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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/wage-justice-for-the-people-holding-up-the-community/ The federal Labor government announced on Wednesday of last week that it would “meet it’s responsibilities” to fund equal pay for community workers. This announcement represents one more step toward wage justice for people working in the sector, whose equal remuneration case has been running for over a year. It came after intensive lobbying efforts by those same workers and union members, who were emailing, calling and dancing for equal pay in the weeks leading up to this most recent commitment. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/wage-justice-for-the-people-holding-up-the-community/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/wage-justice-for-the-people-holding-up-the-community/#item6260 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Does Australia need a Quota Law? Most would say ‘no’ – just as they did in Norway when it was introduced. Now that at least 40 percent of board seats on Norwegian Public Listed Companies are held by women, the Quota Law is widely accepted across Norway as a reform ‘they had to have’. But has it produced a result down the food chain? A recent study has said ‘not at this stage’, questioning if quotas are required at management and executive levels or if the marketplace and gender conscious Norwegian society will address this imbalance. The Quota Law requiring companies to appoint 40 percent of the under-represented gender to their boards was announced by the Norwegian Minister for Trade and Industry in a conservative government, in 2002 and approved by Parliament in 2003. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-a-quota-for-boards-reform-we-have-to-have/ Does Australia need a Quota Law? Most would say ‘no’ – just as they did in Norway when it was introduced. Now that at least 40 percent of board seats on Norwegian Public Listed Companies are held by women, the Quota Law is widely accepted across Norway as a reform ‘they had to have’. But has it produced a result down the food chain? A recent study has said ‘not at this stage’, questioning if quotas are required at management and executive levels or if the marketplace and gender conscious Norwegian society will address this imbalance. The Quota Law requiring companies to appoint 40 percent of the under-represented gender to their boards was announced by the Norwegian Minister for Trade and Industry in a conservative government, in 2002 and approved by Parliament in 2003. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-a-quota-for-boards-reform-we-have-to-have/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-a-quota-for-boards-reform-we-have-to-have/#item4642 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Does Australia need a Quota Law? Most would say ‘no’ – just as they did in Norway when it was introduced. Now that at least 40 percent of board seats on Norwegian Public Listed Companies are held by women, the Quota Law is widely accepted across Norway as a reform ‘they had to have’. But has it produced a result down the food chain? A recent study has said ‘not at this stage’, questioning if quotas are required at management and executive levels or if the marketplace and gender conscious Norwegian society will address this imbalance. The Quota Law requiring companies to appoint 40 percent of the under-represented gender to their boards was announced by the Norwegian Minister for Trade and Industry in a conservative government, in 2002 and approved by Parliament in 2003. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/response-to-josephine/ Masculinity is in crisis again, apparently. In a polemic against the contemporary women’s movement, Josephine Asher cries out for men trapped under the weight of feminism and sympathises with our “instinctive hunger for power and purpose”. Embracing the biological determinism that scientific inquiry dismissed long ago, Asher returns to the false assumption that clearly defined roles for men and women exist independently of culture. Why fight our physiology? What good is equality if men are miserable? It must be the case, Asher suggests, that we are going against nature. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/response-to-josephine/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/response-to-josephine/#item4622 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Does Australia need a Quota Law? Most would say ‘no’ – just as they did in Norway when it was introduced. Now that at least 40 percent of board seats on Norwegian Public Listed Companies are held by women, the Quota Law is widely accepted across Norway as a reform ‘they had to have’. But has it produced a result down the food chain? A recent study has said ‘not at this stage’, questioning if quotas are required at management and executive levels or if the marketplace and gender conscious Norwegian society will address this imbalance. The Quota Law requiring companies to appoint 40 percent of the under-represented gender to their boards was announced by the Norwegian Minister for Trade and Industry in a conservative government, in 2002 and approved by Parliament in 2003. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/confessions-of-a-young-anti-feminist/ Is the pursuit for gender equality sucking life out of relationships? Instead of harnessing the different qualities of men and women to energise us, we are striving to make men and women equal. More women are joining the battle for the CEO’s chair and pursuing dominance in their homes and communities. But in the process they’re becoming more like men. And men are becoming… well, less like men. