27 April, 2009
The news this week that the proportion of women on corporate boards and in the top management of Australia’s leading companies is actually shrinking has come as a shock to many.
Australia was once ranked second only to America in the number of top companies with a woman senior executive, and we now...
27 April, 2009
If there is any silver lining to be found in the unfortunate collapse of ABC Learning, it has to be the renewed media and community focus on both the nature and future of childcare in Australia.This is a debate we desperately need to have.Although conspicuous by her absence in dealing with the fallo...
27 April, 2009
“A peculiar thing about the Puddin' was that, though they had all had a great many slices off him, there was no sign of the place whence the slices had been cut. 'That's where the Magic comes in,' explained Bill. 'The more you eats the more you gets.” - Norman Lindsay’s “The Magic Pudding”
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27 April, 2009
“Our job as policymakers is to ensure young children have access to a calm, stimulating environment run by professionals.” – Maxine McKew, Opinion Piece in SMH 23 November 2008.
“At a time when so many parents lead stressed lives and when so many others pile on the expectations, how wonderful it is...