'This too will pass': Messages of support to Karens from Jans who have been here before. ABC. 30 July The ABC asked Jans (of "not happy, Jan" fame) to share their perspective on the Karen...
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Beyond #MeToo – BroadAgenda Public Talk Series webinar
Host: Virginia Haussegger AM, Chief Editor BroadAgendaProducer: Julie Hare, Editor BroadAgendaWith thanks to: 50/50 by 2030 Foundation, Faculty of Business Government and Law, University of...
Beyond #MeToo: workplace harassment and law reform
When news that Dyson Heydon, a former High Court judge, had been accused of sexually harassing multiple women over very many years, pinged into Kate Jenkins’ inbox on June 22, she was not shocked....
BroadTalk with Minister Marise Payne
Marise Payne has long been an enigma. Who is this woman who’s quietly become the highest-ranking woman in the current Australian government and therefore the most powerful female in the nation? And...
For every victim, there is an abuser: workplaces and domestic violence
It was an evening in January 1998 when my partner landed a blow to my eye that would see me hurtle across the room and onto the floor. In that split second before, I registered him coming at me,...
Marriage optional: Matchmaking in modern China
On a crisp Sunday morning in the Chinese city of Xi’an, matchmaker Wang sets up her wares for the first time since the COVID-19 lockdown was lifted two months ago.While not expecting many customers,...
BroadAgenda Wraps the Week!
As an uppity journalist and presenter of the 7.30 Report in Adelaide, back in the mid-90s, I was taking my seat in the South Australian press gallery one day when all heads turned my way. ‘Oh, it’s...
Shift the numbers, shift the culture
Women and Law: Could the Dyson Heydon investigation have happened without women at senior levels in the High Court? Because there is one thing we know for sure, an equal and diverse leadership team...
Missing in plain sight: Women in vocational education
Skills and training: The Productivity Commission has produced a massive 300 page report on the vocational education and training in which it mentioned women just five times. To build robust funding...