There are a hundred possible reasons why Gladys Berejiklian does not have children, and not one of those reasons is our business. Infuriatingly however, it took just fifteen minutes for Berejiklian, N…
Hard work and determination drive NSW’s new female Premier
When it comes to getting to the top, there’s much you can learn from Gladys Berejiklian. The soon-to-be premier of NSW could hardly speak English when she started kindergarten in Sydney, but later bec…
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. Just after 9am this morning, Baird shared a statement on Twitter announcing his shock resignation w…
Percentage of women in Cabinet just dropped significantly
The proportion of women in Malcolm Turnbull’s Cabinet has just dropped significantly, with former health minister Sussan Ley officially replaced today during a Cabinet reshuffle. Ley was one of …
Why I wasn’t gobsmacked by David Leyonhjelm’s contribution to the childcare debate in Australia
I was going to say that I was gobsmacked by Senator David Leyonhjelm’s summation of caring for children last week on Channel 10’s The Project as “wiping noses and stopping the kids from killing each o…
Why Domestic Violence Leave is Not Just “Another Cost”
“We just believe it’s another cost on our economy that will have an impact on our international competitiveness,” Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said in a Sky News interview earlier this week. It wa…
Business called to get involved as Victorian Govt launches gender equality strategy
The Victorian government is calling on all members of the community, including businesses and startups, to step up to the mission of bringing gender equality to the state. In its first gender equality…
A letter to the prime minister from a survivor of abuse
Dear Prime Minister, While getting ready for work recently, I listened with interest to your address to the White Ribbon Day Breakfast on television. White Ribbon is a cause that has been close to my …
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. It’s a constant topic of conversation amongst frustrated parents I know paying such fees in Sydney, up the…
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. A Prime Minister, so wealthy his …
