A spotlight has been turned on the number of women across Australian states who have a place in state cabinets. The Northern Territory unveiled its new ministry this week and it is pleasing to see that this is a majority-female…
Cathy Freeman and Sydney’s 2000 Olympic Games
All Australians who were following Sydney’s Olympic Games will remember where they were when Cathy Freeman won the 400 metre sprint …heralded as ‘the race’ of the Olympics. Cathy Freeman is a proud Indigenous Australian. On the victory walk after…
A fully-funded Childcare subsidy has many benefits
Sue Morphett, president of Chief Executive Women, recently stated that ‘increasing women’s workforce participation by making childcare more affordable is one of Australia’s biggest economic opportunities.’ That is a big call to make, but it is backed up by some…
Women leaders are faring better with COVID-19
The Conversation newsletter recently compared countries with women leaders and men leaders. The data concluded that although there are many fewer women leaders, those countries who have a woman as their leader fared much better in terms of number of…
Bendigo women and young people suffer greatest unemployment while COVID-19 disrupts lives
The definition of unemployment according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics is ‘someone who during a specific period was not employed for one hour or more, is actively seeking work, and is currently available to work’. Figures from the Bendigo…
Working parents home-schooling are suffering high levels of mental stress
Many parents are multi-tasking and barely keeping their heads above water as they try to be the best they can while carrying full-time roles of parenting, teaching, and working in either full-time or part-time employment. There are some frightening figures…
Contractor drivers deemed employees
Rosa Raco, Principal & Katherine Taylor, Law Student Last week, in Jamsek v ZG Operations Australia Pty Ltd FCAFC 119, a Full Federal Court upheld an appeal by two contracted truck drivers who had pursued unpaid leave and unpaid…
Redundancies: Proceed with caution!
Rosa Raco, Principal & Katherine Taylor, Law Student WHAT IS A GENUINE REDUNDANCY? For a redundancy to be genuine, it needs to meet the requirements set out under section 389 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act). This is…
The hypocrisy of our universities in this COVID-19 pandemic
The story around the treatment of casual and short-term staff at universities in Australia may never have come to light if COVID-19 had not emerged in the community. Universities in Australia have suffered severely with the loss of student numbers…
Two women – Different careers – Both trailblazers
Sonja Stewart Sonja Stewart is a proud Indigenous Yuin woman who has been appointed by the Law Society of NSW to represent 35,000 solicitors around the state. Past roles have included NSW Deputy Secretary within the Department of Premier and…
