Something quite extraordinary happened earlier this week. An own goal by the Daily Telegraph, in which the editors sought to suggest Labor leader Bill Shorten cynically omitted key elements of his mum…
Why Roxy Jacenko is wrong about Australian workers
Last week, the famous founder of Sweaty Betty PR, Roxy Jacenko, hit the news again by calling Australians – especially millennial workers – “lazy” for not being willing to work all hours of the day. R…
Why my goal for 2019 is to have no goals
It’s a cliché but probably like many other working parents I arrived at the weekend before Christmas last year absolutely and utterly spent. The already robust act of working and keeping children fed,…
The truth about menopause & how it impacts women
Kirsten Black runs a menopause clinic at Concord Hospital in Sydney. She is also associate professor and academic gynaecologist at the University of Sydney where she is the Joint Head of Obstetrics, G…
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 feminists don’t want to ‘work anymore’? The case for dads doing more is clear.
“I’m a feminist and I don’t want to work anymore,” the headline read. Of course I clicked through. I devoured every word of Polly Dunning’s essay on realising that even as a ‘third generation card-car…
‘I don’t have a laptop’: How Jack Dorsey runs Twitter from his phone
“I don’t have a laptop. I only use my phone.” That was the answer that drew gasps and incredulous laughter at Twitter Australia’s HQ in Sydney on Friday morning. Jack Dorsey, t…
Are we there yet? An ode to parents at the end of school holidays.
This post is dedicated to the summer school holidays which a friend has aptly described as the “juggliest” of juggly times. To the parents out there who are still standing, hobbling towards the end wi…
To smiley face or not: the complexity of email etiquette.
Emails are ubiquitous in a modern, globalised workforce. However, a well-crafted email can make the sender appear approachable and competent, while a poorly constructed one is less persuasive, and lea…
Mean girls at work: How to say yes to the sisterhood
In these new days of leaning into whatever (kids, the corner suite, your glowing purpose), one piece of solid advice stands the test of time. This solid, time-tested piece of leaning-in advice is unde…
