This Month
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Forrest-backed all-female fund wants to change a pale, male industry
Nicola Forrest will invest $100 million to seed the first all-female fund in Australia. But one of the star stock pickers says it’s a tough time for fundies.
- Updated
- James Thomson
All the ladies: Future Generation set to launch fund run by women
A group of high-profile female investment managers have thrown their support behind a fund that aims to advance gender equality and opportunity.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
November
- Opinion
- Opinion
Rio Tinto diversity backlash shows men are key to inclusive workplaces
Resistance to cultural changes shows advocates need to strengthen the “why” about gender equality and not talk into their own echo chamber.
- Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz
Why the backlash from men is threatening gender targets
Mining behemoth Rio Tinto is not the only company to discover pockets of male employees who resent the push for greater diversity.
- Sally Patten
Australia’s gender divide: Why young men and women are pulling apart
There is mounting evidence that more directionless young men are looking for validation that they have been badly done by.
- Emma Connors
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Did gender diversity and merit collide at Rio Tinto?
The challenge for companies is to find a way to promote pluralism while treating all employees equally and avoiding inflaming a politicised culture war.
- The AFR View
- Updated
- Workplace culture
Rio Tinto workers push back against its diversity efforts
Two years after a major review found the company had systemic bullying issues, employees of both sexes say they are uncomfortable about some changes.
- Updated
- Peter Ker
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Rio Tinto’s push to protect women is making both sexes angry
The attempt to address sexual harassment and bullying captures the collision of the push for increased diversity and another against so-called wokeness.
- James Thomson
Female bosses are paid $159k less than men
Female chief executives and heads of business are paid an average of $158,632 less than their male counterparts, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
- Euan Black
- Exclusive
- Workplace
Paid leave would help menopause super hit: ASFA
Absence of Australian data has led to a failure among employers and governments to understand the financial impacts on women, says a pension industry body.
- Michelle Bowes
Even exercise has a gender gap
Women have less time to work out than men – and their health pays the price. Here’s how to fix that.
- Danielle Friedman
Lack of anonymous reporting channels fuels harassment underreporting
Victims of work-related sexual harassment do not have the option of reporting incidents anonymously at more than three in 10 large companies, research shows.
- Euan Black
Cost of living trumped gender ‘tokenism’ for women voters
While Democratic candidate Kamala Harris won the female vote by 10 points in Tuesday’s election, this fell far short of the pink wave her party hoped for.
- Hannah Wootton
- Exclusive
- HECS
$16b uni student debt fix helps men more than women
Those paying tertiary fees will have to wait until at least 2027 for the overhaul, as analysis shows it will assist male graduates erase their liability sooner.
- Julie Hare
Secret messages as celebrities urge women to vote Harris
What started as a whisper campaign has become a controversial advert, amplified by Julia Roberts and Michelle Obama, and drawn furious backlash from the right.
- Emily Davies
Is female-only recruitment discriminatory? Even lawyers are divided
The debate over gender diversity targets was reignited this week when the Australian Financial Review revealed employers had told recruiters not to bother shortlisting men for senior jobs.
- Euan Black
Victorian Greens MP quits party after affair with staffer
Victorian Greens leader Ellen Sandell says Prahran MP Sam Hibbins has completely lost her trust and is “never welcome back” after admitting he had an affair with a female staffer.
- Gus McCubbing
‘Don’t shortlist men’, ASX companies tell recruiters
ASX-listed companies are privately instructing recruiters to shortlist only women for certain senior roles to help meet diversity and inclusion targets.
- Euan Black
October
Why ANZ’s Maile Carnegie told 200 bankers she was having a hot flush
Explaining tampons to men early in her career is just part of the reason the woman who could be ANZ’s next CEO is happy to get personal about menopause.
- Michelle Bowes
Big super’s executive gender pay gap revealed
Analysis by The Australian Financial Review also shows who the highest-paid superannuation bosses were last year.
- Hannah Wootton
