by Anna Ridgway | Jan 3, 2017 | blog, export, Social commentary
‘Tassie’ is a place to watch. Australia’s smallest and most southerly state has been making deep impressions in global markets as the flag bearer of Australia’s ‘clean and green’ image. So it’s a good time to find out more about Tasmania and...
by Anna Ridgway | Jun 22, 2016 | Adapting to change, blog, Social commentary, Unconscious bias
The troubling phenomenon of ‘white flight’ in Australia was raised in a recent report about schools in Melbourne’s ‘progressive’ inner suburbs that were full of non-Caucasian migrant kids from the local housing commission flats but scarce...
by Anna Ridgway | Jun 20, 2016 | Adapting to change, blog, Social commentary, Unconscious bias
In all the noise surrounding Eddie McGuire’s public remarks about holding veteran Australian sport commentator Caroline Jones underwater, inviting onlookers to ‘bomb’ her in so doing, I’ve been wondering what’s really going on his mind....
by Anna Ridgway | Apr 20, 2016 | Adapting to change, blog, Social commentary, Unconscious bias
At a Christmas barbecue last year, I got chatting with our host’s 15-year old daughter (let’s call her Madison) about the school she and I both attended, a large Melbourne private college. As we compared then-and-now notes, Madison said, ‘You know...
Banning people from wearing #WhereIsPengShuai Tshirts at the @AustralianOpen is a capitulation to profit and - sur… https://t.co/hn66MTNnS6