The Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith is coming under attack from his department, from ex-military (all men), from various commentators and from the federal Opposition – all because of his principled stand in defence of a female cadet at the Australian Defence Force Academy who was sexually abused. It is a shocking spectacle. Read my [...]
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ARTICLES, SPEECHES, NEWSMy Keynote Address to the National Labor Women’s Conference in Brisbane on May 14 in which I celebrate Labor’s success in women’s political leadership but call on the government to take urgent action to improve women’s workforce participation by addressing equality in employment via the EOWA legislation, and to radically reform childcare. Nat Labor [...] In Australia in the 21st century the private sector is taking the lead in promoting equality for women in employment and championing women to be leaders in the business world, a field the federal government once had made its own. Read my article in the Sydney Morning Herald, December 18 2010 |
 
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