January
Labor launches federal review of puberty blockers
Health Minister Mark Butler says national guidelines will be established for the treatment of trans and gender diverse children.
- Michael Smith
Woodside chooses timidity for the sake of short-term shareholder gains
Readers’ letters on companies withdrawing from clean energy projects, ASX diversity reporting, Donald Trump’s climate policy, and debate over gender choices.
Follow Trump’s lead on gender choices: Coalition MPs
Australia should follow Donald Trump’s moves to recognise only two sexes – male and female – say prominent opposition MPs Barnaby Joyce and Matt Canavan.
- Tom McIlroy
December 2024
Five executive women bust the ‘having it all’ myth
Tired of reading about male executives and their 5am ice baths, yoga regimes and sauna schedules, female leaders open up about their own real challenges.
- Michelle Bowes
- Immersive
- Social media
The Australians inside Andrew Tate’s online ‘university’
Leaked member data from the controversial influencer’s “financial education platform” reveals its popularity.
- Joshua Peach and Lucy King
November 2024
- Opinion
- Domestic violence
16 days of domestic violence activism for a 365-day scourge
It is important to recognise that the problem demands year-round dedication, comprehensive strategies, and multi-faceted interventions.
- Dorothy Hisgrove
- 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 2024
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 2024
- 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 2024
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 2024
- 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 2024
- 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