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Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins. Source: AAP/David Moir When Kate Jenkins was growing up in the 70s on her family orchard in outer Melbourne with two brothers, she vividly remembers watching a news report about Deborah Lawrie (known as Deborah Wardley while married), becoming Australia’s first female pilot to fly with a major airline after winning a landmark sex discrimination case again Ansett Airlines. “I have a very strong memory of seeing Deborah on the front page of the newspaper when she went to the High Court after being denied a role as a pilot purely on the basis of ...

Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins. Source: AAP/David Moir Sex discrimination commissioner Kate Jenkins will lead an independent probe into the way Parliament House treats and responds to allegations of sexual harassment and assault, finance minister Simon Birmingham announced on Friday. At a press conference Birmingham said the commissioner would consider how to change the culture and practices within parliamentary workplaces, as well as how to ensure the Commonwealth has “the best possible environment for prevention and response” to instances of sexual harassment, sexual assau...

Amid Alex Salmond inquiry furore, we should remember Charles Kennedy, a good man, cruelly treated, and listen to his like again – Kirsty Strickland BBC Alba’s profoundly affecting documentary on the life of Charles Kennedy ended with a reference to early Latin texts about debate and rhetoric which assert that the ultimate aim of any orator is simply to be a good man, speaking. Sunday, 28th February 2021, 7:00 am Charles Kennedy, pictured when he launched his campaign to become Liberal Democrat party leader, was an extraordinarily talented, but flawed, human being, says Kirsty Strickland ...

Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes. Source: AAP/David Moir. The corporate reporting season is turning up more disclosures about JobKeeper claims, with public companies such as Nick Scali, Coca-Cola Amatil and Iluka responding to pressure and announcing they will pay back public money they did not need to claim in the first place. However, there’s another category of company which deserves further scrutiny: the profitable firm that pocketed big dollops of JobKeeper in the December half-year and refused to hand any back. Step forward billionaire Kerry Stokes and Seven West Media. Yester...

Seven West's prospects have improved, slightly, but there won't be any dividends for shareholders until 2023 at the earliest.