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/confessions-of-a-young-anti-feminist/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/confessions-of-a-young-anti-feminist/#item4578 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Does Australia need a Quota Law? Most would say ‘no’ – just as they did in Norway when it was introduced. Now that at least 40 percent of board seats on Norwegian Public Listed Companies are held by women, the Quota Law is widely accepted across Norway as a reform ‘they had to have’. But has it produced a result down the food chain? A recent study has said ‘not at this stage’, questioning if quotas are required at management and executive levels or if the marketplace and gender conscious Norwegian society will address this imbalance. The Quota Law requiring companies to appoint 40 percent of the under-represented gender to their boards was announced by the Norwegian Minister for Trade and Industry in a conservative government, in 2002 and approved by Parliament in 2003. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/were-not-turning-into-each-other-were-just-chilling-out/ If dedicating yourself to a job and having a complete lack of elegance is manly, well then - call me Bruce. Josephine Asher has plenty of support for her argument that men are becoming less manly and women less womanly. Gender is getting bendier. But is that a bad thing? Once upon a time men and women had much more well-defined roles. Man works. Woman does housey-type stuff. Now such simplicity is only seen in detergent commercials. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/were-not-turning-into-each-other-were-just-chilling-out/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/were-not-turning-into-each-other-were-just-chilling-out/#item4577 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Does Australia need a Quota Law? Most would say ‘no’ – just as they did in Norway when it was introduced. Now that at least 40 percent of board seats on Norwegian Public Listed Companies are held by women, the Quota Law is widely accepted across Norway as a reform ‘they had to have’. But has it produced a result down the food chain? A recent study has said ‘not at this stage’, questioning if quotas are required at management and executive levels or if the marketplace and gender conscious Norwegian society will address this imbalance. The Quota Law requiring companies to appoint 40 percent of the under-represented gender to their boards was announced by the Norwegian Minister for Trade and Industry in a conservative government, in 2002 and approved by Parliament in 2003. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/claims-weve-gone-soft-on-equal-pay-are-rubbish/ It costs nearly $1 million dollars more to be born a woman in this country. While the average 25 year old male will earn $2.4 million over the next 40 years, the average 25 year old woman will earn only $1.5 million. Of course there are a number of reasons for this gender pay gap. Women are more likely to work part time, take more time out of the workforce to undertake unpaid caring responsibilities and continue to bear a disproportionate share of the responsibility for unpaid household work. Traditionally feminised jobs in the caring and community sectors have been historically undervalued and consequently, underpaid. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/claims-weve-gone-soft-on-equal-pay-are-rubbish/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/claims-weve-gone-soft-on-equal-pay-are-rubbish/#item4550 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Does Australia need a Quota Law? Most would say ‘no’ – just as they did in Norway when it was introduced. Now that at least 40 percent of board seats on Norwegian Public Listed Companies are held by women, the Quota Law is widely accepted across Norway as a reform ‘they had to have’. But has it produced a result down the food chain? A recent study has said ‘not at this stage’, questioning if quotas are required at management and executive levels or if the marketplace and gender conscious Norwegian society will address this imbalance. The Quota Law requiring companies to appoint 40 percent of the under-represented gender to their boards was announced by the Norwegian Minister for Trade and Industry in a conservative government, in 2002 and approved by Parliament in 2003. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/to-get-on-the-forbes-power-list-skip-kids-or-marry-rich/ What’s it really take to make the Forbes list of the world’s 100 most powerful women? All work and no play? Tonnes of money to pay for a nanny if you dare to want a hugely successful career and children? The Forbes list of powerful women has been running for six years but it has a long way to go before it serves as inspiration for young women looking to go to the very top and have a life – especially one that includes having children. Yes, Gail Kelly - Westpac CEO and mother of four – is ranked at number eight but scroll down the full “top 25” list and you’ll find that more than half of the power women are over 40 years of age and childless. Oprah is there ranked number three, German Chancellor Angela Merkel too ranked at number four, Ellen DeGeneres is number ten, US Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor is number 19 and the list goes on. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/to-get-on-the-forbes-power-list-skip-kids-or-marry-rich/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/to-get-on-the-forbes-power-list-skip-kids-or-marry-rich/#item4200 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Does Australia need a Quota Law? Most would say ‘no’ – just as they did in Norway when it was introduced. Now that at least 40 percent of board seats on Norwegian Public Listed Companies are held by women, the Quota Law is widely accepted across Norway as a reform ‘they had to have’. But has it produced a result down the food chain? A recent study has said ‘not at this stage’, questioning if quotas are required at management and executive levels or if the marketplace and gender conscious Norwegian society will address this imbalance. The Quota Law requiring companies to appoint 40 percent of the under-represented gender to their boards was announced by the Norwegian Minister for Trade and Industry in a conservative government, in 2002 and approved by Parliament in 2003. