Amid concerns that women are being overlooked in the government’s COVID response, it is worth considering how well women are likely to fare in the future if the Productivity Commission has its...
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Shift the numbers, shift the culture
When chief justice Susan Kiefel revealed last week that an independent investigation had found six former associates had been sexually harassed by former justice Dyson Heydon, the news took me back...
A league of their own? Why the NRL wins on male privilege
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Australian authorities have constantly appealed for citizens to place ‘the common good’ above all. This plea has also become pervasive in everyday life with...
The final straw? Will the Dyson Heydon case trigger law reform?
Allegations of unlawful sexual harassment against retired High Court judge Dyson Heydon revealed last week are the most recent in a series of claims of sexual harassment against high-profile...
University reforms burden women with higher debt
Female students would be the hardest hit by the proposed changes to university funding announced last week. While women have entered higher education in larger numbers than men have since 1987, a...
Skills reform: women missing from the big picture
Amid concerns that women are being overlooked in the government’s COVID response, it is worth considering how well women are likely to fare in the future if the Productivity Commission has its...
Gender equality in universities: poised on a precipice?
Over recent years, we have thankfully seen progress in women’s representation in academic settings. In Australia, the proportion of women serving within university governing bodies (43%) and in the...
Stephanie Kelton: Throwing economic orthodoxies on their heads
What’s the next crisis going to be? The question is being asked with a mixture of wry cynicism and genuine alarm. Will we see it coming? Failure to do so means failure to act in time and lost...
The new austerity: why it will hurt women more than men
In 2010, as the impact of the global financial crisis hit homes across the globe, the word austerity became the most looked-up word on the dictionary Merriam-Webster’s website. In short, austerity...