Australia’s largest companies are closing in on a board target of 40 per cent female representation, but the number of women in the driver’s seat has barely increased in six years. An analysis
No excuse for gender inequality, sexism on IWD 2021, say corporate leaders
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Women across corporate Australia are calling for an end to the ridiculous excuses they hear as to why they should not be promoted or paid the same as men.
To mark International Women s Day 2021, ABC News asked leading women many of whom have been struggling for gender equality since they entered the workforce in the 1980s to recount some of the most ridiculous reasons they have been given.
Rio chairman flags 2022 exit after Juukan Gorge âfailingsâ
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Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson has bowed to pressure over his handling of the Juukan Gorge scandal and will leave the company within the next year.
Mr Thompson will seek re-election at Rioâs annual meetings over the next two months, but said it would be his last year and he would spend the year focused on finding his replacement.
Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson will exit within a year.Â
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Mr Thompsonâs exit comes after he declared in August that he wanted former chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques and two other executives to continue in their roles after destruction of Indigenous heritage at Juukan Gorge.
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