I started my first job in the service industry when I was 14 years old and 9 months: precisely the age at which I was allowed to be legally employed. My first job was as a cashier at a well-known fast…
Wendy McCarthy: It’s 3 steps forward and 1 back for child care and early learning
The childcare reforms passed by the Senate last week – the biggest in a decade – will reward some women and their children and punish others. The reforms are good news for Australia’s around one…
7 things every parent needs to know about the new childcare package
So after three years, three Senate Inquiries, one Productivity Commission Inquiry and two elections the Government finally managed to get its childcare (“Jobs for Families”) package through the Senate…
‘You have no idea how bloody tough it is’: Jacqui Lambie’s emotional speech about living on welfare as a single parent
Senator Jacqie Lambie broke down in Parliament Wednesday night while sharing her personal experiences living off a disability support pension for seven years, while raising two kids as a single mother…
Another day, another childcare centre visited by politicians
Today Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visited another childcare centre for yet another childcare announcement. This time the PM said it’s in “constructive discussions” regarding the …
One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts says ‘some girls like being wolf-whistled’.
In the history of the world has a man ever won the attention and affection of a woman with a wolf-whistle? One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts seems to think so. Speaking to Patricia Karvelas on ABC Ra…
Why Peter Dutton ought to stick to his knitting.
Peter Dutton has advised Alan Joyce and other business executives who have written to Malcolm Turnbull urging action on same-sex marriage to “stick to their knitting”. It’s advice some in the governme…
Kate Ellis to quit politics: ‘I can’t bear the thought of 20 weeks away from my son’
Labor frontbencher Kate Ellis has this morning announced she will quit politics and will not contest her Adelaide seat at the next election. “I have made this decision for one simple reason: I c…
The $8 billion gap: Why we need to change how we think about women in our workforce
Women outnumber men in tertiary education, but not in the workforce. That’s a wasted opportunity. Sarah-Joy Pierce crunches the numbers and finds the disparity is costing billions. If someone t…
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. In this opinion piece, she looks at the Coalition’s propo…
