There are two main questions to ask about any paid maternity leave scheme: Who pays for it?, and, How long should it extend for? Perhaps…
Should we institute a scheme of paid maternity leave? I am going to argue neither for the affirmative, nor for the negative. Instead, I will…
A brand new survey of what women really want concerning paid maternity leave is most revealing. Contrary to the usual line that basically all women…
Last week opposition leader Tony Abbott unveiled his plan for six-month paid maternity leave. He evidently surprised his own colleagues with this, and had to…
Back in 1991 I wrote these words: “No matter how caring and loving, a surrogate care-giver can never replace a mother – or father –…
I am not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, but I am convinced that America is basically finished. Not only has it run…
Spence Publishing, 2002. America, like Australia, is struggling with the related issues of women in the workforce, childcare, maternity leave, and family breakdown. The usual…