Jane Caro

1 month ago | thebigsmoke.com.au | Kerry Kingham |Catherine Fox |Tracey Clark |Jane Caro

Real progress for women in business isn’t about celebrating achievements, it’s about dismantling barriers. The time for symbolic inclusion is over—now it’s time to get to work. Every year, International Women’s Day (IWD) comes around with a new theme, new conversations, and a fresh wave of energy. But for many of us, the reality remains the same: same challenges, different year. (Or should I say same sh!t, different day.) It’s frustrating and often maddening.

Jun 29, 2024 | themonthly.com.au | Anthony Ham |Margaret Simons |Jonathan Green |Jane Caro

Where does one begin a story of infamy? This one begins with the McArthur River, on the floodplains of the Northern Territory’s tropical savannah, just inland from the Gulf of Carpentaria. The river rises in the Barkly Tableland, passes through Borroloola, a small town 970 kilometres south-east of Darwin, then empties into the gulf. According to local First Nations people, the story starts with the Rainbow Serpent passing over the land, giving the river form.

Jun 28, 2024 | themonthly.com.au | Margaret Simons |Jonathan Green |Anthony Ham |Jane Caro

The undermining of a highly credible think tank dedicated to bettering Australia’s understanding of China suggests a geopolitical naivety among our leaders and a lack of confidence in our role in the region They disagree, the people in the internecine Australian defence and security community, about the likelihood of war with China within the next five years. Almost all of them regard it as a real possibility, likely over Taiwan. It is a chilling consensus.

Jun 28, 2024 | themonthly.com.au | Anthony Ham |Margaret Simons |Robert Manne |Jane Caro

Essays The Nation Reviewed Vox Arts & Letters Noted Life sentences Essays The Nation Reviewed Vox Arts & Letters Noted Cartoon Essays Indigenous rights The path of the serpent The company behind the McArthur River Mine in the Northern Territory has ignored traditional owners, rerouted waterways, and created a massive and combustible waste-rock dump International politics Red flags The undermining of a highly credible think tank dedicated to bettering Australia’s understanding of China...

Jun 21, 2024 | thebigsmoke.com.au | Deb Turney |Jane Caro

The US Supreme Court upholding access to the abortion pill whilst rolling back reproductive rights is as confusing as it is hypocritical. As an Australian woman, I have to admit, I’m often confused by not only US politics, but the policies and powers that be. It seems to be a nation of double standards peppered with a little powers-of-the-boys club.