This Month
‘Incredibly disappointing’: Pay gap for female barristers at four-year high
Women practitioners got just 20 per cent of the $1.65 billion the Bar charged in fees, prompting calls for quotas, mandatory reporting and tougher targets.
- Hannah Wootton
Firms aren’t ready for a wave of new sexual harassment rules
Fewer than half of directors are confident their companies will be able to meet to new workplace sexual harassment rules when they come into force next week.
- Sally Patten
The $100,000 question at the heart of the gender pay gap
The gender pay gap isn’t just caused by bias and discrimination. And not everyone agrees about what we should do about it.
- Euan Black
November
Legal letter warns private school not to admit girls
A group of parents warn that Newington College’s plan to go co-ed could breach 160-year-old trust rules that specify the Sydney school’s purpose is to teach boys.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Opinion
- G20 summit
India’s G20 presidency heralded a new dawn of multilateralism
India mainstreamed the Global South’s concerns and has ushered in an era when developing countries take their rightful place in shaping the international narrative.
- Narendra Modi
Help! Maternity leave is messing with our financial power balance
Money conversations should occur well before the baby arrives and you become a sleep-deprived mess.
- Penny Wise
- Analysis
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘My Insta blew up’: Feminism and tank warfare in Israel
Israeli female-only tank crews made history on October 7 by fighting Hamas. They’re now part of the public-relations war over the treatment of women.
- Aaron Patrick
The talent pipeline for women in property is narrowing
Representation of women on property company boards has crossed the 40 per cent mark, but numbers at lower levels offer some grounds for concern.
- Campbell Kwan
Ambitious but want to work part-time? Tough luck
Only 7 per cent of managers work part-time, and that statistic has barely changed over the past five years, new data shows.
- Sally Patten
After viral sexist post, women in start-ups say worse issues are buried
“Young men get given boatloads of venture capital and are suddenly in power,” says one veteran woman in the industry. “It’s a dreadful environment to work in.”
- Jessica Sier and Nick Bonyhady
- Opinion
- Harassment
Why as a feminist I helped my sexual harasser write his apology
Did Sam Joel deserve this level of grace? Maybe. Maybe not. But that’s not the point.
- Updated
- Hannah Moreno
- Exclusive
- Start-ups
Start-up founder resigns after offensive comments to women on LinkedIn
Sam Joel, chief executive of charity GiveTree, has stepped down after posting a raft of offensive remarks regarding women in Australia’s tech industry.
- Jessica Sier
- Analysis
- Analysis
Female economists may never be this influential again
Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock and other female economic leaders may come to be seen as an anomaly due to the male dominance of economics courses.
- Aaron Patrick
October
Why women should never get married – ever
A new book by Australian feminist Clementine Ford aims to stop females entering into an institution that does them harm.
- Theo Chapman
Kate Morris’ goal is to make 10 other women ‘really wealthy’
Th Adore Beauty co-founder says the way to get serious about addressing under-investment in female fund managers and founders is the $3.5 trillion superannuation industry.
- Jemima Whyte
Women lawyers face barriers from client demands
‘Primitive notions’ of what a ‘good’ lawyer looks like are holding back the career prospects of women in the legal industry.
- Maxim Shanahan
Lawyers, barristers put on notice over sexual harassment
Non-compliance could result in lawyers losing their practicing certificates or the disbarment of barristers, the profession’s watchdogs have warned.
- Hannah Wootton
Pay gap pioneer Claudia Goldin wins Nobel economics prize
The Harvard economist has devoted decades to identifying the sources of gender pay discrimination and the deep-rooted inequality for women in the workplace.
- Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander
Jailed women’s activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize
Iranian authorities have repeatedly imprisoned Narges Mohammadi as she fights for women’s rights in the heavily oppressive regime.
- Jon Gambrell and Mike Corder
Women are asking for promotion, but men keep getting them: study
Men are promoted based on potential, but women must first prove their worth, the study and survey of US and Canadian companies found.
- Ella Ceron and Emily Chang
