’.
Local NSW Premier Mike Baird resigns: “There is a strong personal cost that comes with public life” The NSW Premier Mike Baird will retire from parliament half-way through his government’s term.
Ed's Blog The marginalization of middle class men like Tony Abbott & Andrew Bolt A President-elect who is a billionaire, in part due to inheriting a vast estate from his father, cast as the champion of the working class: the anti-establishment.
Ed's Blog Who actually cares? Childcare is broken, we need a new system Just thinking about the amount it costs to send my eldest son to childcare churns my stomach.
Business ‘I can’t have it all’: Why men like James Brayshaw and John Key are walking away from their jobs. “I’ve got to get better at being a dad, and a partner, being around a bit more, not being stressed and knackered when I am,” he said.
