This Month
- Exclusive
- Workplace
Paid leave would help menopause super hit: ASFA
Absence of Australian data has led to a failure among employers and governments to understand the financial impacts on women, says a pension industry body.
- Michelle Bowes
Why Trump’s win unnerved women everywhere
The battle over abortion didn’t play out as the Democrats hoped, while Donald Trump succeeded in tapping into a much more pronounced gender divide.
- Emma Connors
- Updated
- US Votes 2024
Trump and Harris trade attacks in misogyny war
The vice president seized on the Republican’s vow to protect female Americans whether they “like it or not”.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
‘Don’t shortlist men’, ASX companies tell recruiters
ASX-listed companies are privately instructing recruiters to shortlist only women for certain senior roles to help meet diversity and inclusion targets.
- Euan Black
September
More menopause support will get more women into top jobs, leaders say
Leading executive women have welcomed a move by parliament to make workplaces offer better support to staff going through menopause.
- Hannah Wootton
Neo-Nazis boasted of protecting rally Deeming helped plan, court told
Social media posts made by a neo-Nazi leader have been read out to a court during MP Moira Deeming’s defamation trial against Liberal leader John Pesutto.
- Gus McCubbing and Patrick Durkin
‘We clearly have a problem’: Dearth of women on pathway to CEO
Nearly half of the country’s top 300 companies have no women in roles regarded as pathways to becoming a chief executive.
- Sally Patten
Labor adds to census backflip on sexual orientation and gender
Treasurer Jim Chalmers revealed the 2026 survey would now include a new section on LGBTQ and additional questions on the sexuality of Australians.
- Updated
- Ronald Mizen
August
- Opinion
- Rear Window
Young fogeys of Melbourne’s private clubs unite!
It’s hard being counter-cultural, so Melbourne’s most privileged conservative young men have decided to band together.
- Myriam Robin
July
Trust in government is the newest gender divide
Only 38 per cent of Australian women trust the federal government, compared with 54 per cent of men, an OECD study has found.
- Tom Burton
June
- Overall Winner
- Women in Leadership
The ‘magic and mundane’ leadership style of Danielle Wood
The chairwoman of the Productivity Commission was selected as the overall winner for her contributions to economic policy and a preparedness to take an unpopular position in key national debates.
- Sally Patten
Men still winning the best-paid federal jobs
The Commonwealth public sector leads the private sector on gender equity, but women still earn $19,000 less on average.
- Tom Burton
May
- Analysis
- Gender equality
They battled blokey workplaces. Now these 33 women enforce the rules
Energy regulator Clare Savage and competition chief Gina Cass-Gottlieb are among 33 women leading Australia’s regulatory bodies, once the domain of male enforcers.
- Tom Burton
Gender of directors added no financial value: study
A study by the Australian National University has found that the gender of directors appointed to company boards had no impact on the financial performance of those businesses.
- Patrick Durkin
It’s not what you do but who you are: gender pay gap myths busted
The gender pay gap is not explained by women’s career choices, or that they work part-time. They just get paid less than men, a new study has found.
- Julie Hare
April
- Opinion
- Weekend Fin
In today’s porn-warped culture, no wonder girls identify as non-binary
Teens today are growing up in the most hyper-sexualised environment ever. Deciding not to be a young woman feels like a sensible, self-protective alternative.
- Eleanor Mills
Shriver is selling books, and losing friends, opposing Western guilt
Lionel Shriver, the fearless author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, discusses male disadvantage, hate speech laws and why universities are damaging themselves.
- Chris Harvey
Why young men and women are drifting apart
Diverging worldviews between the sexes could affect politics, families and more.
- The Economist
- Updated
- Governance
Age, diversity on company boards plummets, gender stalls
There are more directors with an Anglo-Celtic background than seven years ago on the ASX 300, a new survey has found, and the average age of a director is creeping upwards.
- Hannah Wootton
March
Girls know more about how to rule the world, but it’s boys who want to
A global study found that girls have a greater understanding of civics and citizenship. Boys, however, are more likely to want to become a politician.
- Julie Hare