The Governor-General, the Prime Minister and the Monarch - October 2011
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- Maureen Dowd on the Republican Party’s war against women
15 March 2012 | 10:13 amAnd the Fightback being led by Hillary Clinton. Read Maureen Dowd’s article
- Obama pressed to step aside for Hillary Clinton
22 November 2011 | 12:15 pmAn extraordinary appeal from Democratic Party pollster Patrick Caddell that in order to government effectively President Obama needs to announce he will not run in 2012 so that Hillary Clinton can unite the country as no one else seems able to do to. Read the article
- Amnesia clouds Ms. 40th birthday
7 November 2011 | 11:53 am
Ms. Magazine offices 1972
There is something missing from this glowing self-congratulatory history of the 40 years of Ms. magazine. What could it be?
- A beautiful tribute to Diana Gribble by Hilary McPhee
10 October 2011 | 2:35 pmThe two women who founded the groundbreaking publishing firm McPheeGribble found their friendship tested to breaking point after the recession of the early 199s forced them to sell their company to Penguin. After Di’s death last week, Hilary reflects on her friend and former partner in publishing.
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/3343448.html
- Cracking the perspex ceiling
14 August 2011 | 1:23 pmTime we had this discussion. Read article
- The eternal dilemma: combining motherhood and work
6 May 2011 | 1:23 pmWhy it’s (still) so hard and what some women in the US are doing to address the dilemma. Practical solutions
- These are NOT the women we want – and fortunately US voters agreed
15 November 2010 | 7:54 am
These three ego-tripping former businesswomen spent millions of their own money on their unsuccessful quests for public office in the recent US elections. Instead, argued Gail Sheehy, they could have pledged that money to education or other forms of giving to make America a better place for the millions living in poverty and without hope. [...]
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COAG meeting, Canberra 13 February 2011. L to R: Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally, Prime Minister Julia Gillard
Australia Day lunch, Sydney January 21, 2011
l to r: Anne Summers, Eva Cox, Premier Kristina Keneally, Justice Elizabeth Evatt, Governor Marie Bashir, Germaine Greer. Click the photo for a larger version.
Read my latest article on the double-standard that is applied to women in politics, especially to their marital and maternal status and everything about their appearance from their hair styles to the way they wave their hands
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Here’s a link to one of the many new stories: SMH 20 Jan 2011
And click here for some of the comments on Facebook.
Starting on January 1, the federal government’s paid parental leave scheme came into effect. Australia was the second-last nation in the developed (and not so-developed) world to introduce this most necessary adjunct to working women’s lives. The United States is now the only country to not have such a scheme.
» Continue reading Australia finally has a national paid parental leave scheme »
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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