Silence descends:Our inability to discuss difficult issues has never been more obvious

Silence descends:Our inability to discuss difficult issues has never been more obvious

Never more than in the past week have we seen national discussion on major issues marked by the mass silencing of everyone outside the extremes.

  • bySean Kelly

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The sick joke that insults our new GG – and Beyonce

The sick joke that insults our new GG – and Beyonce

I’m growing increasingly intolerant of pervasive negativity,and this week’s reaction to Sam Mostyn becoming governor-general set me off again.

  • byJulia Baird
Empowering,consultative,uniter:Meet Sam Mostyn,the next governor-general

Empowering,consultative,uniter:Meet Sam Mostyn,the next governor-general

Those who have worked with Mostyn over her long career say she will handle her new role with “grace and humility”.

  • byRachel Clun andAnne Hyland
Play it again,Sam:A second woman goes to Yarralumla

Play it again,Sam:A second woman goes to Yarralumla

Businesswoman and women’s advocate Samantha Mostyn’s appointment as governor-general shows how our nation is maturing.

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Sam Mostyn to be Australia’s new governor-general

Sam Mostyn to be Australia’s new governor-general

The businesswoman and lawyer was the first female AFL commissioner and was previously the president of Chief Executive Women.

  • byPaul Sakkal andAnne Hyland
Childcare will be as transformative as Medicare,says business leader
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Childcare will be as transformative as Medicare,says business leader

A major report into childcare and early education is due later this year. Businesswoman Sam Mostyn says they are as important to the economy as public schooling and universal healthcare.

  • byShane Wright
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$128 billion – the cost of gender inequality in Australia

$128 billion – the cost of gender inequality in Australia

A report into economic equality commissioned by the federal government shows the country is $128 billion poorer from not including women properly.

  • byShane Wright
Albanese warned not to be ‘mean-spirited’ with help for single parents

Albanese warned not to be ‘mean-spirited’ with help for single parents

Former Labor adviser Anne Summers says the government must fully reverse a “bad decision” by the Gillard government.

  • byDavid Crowe andRachel Clun
Better women’s wages ‘a prize worth going for’

Better women’s wages ‘a prize worth going for’

Sam Mostyn,the new chair of the government’s Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce,says we cannot afford to not pay more to women in caring professions.

  • byRachel Clun
The solution to Australia’s jobs crunch could be already here

The solution to Australia’s jobs crunch could be already here

Australian businesses struggling to find workers could recruit from a pool of skilled women if the next government invests in better childcare and higher wages.

  • byRachel Clun
Budget offers Frydenberg a last chance to fix childcare before election
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Childcare

Budget offers Frydenberg a last chance to fix childcare before election

The March 29 budget will be fairly tight but childcare should be an exception.

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