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I was sex discrimination commissioner, but Trump has a point about DEI
The old biases the women’s movement railed against so persuasively have been replaced by new biases, almost as unfair and opaque as those of the ancien régime.
- Pru Goward
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- The AFR View
Liberal party must be a broad and inclusive church
All institutions need to pick the best people on their merits, yet half the population is significantly underrepresented in one of Australia’s major political parties.
- The AFR View
Liberals choose female tech executive to take on teals in Bradfield
Holding the affluent north Sydney seat will be crucial to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s chances of limiting Labor to a one-term government.
- Ronald Mizen
Liberals’ male dominance comes down to democracy: Dutton
The opposition leader says he wants more Liberal women in parliament, but branches were selecting candidates based on their strong affinity with the community.
- Ronald Mizen
Liberals overwhelmingly pick men for safe seats
Just one woman has been pre-selected to replace eight Liberal MPs retiring at the next election, but insiders insist the party is heading in the right direction.
- Ronald Mizen
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This ‘Wall Street Girly’ wants to make wealth more accessible
Vivian Tu is the latest in a long tradition of women talking to women about economics, business and personal finance – and with TikTok she can reach millions.
- Jeanna Smialek
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
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- Workplace
I will ‘hunt you down’: ANU staff rebel at its culture of fear
University staff say they feel demoralised by Genevieve Bell’s leadership, calling her proposed overhaul “a corporate-style raid of a national institution”.
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- Julie Hare
November 2024
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- Leadership lessons
Why Charlotte says her ‘otherness’ is a cause for celebration
Charlotte Young, who is studying at ANU, has been named the overall winner and rising star (under 25) of the Asian-Australian Leadership Awards.
- Julie Hare
The hotel boss who starts her day at the gym (away from the buffet)
Renae Trimble, CEO of Accor Plus, leans on her teen sport habit to kickstart her morning (but you won’t catch her at the buffet).
- Lauren Sams
October 2024
Why ANZ’s Maile Carnegie told 200 bankers she was having a hot flush
Explaining tampons to men early in her career is just part of the reason the woman who could be ANZ’s next CEO is happy to get personal about menopause.
- Michelle Bowes
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.
- Hannah Wootton
September 2024
Melbourne University names leading marine biologist as next head
Emma Johnston will become the first female vice chancellor in the university’s 171-year history.
- Julie Hare
‘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
August 2024
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- Higher Education Awards
Meet the economist turned accidental uni vice chancellor
Professor Margaret Gardner, the only vice chancellor to become a state governor, has been awarded this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Julie Hare
July 2024
‘Give her a go’: New judge blasts ‘painfully slow’ progress for women
Jane Needham blasted the “painfully slow” progress of women in law and urged barristers to consider briefing “that young woman who went to a school you haven’t heard of”.
- Michael Pelly
‘I shot Bambi’: Women leaders on their toughest decisions
Often the toughest decisions are those that affect other people. Here winners of the Women in Leadership awards share their hardest calls.
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- Sally Patten
June 2024
‘You smile too much’: the early career advice Danielle Wood ignored
Be brave and have fun, is what Australia’s leading women would say to their younger selves.
- Lucy Dean
Why Anna Meares chased the job of leading the Aussie Olympic team
As one of the country’s most decorated athletes, Australia’s chef de mission knows the triumph and heartache of competing at this level better than most.
- Zoe Samios
The winners of the Women in Leadership Awards
Meet the winners of the 2024 Women in Leadership Awards, in eight key economic categories.
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‘We need to be champions of other women’
By the time Danielle Handley arrived at health insurer BUPA, the executive who hired her had left. She had to lead a company transformation without a boss.
- Sian Powell
BHP entrusts rising star with its copper mines
Anna Wiley, a leader in the Resources category, has barely put a foot wrong in a diverse career in mining that has led her to the top job in the group’s copper operations in South Australia.
- Brad Thompson
- Resources Winner
- Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto leader never shies away from hard talks and tough calls
Sinead Kaufman, the winner of the Resources category, also shows great care and sensitivity for families and communities across her career in mining.
- Brad Thompson
- Non-bank Winner
- Investment banking
Versatile risk-taker who shines when the going gets tough
Washington H Soul Pattinson’s Jaki Virtue swears by the power of ‘unknown sponsorships’, as she takes out the Financial Services - Non-banking category.
- Kanika Sood
What’s your best career tip? Award winners share theirs
Lead with compassion, don’t assume you know all the answers, and play to your strengths: winners in the Women in Leadership Awards share advice that has helped them.
- Victoria Thieberger