Viewing entries posted in 2010
Apply now for 2011 paid leave
Can you believe it! After all this time, you can now apply for paid parental leave if you are having a baby (birth or adoption) after 1 January 2011. A comprehensive publicity campaign advertising the details will be starting soon.
Brigadier McDade
Firstly, Brigadier McDade has 25 years’ experience as a military lawyer and has worked as a barrister, deputy coroner and civilian prosecutor. Let’s state that at the beginning, let’s not bury it at the bottom of the column.
Sticky floor syndrome
It's that time of year again – you know, the time that the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency to tell us, once again, how poorly women are doing in leadership roles in Australia. Some call it the glass ceiling, but I prefer to call it the sticky floor syndrome.
Random promotions work best
Given the low representation of women in senior management position, I was always a bit suspicious about so-called merit based selections, but there is now proof they don't work. The 2010 Ig Noble prizes awarded their management prize to researchers who have shown that promoting people at random improves the efficiency of organisations!
Welcome to the Lodge, Julia!
Julia Gillard has won the day and with the support of two of the independents, will form a Labor government. We are going to have Australia's first female in the Lodge, our first atheist, and the first person to be our Prime Minister who has never been married. Blimey!
Turning tables
What a time we are having in Australia. Everywhere you look, tables are turning, tides are changing and shoes are flying from foot to foot. Not only do we have daily political power shifts as the Labor and Liberal parties try to square off the independents to give them government – “Give it to me!” “No, no, give it to me!” – it now looks as if the CEO of David Jones may face eight more claims of sexual harassment.
Who sank the boat?
Who are the ALP and Liberal parties talking to? I want to know more about the hardhearted self-satisfied people who want to sink the hopes of people who have been through hell – are they truly my fellow compatriots?
The Big Move
There is nothing quite like an interstate move to remind you that nationally, Australia still has a long way to go. These are some of the things I encountered over the past few months in my Big Move from a rural community outside Canberra to another semi-rural community a short distance from Melbourne. Perhaps there are some policy lessons here for a government that is interested in moving forward?
Women worries
While Jenni is moving house, I get to say a few words - and I am just wondering about whether it’s having a feminist perspective which makes me think that Julia Gillard is having subtle ‘woman based’ smears thrown at her?
Thank you Prime Minister
What a day it has been for Australia. Prime Minister Rudd, in the most graceful way possible, has stepped aside to allow our first woman Prime Minister to take charge.
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