Our most-talked-about stories of the week! We look at the firsts achieved by women this week, following the first major electoral test since Trump was elected one year ago.

Plus, Poland’s set to soon remove income tax for parents with two or more children in a bid to address its dwindling population. Will it work?

Also, we look at the one in three Australian households that now report food insecurity. It’s far from a fringe issue.

Plus much more, including our favourite wins from the week.

Stories discussed include: .

What Zohran Mamdani’s win says about the kind of politics we’re missing

‘Not a fringe issue’: 1 in 3 Australian households facing food insecurity

Poland is abolishing income tax for families raising two or more kids. Will it help?

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In late October, we learned disturbing allegations about an iconic service long associated with heroics and saving lives in dramatic circumstances across NSW: the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service.

The allegations of a toxic culture came thanks to Nine reporting, and the incredible courage of people involved in the organisation who spoke up.

So are rescue-type and emergency services especially prone to these issues?

When so-called "heroes" are involved, is it easier to overlook problematic cultures and behaviour?

And what more can organisations do to prevent these issues in the first place?

We took these questions and more to human rights lawyer Prabha Nandagopal.

Prabha’s someone who is deep in the kind of work organisations need to do if not to prevent the kind of allegations that have come out against them – then at least to effectively respond.

She has led the development of recommendations on numerous high-profile workplace cultural reviews, including the Independent Review into Commonwealth parliamentary workplaces, and in 2020 was a senior legal advisor to the Respect@Work National Inquiry and helped shape the positive duty regulatory scheme.

Now, she is the founder of Elevate Consulting Partners, supporting organisations in their commitment to positive social change.

This conversation was recorded in late October and some things may have changed at the time of publishing.

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All about the big stories this week! We discuss the best and worst ages for the gender pay gap, plus how the "usual suspects" have entered the conversation on what should have been a non-controversial discussion on supporting grieving parents.

Plus, the new AFP taskforce is cracking down on online networks targeting young girls, and how Fiji is doing the work Australia still isn’t when it comes to analysing gendered climate risks.

Stories discussed this week include:

A bill on stillbirth sees men enter the conversation to make unhinged abortion claims

New AFP taskforce to crack down on networks targeting young girls

Fiji is analysing gendered climate risks. Australia must learn from it

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The week's done! And this is the weekly wrap chat. We talk about the Royals' PR machine, the missing women in world negotiations and the mother who took on a corporate giant over her right to work from home and won.

Plus much more.

Stories discussed today include:

Women missing from 9 in 10 peace processes, as rate of conflicts hits 80 year high

It’s official: Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan’s first female prime minster

Deals done. Trump appeased. The cost of today’s meeting of men

A mother’s work from home win highlights flaws in bank’s office mandate

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We are in a care crisis, thanks to various forces compounding together, including the fact that Australians are now living longer.

But the problem is not beyond our imaginations to solve.

Abby Bloom joins the podcast, who has just penned a piece for Women’s Agenda on The Cost of Not Caring, and why Australia’s “safety net” is all of us.

Abby is an expert in longevity, health, and care, with lived experience of caring remotely and understanding how the care crisis affects multiple generations.

She has been researching and writing about the eldercare crisis – and has put what she’s learnt in a new book about caring for business, government and employees – launching at NSW Parliament tomorrow. It’s called “The Cost of Not Caring: Working while caring in the era of longevity

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We discuss the top stories from the week! Including our best wins and the stories that got people talking.

This week, more courage from Gisele Pelicot in France, as she confronts one of her rapists.

Why RFK Jnr is again targeting mothers. And Japan's set to get its first female prime mininster. So does it matter that she has 'Iron Lady" ambitions?

Plus much more!

Stories discussed today include:

The women dubbed ISIS brides returning to Australia from Syria.

RFK Jnr says circumcision and Tylenol cause autism and once again mothers cop the blame

Japan's likely next female PM Sanae Takaichi has Iron Lady ambitions

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Former independent MP for North Sydney, Kylea Tink, joins the chat to discuss leadership, the art of listening, and why she's tackling one of Australia's biggest challenges: food insecurity.

Kylea opens up about the devastation she felt upon learning that her seat in North Sydney would be abolished, but also notes how she's leveraging her insider experience in politics into leadership elsewhere. It's an opportunity she wishes more people had.

She discusses the new focus she'll bring to her role as leader of Foodbank and why food insecurity poses such a significant challenge, particularly for women.

Kylea speaks with journalist Dinushi Dias.

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In the Weekly Wrap Chat, we share the best wins, including some innovative new housing services for women.

Plus, we ask why young women are more interested in gendered roles now than in 2010.

We bid farewell to the great Jane Goodall, highlighting what she taught us all.

And a new Hollywood 'star' has us creeped out. The AI character is depicted as a woman, has its own social accounts and is 'screen testing' for new roles.

Stories discussed today include:

Trailblazer for women in conservation: Dr Jane Goodall dies, aged 91

AI actor Tilly Norwood sends Hollywood into a spin

10 new homes open in Western Sydney to support women escaping domestic violence

From the manosphere to tradwives: why are young women embracing traditional gender roles?

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