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BroadTalkRosie Batty - ChangemakerIn the final episode for this series, we talk to the amazing Rosie Batty AO. Rosie became a household name in Australia for all the wrong reasons. After her beloved son, 11 year old Luke was brutally killed by his father at a cricket game in 2014, Rosie faced the media and in a spell binding delivery sent the nation a message we needed to hear: “Family violence happens to everyone. No matter how nice your house, how intelligent you are. It can happen to anyone and everyone.”Thrown into the spotlight, Rosie tirelessly dedicated herself to raising awar...2022-08-111h 01BroadTalkAnne Summers - ChangemakerDr Anne Summers AO is a journalist, writer and lifelong women’s rights activist. To many she is the ‘godmother of Australian feminism’ and founder of the nation’s first refuge for women, Elsie. Anne shot to fame back in 1975 with her first book – now a treasured Australian classic - Damned Whores and God’s Police, which tore open the deeply entrenched ideology of sexism in Australia. There have been many books since, including; The End of Equality (2003), The Misogyny Factor (2012), The Lost Mother (2009), Ducks on the Pond (1999), and her outstanding Autobiography Unfettered and Alive’(2018), which charts a fascin...2022-08-0545 minBroadTalkNatasha Stott Despoja - ChangemakerNatasha Stott Despoja AO is a feminist trailblazer at every turn! Her tireless leadership spans decades: from the brutal politics of being Australia’s youngest woman to enter Federal Parliament at the age of 26, to her 13 years as a South Australian Senator and role as youngest Leader of the Australian Democrats. That alone was unprecedented. But this unstoppable changemaker then built a stellar career post-politics that propelled her on to the global stage as a warrior for women’s rights and gender equality. Natasha’s impressive diplomacy as Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls (2013-2016), and posit...2022-07-2844 minBroadTalkSally McManus - ChangemakerSally McManus is Secretary of the powerful Australian Council of Trade Unions, and a committed ‘movement builder’. She’s also something of an enigma. Not only because she is the first woman to head the ACTU, or because this diminutive, former pizza delivery driver and cleaner (with a degree in philosophy!) has a passion for bird watching and is a Black belt in Kung-fu, but because Sally really doesn’t care a jot what people think of her. In her first week as ACTU Secretary she was branded ‘a lunatic’ by a Cabinet Minister and sideswiped as too ‘conflict’ driven by big bu...2022-07-2141 minBroadTalkBronwyn King - ChangemakerDr Bronwyn King AO is a force of nature. A radiation oncologist in the lung cancer unit at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, turned anti-tobacco advocate, whose singular presence and powerful way with words has diverted $16 Trillion dollars of investment funds away from tobacco companies. It all started with a chance remark over a coffee, and since then Bronwyn has trotted the globe holding over 2,000 coffee meetings to convince leading financiers and big business to back off tobacco investments. Her methodology is unorthodox and her approach highly intuitive. It has to be. When she se...2022-07-1441 minBroadTalkMary Crooks - ChangemakerMary Crooks AO is a feminist advocate and changemaker who exemplifies what some might call ‘old school’ feminism. She is a champion of grassroots democracy and collective power building. As Executive director of the Victorian Women’s Trust since 1996, Mary is perhaps best described as the founding mother of the ‘Kitchen Table Conversations’, a model of community-based collaboration and solution shaping that she developed two decades ago. Hugely successful, the model has been used broadly across community and government projects, and most recently to build powerful, well informed support bases for independent political candidates. In 1998 she developed the Purple Sage Proje...2022-07-0744 minBroadTalkSenator Mehreen Faruqi - ChangemakerMehreen Faruqi has more identity titles than most! She’s a Muslim, a migrant, a mother, a feminist, an engineer, an academic and a Greens Senator. She also has a number of ‘firsts’ to her name. Most notably, the first Muslim woman to sit in an Australian parliament (NSW 2013) and later the first Muslim elected to the Australian Senate (2018). She is a passionate advocate for the environment, climate justice and women’s rights, and a staunch anti-racism campaigner. In fact, there is little about contemporary Australia that Mehreen doesn’t have a stake in, and a view about. Her book Too M...2022-06-3043 minBroadTalkChanel Contos - ChangemakerIn the first of our new BroadTalk series on Australian Women Changemakers, Virginia talks to Chanel Contos, whose pioneering work started a movement around holistic consent and sexuality education.In 2021, aged just 22, Chanel Contos, kicked off a nationwide media storm when she exposed the alarming level of sexual assault and an undeniable prevalence of rape culture in elite private schools across Sydney, New South Wales. It all began with a simple question on social media: “have you or anyone close to you ever experienced sexual assault from someone who went to an all-boys school?”