This Month
Influencers in parliament? The outrage is as tired as it is sexist
The response to female influencers in Parliament House was extravagant and patronising. Confirmation that the political class still thinks young women shouldn’t worry their pretty little heads about money.
March
The $1m cost of not asking for a pay rise
Hundreds of thousands – even millions – of dollars quietly disappear over the course of a career. It’s a financial catastrophe in slow motion.
February
The fashion designer making smart dresses for powerful women
Edeline Lee has made a business out of creating modest yet flattering dresses, winning her fans the world over – including the Princess of Wales.
January
Having children is being ranked against other choices – and losing
With the fertility rate falling across the West, there is much more affecting parents’ decisions than the economy.
October 2024
The public institutions that have never been led by a woman
Leading executive women are calling for public institutions and government organisations to do better after the University of Melbourne appointed its first female vice chancellor.
September 2024
What bosses (and husbands) need to know about menopause
A senate inquiry has unanimously recommended women get the legal right to work flexibly during menopause and pushed for more support for those going through it.
May 2024
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.
April 2024
This budget boost for working women will supercharge the economy
We wilfully under-utilise 50 per cent of our economic potential, creating a national emergency we could easily solve.
The rise of the home husband
Changes in the structure of work make it more likely wives will go to the office and men will work from their abode.
Why this boss wants to help pay for childcare
In an Australian first, u&u Recruitment Partners will subsidise the costs of childcare up to ease the financial burden of returning to work.
Childcare rebates could leap to $14b - but women still aren’t back at work
A key objective of the most recent changes to childcare subsidies was to encourage more women into the workforce, but so far they haven’t taken the bait.
March 2024
This is how to win the productivity prize
If a country used only half its factories, it would waste a lot of its productive potential. The same is true if we tap into only half of society’s brainpower.
Why CEOs should care about the gender pay gap; Reporting season winners and losers
This week, James and Anthony examine the bombshell report into Australia’s gender pay gap and dish out the Chook awards for reporting season winners and losers.
December 2023
The $100,000 question at the heart of the gender pay gap
The gender pay gap isn’t just caused by bias and discrimination. And not everyone agrees about what we should do about it.
October 2023
Women are asking for promotion, but men keep getting them: study
Men are promoted based on potential, but women must first prove their worth, the study and survey of US and Canadian companies found.
September 2023
‘Don’t let boys have all the fun,’ Macquarie CEO urges potential recruits
Just one third of applicants for graduate roles at Macquarie are female, Shemara Wikramanayake said, meaning women were “self-selecting out of what we are doing” at entry level.
Matildas and Barbie show the business case for gender equality adds up
An equal number of CEOs named Michael and Matilda, Bob and Barbie, Tom and Tilly would mean a better economic future for us all.
August 2023
The success of mothers at the World Cup will force football to change
Until recently a soccer career and motherhood were considered incompatible, by governing bodies and the footballers themselves.
July 2023
Why bonuses are a real problem behind the gender pay gap
The ‘good bloke’ mentality is to blame when it comes to discretionary remuneration, a key driver of pay inequality.
June 2023
I’d rather sit down with a female financial planner
Gender bias is a powerful force – and it could be holding women back financially in more ways than you might think.