Marian Baird - Newsroom articles
Marian Baird on 2UE Sydney 18 Aug 2016
2UE Sydney
Professor Marian Baird was interviewed on 2UE Sydney about proposed changes to casual employment.
Election 2016: Number of women MPs in Federal Parliament rises 04 Jul 2016
ABC
ABC (PM, 666 Canberra, 720 Perth) interviewed Professor Marian Baird about how the major parties engaged with the concerns of women in the federal election.
Marian Baird awarded an Order of Australia 13 Jun 2016
The Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian reported Professor Marian Baird has been awarded an Order of Australia for her distinguished service to higher education and to women.
Forced out: How mums became the reluctant entrepreneurs 06 May 2016
Women's Agenda
Associate Professor Rae Cooper and Professor Marian Baird were mentioned in Women's Agenda about research by Dr Meraiah Foley on self employed mothers.
Federal Budget 2016: Scott Morrison’s ‘budget for blokes’ leaves women without tax cuts 04 May 2016
The Daily Telegraph, The Herald Sun and Daily Life
The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun and Daily Life quoted Professor Marian Baird about the lack of detail on paid parental leave and childcare in the Budget.
'We want to lead by example': Twitter's gender-neutral parental leave 16 Apr 2016
The Guardian
The Guardian quoted Professor Marian Baird about Twitter’s gender-neutral parental leave policy.
Pay the priority for women in new jobs 15 Apr 2016
The Sydney Morning herald
Professor Marian Baird was quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald (print and online) about the importance of reimbursement for women making career decisions
International Women's Day: is this the best time to be a woman? 08 Mar 2016
triple j Hack
Professor Marian Baird was interviewed on triple j’s Hack program about a range of issues relating to International Women’s Day including the gendered nature of some work, the increasing proportion of young women at universities and the career progression of working mothers.
Boosting GDP is easy. Hire more women 05 Mar 2016
Sydney Morning Herald
Professor Marian Baird from the Business School was quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald about changes to the paid parental leave scheme which would lead to cuts of up to $12,000 per year.
Low paid workers $10,000 worse off under Turnbull parental leave cuts: research 14 Jan 2016
Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Canberra Times, International Business Times, Brisbane Times and Daily Advertiser
Professor Marian Baird was quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Canberra Times, International Business Times, Brisbane Times and regional newspapers about a report she co-authored with the Women and Work Research Group which reveals mothers who work in healthcare, teaching and retail could be $10,000 worse off under proposed changes to the Paid Parental Leave scheme.