Career & Business

In exploring pay, work/life balance and female entrepreneur journeys, we spark conversations about women’s financial independence and how readers can make informed decisions about their finances.

"I want to encourage Australian businesses to take a good hard look at how they support their employees more effectively through flexible maternity leave cover," writes Kelly Prior.
“If I buy it with cash, it’s basically free.” This kind of logic took centre stage in late 2023, when Girl Math went viral on TikTok.
Jess Colgan is the CEO of All Things Equal, striving to reshape workplace perceptions and create meaningful career pathways for people with disability.
"Every system can change when enough people demand it. While we do face real challenges—missing intersectional data, ethnic pay gaps, and financial insecurity for older women—there's genuine reason for hope," writes Ruhee Meghani.
Despite it being 2025, most women still face various forms of adversity in the workplace. The gender pay gap is one of those barriers.
As well-intended as most IWD events are, do they all truly consider intersectionality, and ensure that they reflect the diversity of women? 
We’re super proud of Australian author Diana Reid - who is set to release her third novel Signs of Damage published by Ultimo Press following the success of her first two novels Love & Virtue and Seeing Other People to the Australian market on March 4th, 2025. 
From Socrates to Wikipedia, the eternal quest for knowledge and understanding runs deep, and now, with breakthroughs in generative AI, a whole new range of companies are trying to figure out who can deliver the next wave of knowledge-y goods. 
"Whether it is setting up women to fail in the workplace or silencing their voices in the media, in 2025, we are far from treating women in a way that values them respectfully. This reality is amplified for women of colour," writes Tasneem Chopra OAM.

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