. Within hours thou...2022-06-2445 minBroadTalkChris Wallace, Annie O'Rourke & Catherine FoxProfessor Chris Wallace calls it a ‘genderquake’, a moment in time in which the “tectonic plates of Australian politics shifted.” In this final episode of our BroadTalk Election22 series we rip into what happened to turn the Australian federal election into a watershed moment for women and why!How did a massive swathe of previously unknown, politically inexperienced, women snatch key conservative Liberal seats off the government, leaving a cabal of dumbfounded male politicians, including the former Australian Treasurer, in their wake! What’s more, why did the men in charge not see this coming, when the rest o...2022-05-2741 minBroadTalkJess Hill, Carol Schwartz, and Nikki GemmellThe prevailing mood across the Australian electorate is dark right now. At the end of what feels like a long and bitter federal election campaign, this week Virginia is joined by award winning journalist, Jess Hill, acclaimed author Nikki Gemmell, and one of Australia’s most powerful businesswomen, Carol Schwartz AO, as we ask what the style and nature of this hyper masculine campaign says about our nation. With broad long sight we take the pulse of Australia and ask what next? What do women want under a new government? Will it be a fresh start? And why is th...2022-05-2044 minBroadTalkJill Marsh, Helen Dalley-Fisher, and Sally MoyleWith Virginia away, Jill Marsh takes the hot seat for a big broad chat with Helen Dalley-Fisher and Sally Moyle. The BroadTalkers tackle the leaked draft judgement in the US that threatens to fundamentally shift the dial back on abortion rights, the spectacle of soft-shouting blokes at the leaders' debates, and climate change.Helen Dalley-Fisher is the Convenor of the Equality Rights Alliance based in Canberra. ERA is Australia’s largest network of organisations advocating for women’s equality and leadership. Before ERA, Helen trained in law and worked in the community legal sector, where she specia...2022-05-1343 minBroadTalkChris Wallace, Jenna Price, & Helen Dalley-FisherIt's week four of Australia's Federal election campaign and we've made it past the half way mark. Give yourself a big pat on the back for your perseverance, and enjoy this week's outstanding panel casting a razor-sharp gender lens over the week that was.Joining Virginia Haussegger AM this week to discuss the election meme war, the big issues for women and whether they are being addressed, and what happens if the Teal Independents fail, are:Dr Jenna Price is an Australian journalist and academic. She is a visiting fellow at t...2022-05-0548 minBroadTalkYasmin Poole, Georgie Dent & Jane CaroWhat does Elon Musk's potential takeover of Twitter mean for women's opportunities to engage in public debate? What's the best way to deal with online trolls and abuse? And what does John Howard calling the Teal independents 'anti-Liberal groupies' say about the state of the Liberal party?Joining Virginia Haussegger to cast a razor-sharp gender lens over week three of an Australian Federal election campaign that already feels like it's lasted a lifetime is a stellar panel of outstanding commentators.Yasmin Poole is an award-winning speaker, writer and youth advocate, and a newly...2022-04-2951 minBroadTalkCatherine Fox, Emily Dwyer, and Sally MoyleIt's week two of Australia's Federal Election campaign - a week of hard hats and hi-vis, of infrastructure and economy announcements, and a culture war attack on the rights of trans women. Joining Virginia Haussegger to wonder when we're going to get some substance to go along with the spin and dog whistle politics are an incredible panel of experts.Catherine Fox is a leading commentator on women and the workforce, an award-winning journalist, and author of several books, including ‘Stop Fixing Women’ and co-author of ‘Woman Kind’. At Fairfax media she helped establish the Financial Review 1...2022-04-2144 minBroadTalkJane Caro and Georgie DentWe're back, BroadTalkers! And in this special series we cast a razor-sharp gender lens over the politics, policy, and pork-barrelling of Australia's Federal Election 2022. Joining Virginia Haussegger to discuss the first week of campaigning are Jane Caro and Georgie Dent.This week the BroadTalk team ask whether a Federal integrity commission is a vote-changer, discuss the way that greater access to childcare could turbo-charge job creation, ask when our political leaders are going to have a debate about equity, and wonder where the voice of women was in week one of the campaign....2022-04-1545 minBroadTalkBroadTalk Election 2022: coming this FridayWe're back! And for our special series that starts this Friday, 15 April, we'll be casting a gender lens over the policies, commitments, and promises of Australia's Federal Election 2022. Join Virginia and a brilliant cast every Friday during the election campaign. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2022-04-1201 min
BroadTalkVirginia HausseggerWhat’s it like when the professional inquisitor becomes the subject of inquisition? Well, you’re about to find out! In this special episode of BroadTalk we flip the microphone around and put host Virginia Haussegger in the ‘hot seat’. Recorded in front of a live audience at the National Portrait Gallery, as part of the EY Women in Leadership Series, Virginia was the subject of an ‘In Conversation’ led by EY Partner, Permenthri Pillay. The recipient of numerous awards for both journalism and women’s advocacy, including an O...2021-05-1452 min
