Category: Womens Agenda

This systematic review into early childhood educator burnout and effective interventions was written by Dr Marg Rogers from the University of New England in NSW, Joanne Ng from the Australian Educator Research Organisation and Dr Courtney McNamara from Newcastle University in the UK. The alarming number

Well into the final days and hours of his fight to become the next premier of NSW, Chris Minns is also managing a fierce battle to retain his super marginal seat of Kogarah, in the South of Sydney.  So trying to get even a short phone call

Dr Marjorie O’Neill won one of two new seats for NSW Labor exactly four years ago on Thursday, at the 2019 state election, having left a career in academia to pursue political life. Now she’s campaigning to retain the seat of Coogee where she holds a

Bronnie Taylor might be the most senior woman in the NSW government right now, but she never had ambitions for politics. Verbatim, she had “absolutely no interest”.  Her heart was always in healthcare.  After studying nursing, she spent the first 20 years of her career specialising in

World Athletics has announced a ban on transgender women who’ve undergone male puberty from competing in the female category of elite international events. The governing body’s new ruling comes into effect on 31 March 2023 and is surprising news to many.  As recently as January, World Athletics

We are so far down this referendum road that not to reach the destination would have very wide fallout, writes Michelle Grattan from the University of Canberra in this article republished from The Conversation. At the end of the emotional news conference in which he unveiled

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe was pulled to the ground by police outside Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday, as she attempted to interrupt anti-trans campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull at a rally. Keen-Minshull, joined by One Nation politicians Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts, was speaking to a group of

We are just days out from the NSW state election, with the result getting harder to predict. So what kind of representation are we seeing from women, and where do they stand? Thanks to our friends Su Dharmapala and Ebony McKenna at Polipedia, a female-founded,

The upcoming season of Shark Tank Australia will feature five new judges (aka “Sharks”), including its first woman of colour. Jane Lu, the CEO of Showpo, an online fashion boutique — is among five new Sharks appearing in the 2023 season of the show.  The 36-year old

Christine Holgate had been experiencing the worst of days before she was due to front a Senate inquiry into her sacking as Australia Post CEO. She’d been suffering from suicidal thoughts, and now says fronting the inquiry was one of the hardest things she’s ever done.

When asked to share their biggest fears for their seven kids, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet suggests his wife answer the question, to which Helen Perrottet is quick answer. As a parent at home, Helen sees the issue of online bullying and social media affecting her kids. And

Many years ago, I worked in recruitment at a law firm in Australia, hiring the next generation of partners – graduates. I was a recent graduate myself and found it easy to see parts of myself in these young budding lawyers. Some of them had studied at