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TODAY ALL I HAVE ARE QUESTIONS

Did Tony Abbott actually ever clarify what he meant by ‘calibre’ of women? Was it a value judgement? Does he want more women to try and further their careers into senior executive roles without sacrificing income? Is he worried that women who do make it into senior executive roles are giving up having a family? [...]

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DPCON13 AND BROKEN BONES

One week ago today Brenda Gaddi was giving her opening remarks for Digital Parents Conference 2013. One week ago today I was sitting there thinking ‘6 months work as Session Co-ordinator and we’re finally going to unleash it all over 2 days’. One week ago today I got the phone call about 3 minutes into [...]

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IS DAVID KOCH SELF-CENTRED OR COMMUNITY-CENTRIC?

  “It seems we’re becoming more and more self-centred rather than community-centric,” said David Koch in an article published on The Daily Telegraph website today. I’m not about to launch into the whole public breastfeeding debate, other than to say I support mothers being able to breastfeed in public.  Discretion, high traffic areas, covering up, [...]

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NOT ENOUGH TO SWAP ROLES FOR TWO WEEKS

Monday morning I’m flying out for NYC and Mr M will be working single dad for the next two weeks. He’s very hands on with the kids and even though we share the running of the household (as best we can) and we don’t put limitations on each other when it comes to work, things [...]

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MOTHER’S DAY – LOVE MY MUM, BUT I WON’T MISS HER

Last week I attended Joanne Fedler’s launch of her new book The Reunion; the follow up to her successful Secret Mother’s Business. The Reunion addresses mothers identities as their children grow into teenagers and aren’t as dependent as they once were. During her speech at the launch Joanne said that it’s not that only that [...]

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