When my husband and I recently had an open conversation about happiest times in our lives, his response blew me away. “When was the time in your life that you remember being the happiest?” I asked on …
This company is giving new parents $1000 a month to support childcare costs
Australia’s leading electronic property settlement provider, PEXA, has launched a suite of policies designed to support the needs of a new generation of young families, including new measures on paren…
‘I’m not ok’: Meghan Markle’s emotional confession
A few weeks after Prince Harry issued an extraordinarily personal statement to the world, his wife, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has made her own unprecedented personal disclosure. “Any woman…
Cricket Australia introduces 12 months’ paid parental leave for female players
Cricket Australia, in collaboration and partnership with the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) has introduced a world leading parental leave policy for all Australian professional cricketers, a…
Why we need an urgent rethink on parental leave in Australia
The ‘maternity leave’ debate is alive and kicking almost ten years on since the introduction of the government’s first paid parental leave scheme. But this time, it’s not about mums taking leave ̵…
72% of Australians say dads deserve more parental leave
Seven out of ten Australians believe employers need to do more to support dads in taking more time off after having a child, according to new research commissioned by HR services and recruitment compa…
Workplace parental support startup Circle In secures $1.5m seed investment
The parental engagement platform Circle In has closed a $1.5 million seed investment, led by venture capital firm Our Innovation Fund, LP. The start up enables organisations to better assist their em…
High profile tech CEO Alexis Ohanian took 16 weeks parental leave. He’s urging more Dads to follow
Alexis Ohanian wants Dads to feel empowered to help care for their families following the birth or adoption of a new child. The co founder and former CEO of Reddit, who also happens to be married to S…
The global report on fathers that ought to be mandatory reading
While many men are becoming more engaged as fathers and hands-on caregiving partners, in 23 middle- and high-income countries, the unpaid care gap between men and women has decreased by only seven min…
A giant leap: Major Australian law firm takes on parental leave equality
Law firm Baker McKenzie are placing themselves ahead of the family-friendly curve with new changes to its parental leave policy. It has become the first law firm in Australia to announce gender-equal …
