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.

July 24, 2024

Five things we learned talking to Australia’s first female astronaut

From playlists to movie nights and spacewalking, Katherine Bennell-Pegg shares some interesting facts about life in space.

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July 17, 2024

How to create a neurodiverse workplace

Today’s workplaces can be tricky and tiring for neurodiverse folks navigate. Missing Perspectives contributor Kate May argues that creating “neuroaffirming” workplaces is entirely possible.

Kate May

July 10, 2024

What it’s like being a human rights lawyer and founder as a woman of colour

"I've often found myself the only woman of colour in the room. For the longest time, I didn’t think much of it — until a few years ago when I started to question what that really meant," writes Prabha Nandagopal.

prabha nandagopal

July 10, 2024

Camille Goldstone-Henry on building the Canva of biodiversity

Xylo Systems is a first of its kind software tool for tracking biodiversity. Here, Xylo founder Camille drops some hard-won wisdom four years into her entrepreneurial journey.

Natasha Gillezeau

July 8, 2024

Rachel Reeves becomes the UK’s first chief financial minister – and it took 800 years for it to happen

Labour Party MP Rachel Reeves has become the UK's first ever female Chancellor of the Exchequer - despite the role existing for 800 years (yes, you read that right).

Phoebe Saintilan

June 28, 2024

I moved for the job, but stayed for the Canberra lifestyle

I tell people the same thing over and over about Canberra: I moved for the job, but really stayed for the lifestyle. Seriously - bear with me.

Phoebe Saintilan

June 28, 2024

Jessica Maguire on helping women to reset their nervous systems

In our latest Female Founders instalment, we spoke to Jessica Maguire about pivoting from life as a physiotherapist to building an online education platform that helps students beat burnout.

Natasha Gillezeau

June 27, 2024

With no First Nations women on a new domestic violence panel, advocates say the government has questions to answer

"The exclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women from this panel does little to ensure that our women can self-determine the ‘solutions’ needed for our recovery and our healing," says Antoinette Braybrook.

Madison Howarth

June 22, 2024

Nina Khoury on what she’s learned about business working at SKIMS

SKIMS, the shapewear brand co-founded by Kim Kardashian, Jens, and Emma Grede, has redefined Spanx for a new generation. In the latest installment of our female founders series, NY-based Nina sheds light on what it’s like to work inside one of the world’s fastest growing consumer brands.

Natasha Gillezeau

June 17, 2024

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Steering Global Trade Towards inclusive growth

ICYMI: An inspiring female voice presides over global trade.

Faseeha Hashmi

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