Premium Columnists What it means to ‘demean’ in the workplace: ex MPs come clean on sexism in parliament Editors' Picks What does it mean to ‘seriously demean’ women in the workplace? It’s not a trick question. Rather it’s a new legal mind-bender that employers and
Premium Insights and analysis Australia should learn from NZ on gender equality, Gillard says February 24, 2021 By David Donaldson New Zealand Only two countries have had three female heads of government: Finland and New Zealand. Even these are relatively recent achievements. Finnish PM Sanna Marin has
Victoria’s mental health system to receive $60m to tackle increased demand August 10, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The Victorian government has committed $59.7 million to alleviating the rising pressure on the state’s mental health system so it can better support the community
Premium The Select Committee Public policy perfection – The Select Committee July 21, 2020 By Chris Johnson Thought Leadership Is achieving perfection in public policy a mere pipe dream? And is being perfect everything we think and hope it is anyway? Could perfection undermine
Australian bipartisanship on climate change: the long haul November 25, 2019 By Scott Hamilton & Stuart Kells Energy & Environment Over the past 650,000 years there were seven cycles of glacial advance and retreat, with the last ice age around 20,000 years ago. Most of
And now for a newsflash: politicians actually do keep their promises April 17, 2019 By Andrea Carson and Andrew Gibbons Career Advice A quick scan of political headlines over recent election campaigns will tell you that there is a trust deficit in Australian politics. Alarmingly, surveys uniformly
Promoted The Hon. Julia Gillard AC to reveal critical insights on women in leadership at upcoming conference August 22, 2018 By Criterion Conferences The Hon. Julia Gillard AC was the first woman to serve as Australia’s Prime Minister or Deputy Prime Minister. As Prime Minister, The Hon. Julia
Gillard: mental illness need not be career ending July 30, 2018 By David Donaldson Career Advice Employers need to stop seeing mental illness as a barrier to employment and instead see the value in diversity, argued former prime minister Julia Gillard
Non-partisan awards: visionaries recognised March 2, 2018 By The Mandarin News Senator Dean Smith and Torres Strait Mayor Vonda Malone are the inaugural winners of a non-partisan award recognising courageous, visionary and collaborative political leadership. The
