I love celebrating International Women’s Day. It’s a time to reflect on how far we’ve come since Australia first awarded women the vote back in 1902. Recognition of the progress we’ve made in recent years to get business focused…

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I’m on holidays in Bali at the moment, and decided to log in this morning to submit this piece to Women’s Agenda – not because I miss being at my Mac, but because I’ve believed for a long time that flexibility at work is vital to advancing women at wor…

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This is a long overdue update on the Make Care Petition which many of you will know I launched almost two years ago to get childcare reform on the political agenda.  At the time of the petition launch we ran a survey and 86% of respondents said th…

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This was the title of my first article published in the launch edition of Women’s Agenda and I think it’s a great starting place for change.  Flexibility: it’s the new f-word. Ask any working mum what matters
most to them in a job, and she’ll prob…

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OurSay is a fantastic new community that is promoting democratic debate, it’s next questions forum being with Australia’s Prime Minister, no less! It’s an online community that works by allowing anyone to submit a question – but here’s the crux – …

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Can women really can have “it” all? No, I say, until men want it too.  Media has been awash this week on this issue: former Whitehouse staffer Anne-Marie Slaughter put forward her view on why women still can’t have “it&rdqu…

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