Love and hate and breaking barriers

What happens when a CEO shares a photo of herself breastfeeding her daughter during a team meeting? Plenty of positive things, but also misogyny.Also the significant and life-saving reduction in wait times to access paid parental leave.Stan Grant’s emotional words and call for the media to do better. Inaccessible and unaffordable childcare in regional Australia, and how it’s holding families back.Plus, we speak to Brooke Blurton! After she recently starred in the Audible Original podcast, POWER Talks with Kemi Nekvapil, which is free for Audible members and non-members.This episode is made possible thanks to the Cartier Women’s Initiative, which provides women founders with mentorship, training and funding. If your business has an environmental or social impact find out more and apply now via the link in the show notes. Applications close 30th June.The Crux is the weekly Women’s Agenda Podcast sharing the biggest stories from the week. It’s published by Agenda Media, and produced by Allison Ho, who also interviews Brooke this week. Stories discussed this week:Subscribe to get your daily update from Women’s Agenda here.Why a viral post of a CEO breastfeeding her daughter matters in 2023Reducing Escaping Domestic Violence payment wait time from 33 to 6 days a significant win95-year-old woman with dementia in critical condition after being tasered by policeClare Nowland, 95, has died, one week after being tasered in her aged care homeABC offers apology and review after Stan Grant raises racist abuse‘I am down right now, I am. But I will get back up’: Stan Grant’s emotional speech and call for the media to do betterIn regional NSW I can’t access enough childcare, and it’s amplifying cost of living pressures tenfoldBrooke Blurton stars in the Audible Original podcast, POWER Talks with Kemi Nekvapil, which is free for Audible members and non-members.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.