BroadTalkElizabeth AmesElizabeth Ames is a one of those super, savvy young Australian women who left our shores in her 20’s with big dreams and an insatiable hunger for a career challenge. And she found it! Now in her mid 30’s, it seems most Australian politicians, diplomats, or business people of note passing through the UK, will seek out Elizabeth Ames. Which is no surprise given her expertise in trade and investment policy, diplomacy, and UK-Australia relations.A sharp public affairs and policy strategist, Elizabeth has served as Executive Director of t...2021-05-0548 min
BroadTalkWendy McCarthyVirginia chats with an exceptional icon of Australian feminism - Wendy McCarthy AO.Wendy is perhaps most fated for her mentorship of hundreds, if not thousands, of women executives, business leaders, political aspirants and MP’s. She has sat on dozens of corporate and not-for-profit boards with national and global leadership roles in health, heritage, arts, aid and development, family planning and abortion rights, media, and even Australia’s beloved Circus Oz.Wendy was Deputy Chair of the ABC for eight years, and Chan...2021-04-2847 min
BroadTalkJulia BanksJulia Banks was a successful corporate lawyer with a couple of decades of leadership under her belt. Not one to shy away from an argument, or a challenge, she felt the tug of politics around 5 years ago.A resident of the Melbourne seat of Chisholm, in 2016 she decided it was time to try and toss out the Labor member who’d held the seat for 17 years, Anna Burke… and win the federal seat for the Liberal party. And she did!But her enthusiasm for morphing from lawyer to legislator soon...2021-04-2143 min
BroadTalkJocelynne ScuttWhat do you do when you see gender injustice …and then can’t make yourself ‘unsee’ it? Well, if you are a leading feminist lawyer such as Jocelynne Scutt you dedicate your life to fighting it.Jocelynne Scutt AO first grabbed media attention in her 30’s when she became one of Australia’s most prominent female barristers in the 1980’s.In addition to her relentless push for legal reforms to end discrimination against women, she also wrote countless books on feminist themes: including the ‘splendour...2021-04-1451 min
BroadTalkBiff WardWhat do those ageing Women’s Libbers make of the March4Justice movement? And how does Australia’s current explosion of feminist activity connect to our past?Writer and activist, Biff Ward is one of the original, so called ‘Brazen Hussies’, those fiery feminist activists of the 1960’s and ‘70’s who defied the status quo, demanding gender equality and profound social change. She featured in the recent documentary film, Brazen Hussies, that celebrates the social activism and grass-roots nature of the Women’s Liberation movement. In...2021-04-0744 min
BroadTalkJanine HendryThe March 4 Justice has changed the narrative around gendered violence in Australia, but will it lead to practical and policy change? Virginia Haussegger talks to the woman who started it all with a single tweet - Janine Hendry.
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BroadTalkAminata Conteh-BigerHow does a young woman who is subjected to brutal sexual slavery in Sierra Leone, escape a civil war, land in Australia and rebuild her life? And why does motherhood send her back to the land that terrorised her, as she tries to empower some of the most disempowered women & girls on earth.Aminata Conteh-Biger is no ordinary woman. In March 2021 she spoke at the March4Justice rally in Canberra, where she posed a powerful question to the Australian Prime Minister and all members of parliament, when she asked, “If you have so mu...2021-03-2440 min
BroadTalkHelen Dalley-FisherIs Australia on the brink of a powerful, new women’s movement? Could this be the change we’ve been waiting for? And what happens after so much venting of such raw anger?This week has seen a public show of force unlike anything we’ve witnessed in decades, with over 100,000 people chanting ‘Enough is Enough!’, in over 40 locations around Australia.The hastily organised ‘March 4 Justice’ was fuelled by recent high-profile allegations of rape and sexual abuse in parliament. But it quickly snowballed into a public outcry, as thousands of women and g...2021-03-1744 min
BroadTalkIsobel Marshall and Eloise HallHow do two 17-year-old school girls, with a passion for a global social enterprise, turn their dream into reality and a thriving business? And why focus on period poverty and menstruation products?The 2021 Young Australian of the Year, Isobel Marshall, and her ‘bestie’, Eloise Hall, are using the power of their Australian privilege to do something super practical, and push back against a pervasive gender inequity.In 2017 these extraordinarily enterprising women founded Taboo, a bold new player in the menstrual hygiene market. But it’s no ordinary company. Not only d...2021-03-1147 min
BroadTalkLicia HeathHave you ever arrived at work, taken a good look around and felt your heart sink?Perhaps in one of those moments you’ve realised your personal values, just don’t fit the corporate lingo or company goals.Financial advisor Licia Heath was on a yacht, on Sydney Harbour, sipping champagne with clients when that penny dropped. But it wasn’t just her job that was the problem, it was government policy and the lack of women in politics shaping that policy, that began to eat away at her.2021-03-0353 min
