This Month
HESTA fund managers boost female ranks in diversity push
The superannuation giant is pushing to reform the male-dominated funds management sector, saying diverse teams make better investment decisions.
‘Read the room, Alan’: Ex-Liberal president’s comments on women lashed
Sussan Ley and Bridget McKenzie have led condemnation of the former Liberal president after he said female members were so “assertive” men may need quotas.
IDP Education falls down a glass cliff
Andrew Barkla must be relieved he sold nearly everything that wasn’t nailed down when the company was in happier times.
May
How an ‘unusual director’ rose to the boardroom at age 32
Bridget Loudon-Harris, winner of the Alvarez & Marsal Special Award, thought Telstra had the wrong person when she was asked to join as a director.
Female experts are considered more credible. Here’s why
My perception that men still enjoyed an “authority gap” in the way people perceived male and female economists was proved wrong by a real-life experiment.
This female CEO has gender targets for men too
Belinda Driscoll, the local CEO of Kimberly-Clark, whose brands include Kleenex and Huggies, talks workplace diversity and why she’s driving new conversations.
3 surprising facts about the public service pay gap
These unexpected data points reveal some expansive cultural differences between public and private employers.
Public sector gender pay gap halves, leaving private sector behind
Women in the Commonwealth public sector earn 94 cents for every dollar men earn, a pay gap more than three times smaller than private sector counterparts.
Want equal pay and parental leave? Try the public sector
A new WGEA report shows that equal access to parental leave should be accompanied by reassurances that having caring responsibilities is not detrimental to building a career.
The truth about flexible work and the gender pay gap
Far more women in the public sector work full time – and earn more – because flexible conditions allow them to work and manage caring responsibilities.
Trump backlash forces Macquarie to soften its DEI talk
The bank says cultural and racial inclusion are still important, but its latest annual report is much more subdued than last year’s.
Board diversity: ‘What we’re doing is not working’
Fewer directors with Chinese or Indian backgrounds sit on large listed company boards than in 2017, while the number of Indigenous or openly gay directors is tiny.
Women revolt at NZ government’s pay equity walk-back
A new law announced and legislated inside 48 hours last week has prompted protests by women across the country.
The Liberals need a Menzian mandate to back female candidates
Women in our party have traditionally accepted that you either come to politics later in life, or you do not have children.
‘If they choose two men, they’re morons’: grassroots Liberal leader
After Saturday’s electoral drubbing, Liberal grassroots movement leader Charlotte Mortlock says the party must learn from the ‘kick up the arse’ voters gave it.
April
Women have to be prepared to promote themselves: Bullock
Embracing opportunities, taking sideways moves and working with encouraging leaders have been key to the Reserve Bank governor’s success.
Four charts that show the Coalition (still) has a women problem
The Coalition has not added more women candidates despite knowing three years ago that they were key to winning back the female vote, according to a new study.
Board fights and mass resignations: the battle splitting the nation’s geoscientists
A bitter struggle for control of a professional association is proving that diversity, equity and inclusion remains a lightening rod for controversy.
Despite the DEI backlash, Aussie workers still open to gender equality
More than eight in 10 Australians say we need to stop pitting men and women against each other and focus on how men and women can work together to achieve equality.
March
WGEA gender targets quack like quotas
Just as the critics of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency warned 20 years ago, what starts off as an aspiration has become a must-do for companies.