Bar urged to shoulder cost of more women
“ATTORNEY-GENERAL Rob Hulls yesterday issued another challenge to Victoria’s barristers, saying they should contribute more money to help women join the bar.
He also accused the legal profession of holding outdated views that were hampering the promotion of female lawyers.”
Maternity scheme could cripple retailers
“An industry-funded maternity leave scheme would cripple small and medium retailers, the Productivity Commission heard yesterday.
The Australian Retailers Association said its members should not have to pay parental leave or be burdened by administrative costs of any compulsory scheme.”
Minimal maternity leave no incentive
“The introduction of a minimalist form of paid maternity leave is unlikely to boost the numbers of women returning to work after having children, the top family research body has found.”
Colleague accuses Australia PM of sexism
ulia Irwin, a lawmaker in Rudd’s Labor Party for a decade, pointed out that former party leader Mark Latham had not been required to seek counseling when he broke a Sydney taxi driver’s arm during a beer-fueled argument over a fare.
“We seem to allow some of our male politicians to be aggressive and pushy, but women are expected to be meek and mild,”
THE Federal Government is considering creating a new body to tackle the long-standing gender pay gap which results in women earning less than men doing comparable jobs
Norway’s big stick for getting women on boards
“In December 2003 the Norwegian Parliament amended the Public Limited Companies Act to give public limited companies five years to either ensure that women held 40 per cent of the seats of each listed company listed or risk closure. The requirement came into effect on January 1 this year, and the Government is considering extending the law to cover family-owned companies as well.”
Obviously not an Australian story but one that I thought was really interesting. Nice to see a government that isn’t bowing the pressure from big business.
Faulty contraception main reason for abortions
“TWO-THIRDS of all pregnant women seeking abortions in one Australian state are doing so because their contraception methods failed.”
Surprise, surprise women aren’t using abortions as a means of contraception.
Woolworths wooing women with maternity leave
“RETAIL giant Woolworths has become Australia’s largest employer to offer paid maternity leave, upping the pressure on the Rudd Government to develop a national scheme.”
MPs urged to give women choice on abortion
“A pro-choice group wants State Government MPs to support the most liberal of three options proposed by the Law Reform Commission to decriminalise abortion.”
Why Tania has every reason to be angry
“I have to say I’ve never thought much of Tania Zaetta. That’s not to say I don’t like her, I just never really knew who she was.”
Finally someone has something sensible to say about this latest “sex scandal”.
Down Under Women 