http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/kristy-mcsweeney/ Kristy McSweeney is a Sydney PR consultant. Prior to this she was a Qantas media executive, Howard Government press sec and a journalist. Kristy holds degrees in Politics, Communications and Dramatic Arts, and puts them to good use teaching University students that any illusions they may have of politics or PR being glamorous professions are false. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/i-am-woman-hear-me-roar-except-in-the-boardroom/ Yesterday the Australian Financial Review published a report on executive salaries in Australia. The paper provided us with pages and pages of analysis of the post-GFC public outcry over executive salaries, and into the industrial relations debate that has reared its head again since the Qantas fleet was grounded. But amongst all this analysis, the paper overlooked a glaringly obvious and disturbing issue. The AFR no doubt knows that IR reform, which goes hand-in-hand with the old CEO executive remuneration versus union bargaining for pay increases chestnut, is shaping up to be a key battleground in the next election campaign. However, the newspaper completely overlooked the issue of gender and executive salaries. The list of 287 companies and roughly 300 or so individuals that make up Australia’s highest paid CEOs and Executive Chairman comprises just eight women. The statistics here are almost as alarming as the fact that there was entirely no mention of this in the commentary. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Kristy McSweeney) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/i-am-woman-hear-me-roar-except-in-the-boardroom/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/i-am-woman-hear-me-roar-except-in-the-boardroom/#item7220 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:35:19 +0000 Kristy McSweeney | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-oprah-could-save-sydney-pride/ This week, we have seen two incredible women on television who have both made us feel proud to be Australian. One is Anna Bligh, with her outpouring of emotion, reminding Queenslanders and the rest of the nation that people from the sunshine state are “the people they breed tough, north of the border.”  The other is Oprah.Yes, Oprah. In Sydney, we are struggling to harness a sense of pride. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Kristy McSweeney) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-oprah-could-save-sydney-pride/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/how-oprah-could-save-sydney-pride/#item4946 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:00:55 +0000 Kristy McSweeney | Author bios | The Punch