L’Oréal Australia is already a leading employer when it comes to paid parental leave, currently offering ALL parents — male and female — an impressive 14 weeks paid leave. They’re u…
Women can’t host TV shows! Kitty Flanagan takes on Ten’s all male lineup
Kitty Flanagan has taken on Channel Ten’s all-male line-up in a brilliant sketch on ABC’s The Weekly. The piece comes in response to Ten revealing earlier this week that eight men will fro…
Let’s make motherhood a campaign asset in Australian politics
If there’s one good thing to come out the Trump presidency, it’s the fact that in the United States a record number of women are now running for office. Even better, a good number are acti…
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. In a wide ranging interview with Women’s Agenda, Lyons also spo…
Channel Ten is ‘disappointed’ with reactions to all-male pilot lineup. They don’t know the half of it.
Channel Ten has spoken out after mass criticism of its all-male pilot schedule was sparked yesterday, saying it’s ‘disappointed’ in the reactions. Women in media (and beyond) publicl…
Australian women half as likely as men to receive suitable heart attack treatment
Women who suffer a heart attack are fifty percent less likely to receive the right treatment plan according to new research released today, and also twice as likely to die within 6 months of being dis…
Less hours, same pay: This NZ company’s 4-day week trial looks set to become permanent
The boss of one New Zealand-based company might soon be feeling particularly popular. Not only is he pushing to make the four-day (full time pay) week trial he started a couple of months back permanen…
Tax time! Can a tax agent really help in getting a better refund?
A record number of Australian women will lodge tax returns over the coming months but many run the risk of chasing refunds that they’re not entitled to. There are now more than 3.14 million Australian…
DJ Kristy Lee Peters (KLP) has just written 14 songs & is ready to unite the creative sector
Kristy Lee Peters (better known as KLP) is seriously multi-talented. She’s a Sydney producer, DJ, radio host and singer who has also recently launched her company, This Is Ricochet. She’s having a big…
Gender equality is not just good for business, it’s good for sleep
We’ve seen the evidence that gender equality is good for business and good for the economy, but this latest research puts a new spin on the benefits: couples in more gender equal societies sleep…
