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.
I’m growing increasingly intolerant of pervasive negativity,and this week’s reaction to Sam Mostyn becoming governor-general set me off again.
Those who have worked with Mostyn over her long career say she will handle her new role with “grace and humility”.
Businesswoman and women’s advocate Samantha Mostyn’s appointment as governor-general shows how our nation is maturing.
The businesswoman and lawyer was the first female AFL commissioner and was previously the president of Chief Executive Women.
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.
A report into economic equality commissioned by the federal government shows the country is $128 billion poorer from not including women properly.
Former Labor adviser Anne Summers says the government must fully reverse a “bad decision” by the Gillard government.
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.
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.
The March 29 budget will be fairly tight but childcare should be an exception.