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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My 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 Letter to the Australian Financial Review by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner: Your article entitled “ASX gender targets raise legal danger” (July 5) argues that listed companies risk breaking the law by pursuing gender targets required by the Australian Securities Exchange. This risk does not arise if the action taken by the company is a “special [...] As requested, I am posting this summary of the disparities in pay and other indicators between women and men in Australia. The stats were prepared by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick, in 2009 but the situation has changed little, if at all, since then: Gender Equality Stats 2009, Some reflections on the Act – and our society – over the years since it was passed, by Sex Discrimination Commission Elizabeth Broderick and Anne Summers, interviewed by Adele Horin from the Sydney Morning Herald Watch the video: Reflections on 25 years of the Sex Discrimination Act |
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