A Kalgoorlie pub advertising barmaids known as "skimpies". Photo: AAP/Rebecca Le May

Business

Macho culture worsens mining industry's labour shortage

When the song “Eagle Rock” played at a bar in an outback Australian mining town of Kalgoorlie late one night, a dozen young men scattered around a pool table dropped their trousers and heartily sang along in their underwear.

News

PM rejects gender quota for Liberals

Scott Morrison has ruled out introducing gender quotas to boost the number of Liberal women in federal parliament, as one of his senators backs away from a threat to name alleged party bullies.

News

Push to get more women elected to SA's local councils

Journalist and advocate Tracey Spicer AM will launch a masterclass to help women campaign in the upcoming South Australian council elections, in an effort to address the gender imbalance in the sector.

News

#MeToo takes "two steps forward, one step back"

Despite the rise of movements including #MeToo and #TimesUp, social commentator Jane Caro warns women still have a long way to go to fight the “great, heavy, oily, sticky, obnoxious, toxic beast” of misogyny.

Opinion

Why is the gender imbalance so hard to budge?

Talking about equity hasn’t fixed the gender imbalance in our parliaments and boardrooms – now we need “pointy” targets, writes South Australia’s Equal Opportunity Commissioner Niki Vincent.