Every now and again, things cross your radar screen around the same time prompting you to think about something in a slightly new way, even prompting something of an epiphany. And so it was for me thi…
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Tips on starting a successful business with just $100 in the bank
I want to share a few insights from my experience starting a shoe business with just $100. It ain’t no billion-dollar empire, but I did learn a lot of practical tricks along the way. Where do you star…
Majority of Labor’s senior women are rallying behind Anthony Albanese
As the Australian Labor Party licks its wounds and tries to regroup after losing the seemingly “unlosable” election, one man has been confidently touted as the party’s next leader: A…
Voice assistants like Alexa and Siri prop up sexist stereotypes says UN
Tech juggernauts like Apple and Amazon have spent decades finessing voice assistant technology, but they’ve kept one aspect of this in the dark ages: These “assistants” are always fe…
‘Tribalism and toxic culture’: Julia Banks calls out Liberal party (again)
Former Liberal MP turned independent candidate Julia Banks is leaving politics after missing out on the Victorian seat of Flinders at the election over the weekend. She received 14.43 per cent of the …
Some thoughts on genuine flexibility on FWD2019
If we want to markedly change the picture for women working in Australia there are couple of key levers we can pull. The first, silver bullet in my mind, is to change the dynamic in homes: evening out…
Queensland paper backtracks after using violent imagery to depict Annastacia Palaszczuk
The Sunshine Coast Daily was forced to apologise to its readers for picturing Annastacia Palaszczuk in crosshairs on its front page, next to the headline “Anna, you’re next”. It’s not enough, wr…
