“I don’t think a woman should be in any government job whatever. I mean, I really don’t. The reason why I do is mainly because they are erratic. And emotional. Men are erratic and em…
Michelle Guthrie sacked as Managing Director of ABC
The ABC board have fired the managing director Michelle Guthrie, two years into her five year term. In a statement Guthrie has said she is ‘devastated’ by the decision “despite no cl…
Doubt the sisterhood? Read Women Kind & stand corrected
Kirstin Ferguson spent the first 20 years of her career in male-dominated fields – in the air force, law and business – desperately hoping no one would notice that she was a woman. On that basis had a…
Women disagreeing with each other is NOT a civil war
Given the numbers, it takes a degree of wilful blindness to argue the Liberal party doesn’t have a problem with women and something closer to rancour to blame it on women themselves. And yet they are …
The hypocrisy is blatant & barefaced: Why Jane Caro can’t stand Mother’s Day
In 2015 we published this brilliant op-ed from Jane Caro on why the faux adoration of women on Mother’s Day riles her. It remains the best piece we’ve published on the subject and is as ap…
“I see you, I hear you, I believe in you”: Ten words that changed Layne Beachley’s life
For the first eight years of Layne Beachley‘s surfing career she supported herself financially without any help and it was tough. She had four jobs, worked 60 hours a week waiting tables, sellin…
Susan Alberti’s life is a lesson in resilience, self-belief & overcoming the odds
Pick a chapter, any chapter, in the life of Susan Alberti and you will discover any number of heartrending personal tragedies, jaw-dropping professional endeavours and a series of extraordinary crusad…
The 10 women YOU believe set the agenda in 2017
We asked you to wrap up the year 2017 and 950 of you responded. When asked to name up to three women who you believe helped shaped the year and set the 2017 agenda there was a lot of consistency in yo…
The conversation we need to have about work, parenting & the kids
“Parents’ demanding jobs put children’s mental health at risk” If there is a more panic-evoking headline for working parents I’m not sure I’d like to read it. This headline and accompanying piece stru…
The bravest speech I have ever seen delivered
I have been to a lot of conferences but I have never seen one start like this. A senior woman stood up, in front of a few hundred of her work colleagues, and said she wanted to dispel a myth about dom…
