Keywords: Working Mothers
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AUSTRALIA
- Michael Mullins
- 27 July 2009
4 Comments
It's not uncommon for celebrities to get involved in charity work. Ian Thorpe's monumental speech to the Beyond Sport Summit in London articulating his resolve to tackle Indigenous disadvantage suggests he is far ahead of the pack.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrena Jamieson
- 05 June 2009
4 Comments
The policy of assimilation made an inhumane idea
more important than human beings. Redfern Pastor Bill Simon recovered from his own oppression under Government policies. It's
shameful that a miracle was required.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Sarah Nichols
- 20 February 2009
42 Comments
Donation agreements between USA adoption service providers and Vietnamese orphanages are private and
negotiable. Some orphanage directors admitted there was a strong
financial incentive to maximise the number of children available for
adoption.
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AUSTRALIA
- Sarah Kanowski
- 13 January 2009
1 Comment
Working mums were 'offended' and 'disgusted' by Mem Fox's childcare slam. Other critics berated 'selfish mothers' and a society sick with affluenza. There was one word missing word from all the brouhaha: 'fathers'. (September 2008)
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AUSTRALIA
- Sarah Kanowski
- 10 September 2008
15 Comments
Working mums were 'offended' and 'disgusted' by Mem Fox's childcare slam. Other critics berated 'selfish mothers' and a society sick with affluenza. There was one word missing word from all the brouhaha: 'fathers'.
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EUREKA STREET/ READER'S FEAST AWARD
Coming closer, one sees these are paintings of drowning people, headsor bodies suspended in metallic seawater. There are 353 images, mostly children and women, for it was mostly children and women who boarded the boat.
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AUSTRALIA
Parenting deserves more than a bonus, it deserves to be exulted and supported in its many and varied forms. With so many women in the workforce a paid maternity leave scheme is the linchpin upon which other 'family-friendly' policies depend.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Alexandra Coghlan
- 30 May 2008
1 Comment
A change of British statutes in 1815 gave mental illness a new public face that was unequivocally female. Mad, Bad and Sad is a new study that charts the role of madness as a barometer of the values, concerns and morals of its day.
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AUSTRALIA
- Gillian Bouras
- 28 April 2008
6 Comments
The proposed performance-related pay
structure for teachers, whereby short videos
will be made of teachers in the classroom, seems geared towards extroverts. Individuals with a more flamboyant style will likely be deemed the better
performers.
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AUSTRALIA
- Sara Niner
- 22 February 2008
4 Comments
Post-traumatic stress syndrome affects one third of the population of East Timor. Some survive as empathetic, generous and forgiving people. Others, such as late rebel leader Alfredo Reinado, do not.
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AUSTRALIA
The leaders' election promises of more child care and tax breaks for private school fees were simply icing on a non-existent cake. And while the baby bonus is undoubtedly a welcome addition to the family purse, it's just that — a bonus. A 'generous' package filled not only with promise but problems.
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank Quinlan
- 14 November 2007
For the unemployed, single parents and people with disabilities, mutual obligation is about pushing income support recipients into the labour market. It’s a combination of help and hassle — but with the emphasis increasingly on hassle.
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