BroadTalkAshleigh Streeter-JonesHow can ambitious young women forge forward in a world not shaped for them? Or by them? When gender inequality snaps at their heels, no matter where they look … at work, at play, and in those bastions of male power – politics and parliament. What can the future look like, when the ‘now’ is riddled with news about sexual harassment and patriarchy?Ashleigh Streeter-Jones is a 26-year-old, global award-winning feminist advocate, named by Forbes as one of Asia’s ’30 Under 30’ “youthful visionaries”. Her early introduction to entrenched poverty and inequality left Ash mired in a severe, ‘reverse c...2021-02-2545 min
BroadTalkJulia GillardWhat is it about Julia Gillard? As Australia’s first female Prime Minister she was both loved and loathed. Once the nation’s most taunted political figure, she also captured more hearts and shaped more female ambition than possibly any other woman in Australian history.So, what has her rollercoaster ride taught us about how turbulent the world really is for women?In this special episode of BroadTalk, Virginia Haussegger sits down to a big, bold, broad ranging discussion with Julia as they unpack myth from reality around gender equa...2020-12-1658 min
BroadTalkTrish BerginWhat does it take to be a leader in the face of enormous flux, where disruptive change is not an endpoint, but the new daily norm? And what drives leadership ambition in some women and not others? Well, if you’re Trish Bergin, a talented economist and seasoned leader in both the public and private sectors, it’s all about strategic power. Not a quest to own it, but to understand how best to use it in order to shift attitudes, behaviours and ultimately reshape public policy.Trish is co-Director of the 50/50 by 2030 Foundation, at t...2020-09-0200 min
BroadTalkJane HaltonJane Halton AO PSM has a CV that makes heads spin. A formidable, trailblazing woman in the Australian public service, she’s a giant in health policy leadership and right now the global ‘go-to’ girl on government responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic.There is little Jane doesn’t know about leadership: what works, what doesn’t and why women need to strategically navigate those corridors of power normally reserved for men. As former head of the Commonwealth Department of Health and the first woman to head up the Department of Finance, Jane has never shied from...2020-08-2600 min
BroadTalkLt Gen David Morrison AOIn the fourth episode of BroadTalk, journalist Virginia Haussegger challenges former Chief of the Australian Army, Lieutenant General David Morrison, to verbal combat over women, leadership, the power of male command and “that video”.David Morrison became a global sensation when his furious video speech calling out sexism among his troops went viral on YouTube, with over two million views. It led to a major shake-up of Defence Force culture.Now in demand around the world to speak on leadership, he’s even shared a stage with Hollywood’s Angelina...2020-08-1900 min
BroadTalkKate EllisIn the third episode of BroadTalk, journalist Virginia Haussegger chats with the woman who set tongues wagging when as Australia’s Minister for Sport she dared strut in a figure-hugging leather dress and sky-high Gucci heels.Despite being dubbed the “sexiest politician” in parliament, Kate Ellis managed to rise above the media madness and forged an outstanding political career over fifteen years. She was the youngest person to become a Federal Minister and went on to hold portfolios in Employment, Early Education and Childcare, Youth, and the Status of Women.In a...2020-08-1200 min
BroadTalkDame Annette KingIn the second episode of BroadTalk, Virginia Haussegger chats with a trailblazing Kiwi political warrior, Dame Annette King, about her extraordinary life in politics and managing the leadership spotlight. Dame Annette is New Zealand’s longest-serving female MP and now NZ High Commissioner to Australia.A long-time mentor to New Zealand’s PM Jacinda Ardern, Annette is renowned for being “incredibly committed”, “totally focused” and yet a whole lot of fun. Her ‘cold stare’ (or what Julia Gillard calls the female “resting bitch face”) is legendary, yet those Kiwis Annette served adore her.Over th...2020-08-0500 min
BroadTalkSenator Marise Payne, Australia's Minister for Foreign AffairsIn the very first episode of BroadTalk, Virginia Haussegger chats to Australia's Foreign Minister, Senator Marise Payne about her journey to the top job, her personal motivations, and her passion for feminisim.As Foreign Minister, Senator Marise Payne is currently Australia’s most powerful woman. Her call on where and how Australia pivots, blinks or charges forward on the international stage has a profound impact beyond policy. Her decisions have the power to change people’s lives.But women are still a novelty at this level of leadership and thei...2020-07-2900 min
BroadTalkBroadTalk trailerBroadTalk is a podcast about women, power, and the wayward world. Presented by Virginia Haussegger, the series casts a razor-sharp gender lens over politics and policy and explores big ideas and imperfect lives.The first series focuses on ‘new leadership’ – a ‘feminised’ style of leadership that has emerged during the global coronavirus pandemic as a more successful and sustainable alternative to authoritarian, strongman rule.
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