The Women's Agenda Podcast

This week on the pod, former Liberal MP Julia Banks shares an interview highlighting her time in politics and what she says needs to change for women. We also share some much-needed highs for women: in sport and across the business world -- including KPMG's big announcement overhauling everything we know about paid parental leave and public holiday leave. And we look at new polling that shows fema...

There's a lot to discuss on this week's Women's Agenda Podcast! There's Barnaby Joyce, back as Deputy Prime Minister, only this time he's also joining the Women's Taskforce. Of course. More on Dame Sarah Gilbert, the co creator of the AstraZeneca vaccine and her Wimbledon standing ovation. Plus we also talk about the vaccine and how it went so wrong here in Australia, with less than five per cent...

Why are billionaire men headed for space? Why is parenting in football still such a taboo when star players want to be with their newborn babies? Why does it matter that women can't be members of one of the most powerful member clubs in Australia? And who actually gets to be 'smart' in this world? These are just some of the questions asked in this week's episode of The Women's Agenda Podcast, alon...

This ep, we discuss the Biloela family, swimmer Maddie Groves who called out the "misogynistic perverts', school uniforms, sleep and much more. We also feature an interview with Shirley Chowdhary, our new host of The Leadership Lessons, and discuss more on the leadership that's needed for the decade ahead, particularly the role that empathy will play. This is a quick take and overview of some of t...

We run through the biggest stories of the past week, and share an interview with journalist Michael Warner, who has just published The Boy's Club, shining a light on the inner workings of power at the AFL. We also share some key wins: a historic moment in WA's parliament, women saying no to the creeps on LinkedIn. And we explore how Naomi Osaka's stance on mental health could change things for peo...

Check out our quick run-through on some major issues covered on Women’s Agenda over the past week. There’s much to go through, again! We look at the chief engineer at Ford who is showing Scott Morrison how innovation and leadership is done. We ask about the men talking up the “drums of war”, and look at how Senator Penny Wong called it out in spectacular fashion. We touch on why and how four men a...

The team shares a quick overview of what we know so far about the so-called 'women's budget', just prior to the actual budget being delivered. We also look at Christine Holgate's big new CEO move -- and why it highlights exactly why you don't bully a woman. Plus more great wins for women in business. And Tarla Lambert asks why Amanda Stoker has been appointed Assistant Minister for Women. This is...

It's wins and fails this week! We discuss the latest Women's Agenda stories including how two men took on the 'problem' of removing pads and tampons by inventing a pink glove (and got investor backing). We also discuss the spectacular fail that was the cringeworthy consent video commissioned by the Morrison Government, featuring milkshakes and a 1960s backdrop, for some reason. And the massive win...

Yes, we are going there: deep into Married At First Site territory, to discuss the problems and dangers of chasing viewers around relationship drama. We also give an update on the latest from the Morrison Government: including it's first "Prime Minister for Women", as well as its first women's safety cabinet meeting. And we examine the Government's response (one year later!) to Kate Jenkins' Respe...

Women's Agenda discusses another week of stories -- the wins, as well as the absolute disasters, particularly for the Morrison Government. This episode also features a special interview with Cathy Ngo on racism in Australia, following a number of incidents she's experienced locally, as well as the massacre of eight people in the United States last week, including six Asian women. Her piece is here...

The #March4Justice happened in numbers too big to ignore. Yet ignore is what the Prime Minister tried to do, before then realizing he needed to at least say something . We discuss his disturbing take: that the protests are a "triumph" for democracy because similar marches occurring elsewhere are being "met with bullets". We look at the demands that were ignored . And then in NON-politics -- but st...

Women's Agenda Editor in Chief Tarla Lambert runs through the biggest stories of the week: and there's a LOT to discuss. The wins, the lows, the so-much-more-to-be-done, the mental health days we need, plus so much more. We cover a wide range of topics in this episode, hoping to keep you in the loop -- and we get it done in less than 25 minutes! We do discuss sexual assault and touch on mental hea...

