The Women's Agenda Podcast
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The Women's Agenda Podcast
We chat through the key stories shaping Women's Agenda. From the leaders doing the right (and wrong things), to the policymakers shaping the future for women, and the breakthrough moments making a difference and more. This is business, leadership, politics, health and climate from a woman's perspect...
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Bring back 'masculine energy'! And is Pauline Hanson closing the gender pay gap?
Pauline Hanson gets Barnaby Joyce into the party, as well as a substantial pay rise as leader. Is that actually... a win?
Also, the US co-found...
How everyday products and services are weaponised by perpetrators
Tech-facilitated abuse continues to grow as a dangerous part of gender based violence. This includes everyday financial products and services being we...
An MP’s attention-seeking stunt for ‘women’s rights’ and a billionaire’s wild rant
Wrapping up another week on Women's Agenda, we explore the parliamentary stunt from a certain politician claiming she was supporting women’s rights. P...
May I meet you? Asks a billionaire + Glass cliff cracks
We wrap up the top stories of the week! Including the latest big party appointments and firsts for women, the cracking glass cliffs and why a billiona...
How an International Court judge thinks about hope
We're honoured to share this interview with the recipient of former judge of the International Court and the recipient of the 2025 Sydney Peace Prize,...
Wave of firsts, and the country where mothers will soon pay zero income tax
Our most-talked-about stories of the week! We look at the firsts achieved by women this week, following the first major electoral test since Trump was...
An iconic organisation of heroes facing allegations of a toxic culture
In late October, we learned disturbing allegations about an iconic service long associated with heroics and saving lives in dramatic circumstances acr...
The best-earning time to be a woman, AFP crackdown, men in parliament
All about the big stories this week! We discuss the best and worst ages for the gender pay gap, plus how the "usual suspects" have entered the convers...
WFH win for mother set to change the game, women missing from world negotiations
The week's done! And this is the weekly wrap chat. We talk about the Royals' PR machine, the missing women in world negotiations and the mother who to...
Working while caring in the era of longevity
We are in a care crisis, thanks to various forces compounding together, including the fact that Australians are now living longer.
But the prob...
Japan's 'Iron Lady', RFK's latest attack on mothers and Gisele Pelicot's courage
We discuss the top stories from the week! Including our best wins and the stories that got people talking.
This week, more courage from Gisele...
A former independent MP takes on one of Australia's biggest challenges
Former independent MP for North Sydney, Kylea Tink, joins the chat to discuss leadership, the art of listening, and why she's tackling one of Australi...
Young women more interested in gendered roles? Creepy women-based AI avatars, and Jane Goodall's lessons for all of us
In the Weekly Wrap Chat, we share the best wins, including some innovative new housing services for women.
Plus, we ask why young women are more...
Are you quietly cracking at work? You're not alone!
Three quarters of 2025 is officially done, which means we are well on the way to 2026!
And you might be exhausted, with new research showing th...
You need to know about Andrew Hastie and his 1960s Australia aspirations
He's got social media talking, and the mainstream press talking. His name is Andrew Hastie, a Liberal MP with big ambitions for himself and for Austra...
Harmful lies and rhetoric hurt mothers, sexist mortgage bokers, girls changing behaviours
We discuss the biggest stories of the week that got people talking, including girls changing behaviour to avoid transport, how Trump's latest dangerou...
How to hold the weight of knowing
How do you manage your wellbeing, while staying across what's happening in the world?
Today's Deep Dive sees us sharing Antoinette Lattouff's r...
One state's plan to end domestic and family violence
In just one week in South Australia in 2023, four women were killed by a current or former partner.
In response, the state established a Royal...
Trump's latest, baseless claims and Australian women
Pregnant women and parents all over Australia and globally may be feeling concern and even guilt following US President Donald Trump's claims today th...
Why vigilance is always necessary.
For six decades, Wendy McCarthy AC has been fighting to get women's voices heard and to create a more gender equal society.
As an activist, she'...
Breastfeeding ridiculousness, violent rhetoric for women who speak out
Welcome to the wrap of the week that just was, our take on some of the biggest stories that got people talking.
We discuss the wins: including h...
How a city turned grief into action on violence against women
Three women were murdered within just a few months in Ballarat, Victoria, shocking the community and the country.
The grief and anger shared ov...
How women lead through life transitions
Michelle Battersby once scaled Bumble across Asia Pacific, and has more recently sold a business. Now, she's on a mission to scale a new platform for...
The climate reality check meets hope
The global wins on gender equality face backlash, and Australia gets a risk assessment reality check on climate change.
So where's the hope? Mee...
Why 25yo Grace Brown is the next household name in business
Grace Brown joins the podcast, marking the first episode of our new format: Women's Agenda Today!
Grace just closed a $23 million raise for her...
More women at the Cabinet Table. Will it change things for women?
The Albanese Government’s Cabinet is now 55% female, and gender balanced across the outer ministry.
So what kind of difference can this make to...
Lessons in connection for strongmen, and marathons over racism
Latest wrap of the week! We discuss the big conversation-starting stories, including how social connection is key to longevity and wellbeing (great fo...
Transparency and intentionally investing in women
What could we solve by intentionally investing in women?
And why is the business case for such investments so strong, and yet still so overlook...
What's with the emotional men in parliament
We wrap up the week! Including the highs and lows and the latest from emotional men in parliament (including Bob Katter's "punch men in the mouth" out...
How opportunities change the VC game for founders
Women are not short of ideas, ambition and skills. So how can we leverage this fact to narrow the massive gap in VC funding, where just 2% of private...
What the Government's health investment means for women
This week, Labor MP Rebecca White joins the podcast, fresh from being appointed Assistant Minister for Health & Aged Care and winning the Tasmanian se...
Bootstrapping and rejecting the VC system
Bootstrapping your way to business success doesn't always get as much attention as a large capital raise. But it is an approach to building big busine...
How a DV disclosure scheme could save lives
Jo Cooper never backs down. Her career to date and the epic court battle she won a few years back prove it.
Now she's tackling bystander apathy...
The bold plan to make WFH a legal right
Could working from home be enshrined as a legal right in Victoria? Premier Jacina Allan believes it can and should be.
The premier joins the po...
Closing the investment gap? Start with VCs committing to the challenge
Just 15 per cent of private investment in Australia went to startup teams with at least one female founder in 2024.
Through this limited Women's...
What's behind the massive gender gap in startup investment?
Just 2% of private investment went to all-female founding teams in 2024, and just 15% to teams with at least one female founder.
So what can be...
New parliament. More women than ever. Will it make a difference?
This is the weekly wrap! We discuss the women's records in the new parliament, the most moving speeches of the week, and why the woman who took down P...
Of course the birthrate's down!
We take on three stories that got us talking: why the birthrate is declining in metropolitan cities, the UK's brilliant idea to lower the voting age,...
Blindfolded, interrogated, detained. Cheng Lei on freedom
Journalist Cheng Lei joins the podcast to discuss her memoir based on her time in prison in China: Cheng Lei: A Memoir of Freedom.
Cheng Lei is...
NDAs silence women. Can employers stop using them?
Confidentiality and NDAs are frequently used by employers to silence those who’ve been sexually harassed at work. But why should victim-survivors have...