The Women's Agenda Podcast

Latest wrap of the week! We discuss the big conversation-starting stories, including how social connection is key to longevity and wellbeing (great for the world's authoritarian strongmen, who were o…

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" outburst), the findings of the Linda Reynolds V Brit…

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 investment went to all female founding teams in A…

This week, Labor MP Rebecca White joins the podcast, fresh from being appointed Assistant Minister for Health & Aged Care and winning the Tasmanian seat of Lyons at the Federal election.

She speaks wi…

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 businesses that many women are pursuing and generating …

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 and pushing for more serious action on ending domestic a…

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 podcast for the first time to discuss the plan, unveiled j…

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 Agenda series, we're exploring solutions for actually c…

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 done about it? This is episode one of a special 6-part …

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 Peter Dutton at the election is one of the most re…

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, and how everyone's talking about the Epstein File…

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 a news anchor with Sky News, who previously worked in S…

Confidentiality and NDAs are frequently used by employers to silence those who’ve been sexually harassed at work. But why should victim-survivors have to stay quiet?

The Australian Human Rights Commi…

The stories that got people talking this week, including a new report claiming Australia (and the world) have improved on women's health and representation—giving us now only (only!) 123 years to wai…

One in three men have admitted to using violence in intimate relationships, according to new research this week. Not allegedly. Not accused. But these men are self-reporting the fact that they have u…

Human rights lawyer Prabha Nandagopal joins the podcast to discuss the latest news from the past week, including a scathing review into the toxic culture of one of Australia's best-known institutions…

Legendary Labor policymaker Jenny Macklin spent 11 years in Opposition before the six years she spent on the frontbench of the Rudd/Gillard Government.

She knows that the long setup is well and truly…

To mark National Family Violence Remembrance Day, we're sharing this powerful conversation with Farah Mak, actor, speaker, founder, mother and survivor.

Farah shares how she cultivates self worth and…

Deputy Speaker Sharon Claydon joins us to discuss the realities of political life, what’s changed for women in Parliament, and what hasn’t. She shares her views on representation and the challenges o…

Ronni Kahn's energy and passion brings a much needed voice to one of the most significant issues Australia faces: food insecurity, including the mental and physical tolls such insecurity places on wo…