What will it take to ensure the safety of ALL women, not just "someone's daughter?" Kristine Ziwica discusses some of the horrific rape allegations that have emerged from Parliament over the past week. Angela Priestley also touches on media diversity, in the wake of Facebook's news blackout. She shares what it means for Women's Agenda, and other media. Some of the stories discussed in this episode...

At 15, Naby Mariyam was at university. At 23, she arrived in Australia with a new baby. By her late twenties her career in academia had peaked. She’s now one of few women in Australia leading in the fin tech space and has navigated the still too male-dominated world of raising capital -- as the founder of Cover Hero. And she has a lot to say on careers, entrepreneurship, burnout and the future of...

How do you scratch the entrepreneurial itch, and why do barriers persist for women when it comes to building great businesses? Shivani Gopal runs two businesses, Angela Priestley runs one. They share a little more on their own journeys, including taking very different approaches to funding and getting established over a number of years. They also dive into why, in 2020, it's still the case that su...

Integrity is everything, especially in leadership. But it's not always there. That's one thing Cathy McGowan set out to change when she, fairly unexpectedly, became a trailblazing independent, wining the safe Liberal seat of Indi back in 2013 and going on to serve two terms. Cathy is all about humility, community and holding yourself to account. She shares a common sense approach to leadership tha...

It's 2020, things are moving quickly. Particularly when it comes to women's leadership locally and internationally. Fresh from Jacinda Ardern's historic election victory in New Zealand a few weeks back, Shivani Gopal and Angela Priestley run through a number of key developments in women's leadership from the past couple of weeks: in entrepreneurship, at the CEO level, on the High Court and more. T...

Sarah Davidson is just the person we need to hear from right now. She's the self described 'positivity panda' and 'funpreneur'. But she's keeping it real, dialling in from lockdown in Melbourne to talk about her new book, Seize the Yay. Sarah's got so much to share in this podcast: including the value of 'play' that many of us have forgotten how to do since childhood, how her definition of success...

The numbers tell the story: just ten of the 200 CEOs leading our top listed organisations are female. It's actually going backwards. Worse, the roles that typically lead to CEO positions are still also dominated by men. Are there not enough "meritorious" women in the country? Hardly. Does appointing women to more boards and executive positions aid company profitability? Yes! it makes a significant...

Is $240 million enough for 'women's economic security' in Australia? Ahh, hardly. No. But that's what was announced in Tuesday night's Federal Budget by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. No 'credible woman' is claiming that women have missed out in the big budget spending that presented a massive opportunity to shift the dial on everything. At least, that's according to the Government that created this b...

Layne Beachley is the greatest surfer of all time, with seven world titles including six won consecutively. But it’s been a fight to get to the top – leaving her with a mindset she needed to reset. And it’s been a fight in the water, given the pay inequity, the sexism and the intimidation that women in surfing have faced. In this podcast, Layne shares how she’s overcome fear and found a new approa...

Parental Burnout was a thing long before the Pandemic hit, but it's now one serious problem. Kristine Ziwica has just published an extensive investigation into the issue for Women's Agenda, examining how it's a distinct psychological phenomenon and why it's an issue we all need to be aware of and thinking about, long after life returns to some kind of normal. We also talk solutions, like lowering...

On Penny Locaso's agenda is hacking happiness, and the conversation couldn't be more timely. Penny has just penned a book on the issue that she is promoting from lockdown in Victoria. She calls herself the world's first 'happiness hacker' and is on a mission to teach millions of people how to 'future proof happiness.' Her methods are simple and accessible. Penny is always learning, and shares some...

Senator Mehreen Faruqi on how rebuilding can be a feminist and anti racist process. A few weeks ago spent some time on the phone with Senator Mehreen Faruqi. We cross a huge number of topics in this conversation including Senator Faruqi’s rise into the male-dominated world of engineering and politics. As well as how she worked with a team at the University of NSW to create a childcare centre...

Will 2020 mark the real shift needed to make flexible working the norm? Not necessarily. But things are changing. This episode features a conversation with employment lawyer Fay Calderone, who is a partner at Hall & Wilcox in Sydney. She's worked flexibly for over a decade and has long been a passionate advocate for enabling more employees to work how they need -- and ultimately then create more i...