Women are reaching that critical 30% threshold of representation in politics and media — which is terrifying for the likes of Alan Jones, writes ethicist, researcher, writer and commentator Leslie Cannold in the book Destroying the Joint: Why Women Have to Change the World.
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At the coalface: females increasingly hitting paydirt in the mines
The Australian Women in Resources Alliance aims to double the number of women working in the resources sector. But how will they do it? Freelance journalist Mandi Santic investigates.
READ MORELabour data: unemployment up, but trends confuse
Pause a moment before jumping on the doom and gloom bandwagon, unemployment is up and employment is down, but participation is steady.
READ MOREA new age for the Reserve – and budget-making, too
The Fed does it. Crikey has been pushing for it for years. And now the RBA has issued the minutes of its last Board meeting. We now get to see at least some of the deliberations behind its decision making – we now get much greater transparency – but that’s not all, writes Christian Kerr.
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