News & Views End the fear and set targets on men working flexibly: Libby Lyons Fear is holding back gender diversity in the workplace, according to Libby Lyons, Director of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
News & Views ‘I misspoke’: Another astonishing display of “leadership” from Donald Trump Donald Trump’s public statement of support for Vladimir Putin over his own intelligence agencies regarding the 2016 US election has been met with fury.
News & Views Thai soccer team cave rescue: ‘A cause for inspiration and optimism’ All twelve members of the ‘Wild Boars’ soccer team and their coach were rescued largely unscathed after an 18-day, daring mission.
News & Views Today’s Agenda: Trump’s conservative Supreme Court pick raises concerns for women Trump has nominated conservative Brett Kavanaugh to be the next Supreme Court justice, plus all the latest hits and misses for women.
News & Views Joe Hockey says all-male ‘mateship’ ambassadors program ‘should be fixed’ There’s a common theme amongst the 15 patrons of ‘mateship’. They are all male, and all white. Now Joe Hockey has promised to fix it.
Politics New Zealand prepared to mandate female board directors within private companies The New Zealand Government is prepared to force private companies to impose quotas to ensure equal representation of women on boards.
Leadership Labor frontbencher and veteran policy-leader Jenny Macklin to leave Parliament It is understood that former MP and Labor frontbencher Jenny Macklin will sadly retire from Parliament at the next election– 22 years since first entering.
News & Views Australia has ‘alarming’ human rights record on women says UN The United Nations has condemned the Australian Government saying it is failing to protect the human rights of Australian women and girls.
News & Views Let’s call Leyonhjelm’s toxic antics out for what they are: A shameless self-promotion Any publicity is good publicity, right? That’s the motto David Leyonhjelm is clinging to. This morning he unleashed a sexist tirade on PM Malcolm Turnbull.
Business We must overhaul how we measure the gender pay gap if we ever hope to fix it There’s a problem with the gender pay gap: The most broadly cited statistics and data used to calculate the difference between the earnings of women and men, are not quite right.
Leadership “Be brave enough to speak up”: The women leading transformational change in government Leading change within government, particularly in bureaucracy, can feel insurmountable; but it is possible and some women are well ahead of the curve.
News & Views Sarah Hanson-Young seeks legal advice. David Leyonhjelm should seek help to understand why he’s offensive It’s a matter of principle, says Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, who is seeking legal advice over disgusting comments made by Senator David Leyonhjelm.
