It has become obvious as this Covid-19 pandemic wears on that transport is being repositioned – both in our minds and our lives. Changeable travel restrictions and new virus strains are reshaping...
Category: Feature
Who are the women of the extreme right?
On January 6, Ashli Babbitt, 35, became a martyr. The Air Force veteran was in the act of scaling a barricade of furniture in Washington DC’s Capitol when she was shot in the chest at point blank by...
The baby boomers: why MPs are calling for change
When Kate Thwaites was pregnant with her second child last year, she got angry. She got angry at the fact that, despite the widespread availability of sophisticated (and secure) videoconferencing...
Kamala Harris and the Vogue power pose
One photo is all it took. One shot on the cover of a fashion magazine and here we are, bang, slap in the midst of yet another public stoush over how a powerful woman should look. Is she ‘pretty’...
Leadership doesn’t always come from the top
As we neared the end of 2020 with great hopes for better times in 2021, we reflected not only on a year marked by a global pandemic, but also the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Paris...
Lessons on work flexibility from the home front
Working from home, at least some of the time, looks set to become the new normal for many Australians. There is a complex set of rules governing workplaces which varies between each state and...
2020: Women, politics and public life
It has been both a remarkably good and remarkably bad year for Australian women. Their leadership in Australian politics and public life has been more prominent and successful than ever before. Yet...
BroadTalk with Julia Gillard
What is it about Julia Gillard? As Australia’s first female Prime Minister she was both loved and loathed. Once the nation’s most taunted political figure, she also captured more hearts and shaped...
LGBTI military personnel and the march of history
“Although homosexual behaviour is not a frequent occurrence in the [defence] services, it is not acceptable”. The year was 1976. The statement approved by Sir James Killen, the then-Minister for...