I’m sure you’ve heard about the most recent horrific case of family violence in Australia. Anthony Harvey has allegedly killed five people – his female partner Mara Lee Harvey, three…
May The Teacher’s Pet finally deliver Lyn Dawson the justice she deserves
To be enthralled in The Teacher’s Pet, the podcast series by Hedley Thomas for The Australian, is hardly unique. The series has been downloaded more than three million times by listeners the world ove…
We’ve been having the wrong conversation about childcare changes
It is one week into the childcare changes, and the Government is forcing women into having the wrong conversations. For the last week – in corridors, in playgroups, in professional groups, and over th…
When a father kills his children & destroys a woman’s life
It’s the end of term two today in NSW. The culmination of semester one means report cards and parent-teacher interviews, little markers for the school children in our lives. Yesterday afternoon over t…
Men are scared of women at work. A true (and ridiculous) story.
#MeToo is – literally – scaring men off women at work. A new report by the online mentoring platform, Art of Mentoring, shows that the proportion of Australian men who are uncomfortable ab…
Why the cost of work remains too high for women (& tax cuts don’t help)
Need convincing about the value of a women’s budget statement? It’s hard to go past new evidence presented to the Senate examining the combined impact of the government’s proposed ta…
“Of course it has to be led by a man”: Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker says of his job.
“Of course it has to be led by a man, because it is a very challenging position.” These were the actual words spoken at a press conference in Sydney on Tuesday by the CEO of Qatar Airlines…
Why we still really need a women’s budget statement in 2018
Since the 8th of May when the treasurer Scott Morrison handed down the Federal budget, 27 volunteers have been working behind the scenes to analyse its impact on women. The fruits of this labour, the …
Domestic violence in Australia is a crisis
Family, domestic and sexual violence is a crisis in Australia that is not abating. A landmark study conducted by the government’s Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) confirms DV re…
Why Tracey Spicer ditched being the “good girl”.
The annual She Leads Conference will see women come together in Canberra on 1 June for a day of discussion, networking and action on women’s leadership. Women’s Agenda is proud to support the event ag…