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/jenny-macklin-paid-parental-leave/ On Tuesday this week, 25,000 Australians delivered a clear message straight to the people who represent them in the nation’s Parliament. Signing a national petition, nurses, teachers, hospitality and construction workers, uni students, school kids, their mums and dads, their grandparents demanded that their elected representatives stand up and vote for the Rudd Government’s national paid parental leave scheme. After waiting decades, working families are set to be the big winners when the Government delivers Australia’s first paid parental leave scheme and Australia finally catches up with the rest of the developed world on this vital reform. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/jenny-macklin-paid-parental-leave/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/jenny-macklin-paid-parental-leave/#item3333 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Does Australia need a Quota Law? Most would say ‘no’ – just as they did in Norway when it was introduced. Now that at least 40 percent of board seats on Norwegian Public Listed Companies are held by women, the Quota Law is widely accepted across Norway as a reform ‘they had to have’. But has it produced a result down the food chain? A recent study has said ‘not at this stage’, questioning if quotas are required at management and executive levels or if the marketplace and gender conscious Norwegian society will address this imbalance. The Quota Law requiring companies to appoint 40 percent of the under-represented gender to their boards was announced by the Norwegian Minister for Trade and Industry in a conservative government, in 2002 and approved by Parliament in 2003. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/this-disgusting-sexist-double-standard-must-cease/ Good on you Adrian Piccoli for finally having the guts to say what so many wouldn’t. For too long men in politics have been judged more on their hair cuts and the choice of their ties than on their ability to do their jobs. Poor Tony Abbott, with just a smattering of lycra to protect him, has had to suffer sexualised appraisals from the commentariat. Lindsay Tanner has had to carry on those broad shoulders the burden of being known as “thinking woman’s crumpet.” And as if doing a tax review wasn’t enough to deal with, Treasury Boss Ken Henry practically has groupies. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/this-disgusting-sexist-double-standard-must-cease/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/this-disgusting-sexist-double-standard-must-cease/#item3129 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Does Australia need a Quota Law? Most would say ‘no’ – just as they did in Norway when it was introduced. Now that at least 40 percent of board seats on Norwegian Public Listed Companies are held by women, the Quota Law is widely accepted across Norway as a reform ‘they had to have’. But has it produced a result down the food chain? A recent study has said ‘not at this stage’, questioning if quotas are required at management and executive levels or if the marketplace and gender conscious Norwegian society will address this imbalance. The Quota Law requiring companies to appoint 40 percent of the under-represented gender to their boards was announced by the Norwegian Minister for Trade and Industry in a conservative government, in 2002 and approved by Parliament in 2003. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/imagine-not-being-able-to-visit-the-places-you-wanted-to-see/ The American architect, Philip Johnson, once said “all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.” A trip to the State Library in Melbourne bears testament to that. The glorious reading room, which at the time of its construction boasted one of the largest domes in Christendom, manages to exalt the entranced tourist while cuddle the engrossed researcher all at once. Yet it is hard to feel cuddled by a building if you cannot get into it. And for millions of Australians with a disability the state of our public built environment prevents them entering or using the bathroom let alone feel stimulated or exalted by the wonder of the architecture. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tory Shepherd) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/imagine-not-being-able-to-visit-the-places-you-wanted-to-see/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/imagine-not-being-able-to-visit-the-places-you-wanted-to-see/#item2655 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:45:28 +0000 Does Australia need a Quota Law? Most would say ‘no’ – just as they did in Norway when it was introduced. Now that at least 40 percent of board seats on Norwegian Public Listed Companies are held by women, the Quota Law is widely accepted across Norway as a reform ‘they had to have’. But has it produced a result down the food chain? A recent study has said ‘not at this stage’, questioning if quotas are required at management and executive levels or if the marketplace and gender conscious Norwegian society will address this imbalance. The Quota Law requiring companies to appoint 40 percent of the under-represented gender to their boards was announced by the Norwegian Minister for Trade and Industry in a conservative government, in 2002 and approved by Parliament in 2003.