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Top Girls in Australia - who are doing it for the sisterhood

Wow - is this a good thing or bad? I understand women only cab service - for safety - but I feel this is a bit to far

Women & Leadership Australia is a national initiative dedicated to supporting a higher representation of female leadership throughout the Australian workforce and the broader community. Encompassing all aspects of leadership capability, career progression and work/life balance, WLA programs have become a highly regarded example of workplace excellence and achievement. WLA regularly connects with thousands of individual Australian women, providing ongoing support and advice at every stage of their leadership journey.

In Australia, women's wages are set to rise dramatically with a landmark pay equity decision today. The national industrial relations tribunal, Fair Work Australia, has found that women in the health and community services industries suffer inequality in their pay rates and that this is at least partly based on gender discrimination.

Australian business needed to do more to promote women into senior corporate roles, Macquarie Group director Diane Grady said yesterday. While more than 50 per cent of university graduates in Australia were women, she said women made up only 10 per cent of senior executive roles

The successful Australian woman is passionate, driven, focused, determined and resilient - but she has had to make a number of sacrifices in the name of success, and while regret might be too strong a word, she is fully aware of these sacrifices and is striving to ameliorate them. These are the findings revealed in 'Long Way to the Top' a White Paper authored by Melbourne financial planner, Charmaine Curtain from Global Partnerships Financial Consulting.

Relevant question on LinkedIn - Might be worth tapping into for next years event

"Hekia Parata"

Going to tweet this and follow the people here k