In his May 12 ministerial statement on the economy, Josh Frydenberg gave a summary of the impact of the coronavirus crisis on Australian citizens. He spoke of the tragic loss of life, the stress on...
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BroadAgenda Wraps the Week
I was out walking the dog on a brisk (very brisk) Canberra morning when I came across a mum and two young children – I’m guessing one and three – on the play equipment at a local park. The kids were...
Women in Leadership – we’ve got it licked! (yeah right!)
Not long ago this wasn’t possible. Premiers of the nation’s three most populous states dominate the screen– two of them women. Confident and commanding, on prime-time TV, telling this week’s Q&A...
COVID-19 Freeze Frame: Participate in our research!
About the project:This project uses participant-generated imagery (photos taken with smartphones or similar) to create new understandings about the division of unpaid labour in Australia during...
Maternity leave: how long is long enough?
The United States and Australia were famously slow to guarantee new parents paid time off from work. The Australian national paid parental leave policy wasn’t enacted until 2009, and it is...
Consent and privacy in the era of sexting
Social distancing measures to stop the spread of coronavirus have us more reliant than ever on online communication to stay connected to our loved ones.While the harshest quarantine restrictions now...
What in the world is ‘gender plus’?
The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the gendered nature of work, particularly unpaid work, while highlighting the lack of women’s voices in the formal response (it's been mainly white, male and...
BroadAgenda Wraps the Week
“If the pandemic has revealed anything it is the dependency of the economy on women’s work. After decades of unequal pay and marginalisation from financial decision making, Australian women have...
The road to recovery needs to be equal
If toilet paper stashes are anything to go by, Australians were expecting a much longer time in lockdown. Thanks to a largely bi-partisan national cabinet, independent medical officers and...