Special Report: Women in Business

Western Australian women are poorly represented at corporate level, yet those who’ve got there are richer for the experience. In our annual survey, we speak to female executives about their challenges.

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Government

Burning the perceptions of progress

There's progress and there's progress. The opportunities for women in business have grown significantly during the past 30 years, aided by laws, societal changes and individuals who broke through barriers.

30 Jan 2008

Mining

Technically speaking, more women crossing the great corporate divide

It's hard to see any common ground between geology and communication, yet these two fields do share something – they both feature prominently in the career backgrounds of women now atop the corporate tree in Western Australian listed companies.

30 Jan 2008

Mining

Diamonds and family – labours of love

Maureen Muggeridge is not really interested in causes or making a big deal about women's progress up the corporate ladder.

30 Jan 2008

Education

Barriers still an issue at work

An early achiever in breaking through the glass ceiling, Professor Leonie Still has largely retired from an academic life rich in management studies.

30 Jan 2008

Special Reports

Outside the box on marketing

Narelle Finch is not the first woman to sit on the board of the Western Australian Cricket Association, but she has achieved an extraordinary amount not only as a female in sport, but also as one who acknowledges she knows little about the games she works

30 Jan 2008

Special Reports

Building networks

When Bronwyn Barnes met WA Business News, the stock market was in free fall and she seemed quite relieved to get away from the carnage that was taking place on the screens.

30 Jan 2008