News & Views A note to men worried about #MeToo If you have ever violated a woman – in any context – you do have grounds to be afraid of #MeToo. If not, don’t worry about it. Speak up instead.
News & Views “Of course it has to be led by a man”: Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker says of his job. The CEO of Qatar Airlines, Akbar Al Baker, has caused a furore with his comments at a press conference in Sydney where he said his job could only be done by a man “because it’s very challenging”.
News & Views Gerry Harvey joins the chorus of men bemoaning the push for more women on boards Chris Corrigan and Gerry Harvey are two high profile businessmen willing to make on the record criticisms of the push to appoint more women to boards.
News & Views The perils of being a woman with a platform: Emma Alberici the latest target In maintaining her line and failing to slink away, Emma Alberici has joined the ranks of Gillian Triggs and Yassmin Abdel-Magied. She is a woman with a platform she is not afraid to use, and we know, too well, how this combination plays out in Australia.
Soapbox ‘I appreciated feminism but I didn’t think I needed it. Until now.’ “I have spent a large portion of my life thinking that feminism was something that happened in the 1960s and 1970s. I appreciated feminism, but I wasn’t in need of feminism. I have peddled this rather condescending ambivalence most of my adult life.”
Ed's Blog More than a hashtag: Why Nike’s exodus of badly-behaved executives is so significant A group of women at Nike were fed up with the toxic culture and their revolt prompted Nike’s exodus of badly-behaved executives
Ed's Blog The Bill Cosby guilty verdict took 50 women speaking out. A jury in the US has found Bill Cosby guilty of drugging and sexually molesting a woman at his home in 2004. The significance of the Bill Cosby guilty verdict cannot be overstated: it took decades and 50 women speaking out.
News & Views The truth about being a financial planner: The banking commission sheds light on an industry in crisis Melissa Browne’s experience as a financial planner aligns with the findings of the banking royal commission. Browne says the financial planning industry is in crisis and needs changing.
News & Views Inconceivable: Barnaby Joyce says paternity of his partner’s baby is a ‘grey area’ Why would Barnaby Joyce tell a journalist that the paternity of his new partner’s baby is a ‘grey area’? Because the former Deputy Prime Minister is desperate to cling on to power/
News & Views Michaelia Cash withdraws ‘disgraceful & sexist’ comments about Bill Shorten’s staffers The employment minister Senator Michaelia Cash has been forced to withdraw comments she made in senate estimates regarding rumours about Bill Shorten’s staff members.
News & Views “Sickening reading”: New report outlines shocking hazing practices at university colleges The Red Zone, a damning new report on bullying, harassment and abuse at residential colleges at Australian universities is released today by End Rape on Campus Australia.
News & Views The trouble with the minister promoting shared parental leave…who can’t access shared parental leave Andrew Griffiths is the UK’s business minister who is currently promoting shared parental leave and admits to Emma Barnett that he can’t access it himself.