Category Archives: Women

Does it matter that a VFL coach is a mother?

This week the Herald Sun posted an article on it’s website with a heading along the lines of ‘Mum wins VFL coaching role’. The article is now online with a more appropriate heading of ‘Peta Searle lands assistant coaching role at Port Melbourne.’ The article begins like this – the emphasis in bold is mine; Continue reading


An end to MTR Radio?

This week some Melbourne residents have been up in arms with the prospect of losing their beloved MTR radio station. If you are one of these people, let’s look at whose opinion it is that you’ll be missing on a weekday: Continue reading


Geraldine Brooks

Last week Geraldine Brook’s new novel Caleb’s Crossing made it to number 1 on the Independent books top 10 list.* It was released on May 3.

It’s fantastic that an Australian female author, who writes historical fiction has made it to number 1 in such a short amount of time, and plays into the recent debate about literary awards, chick lit (or perceived chick lit) and the ongoing saga of historical fiction not selling well. Continue reading


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