Working Mothers - Career & Job Advice for Australian Mums

Public debate about the difficulties and costs of managing work and family is still solely centred on women.

We need to start talking about working dads

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Not your usual crowdfunding campaign

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New fathers often have to balance being the primary source of family income with spending time with their new baby and ...

Fathers need to join the conversation on paid parental leave

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The Chic Element ... Tiffany Faglin and her sons Romeo, Texas and Keeanu.

Mum in business: Tiffany Faglin

Tiffany Faglin is the founder of TheChicElement, an online business that sells a range of beautiful, functional pieces for home offices. She's also the mum of three boys under the age of four.

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The basics of starting your own business

What's the difference between a 'mumpreneur' who sees her business as a hobby, compared to one who uses it to earn her income? Two business owners explain how they started out.

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Mum in business: Ilde Naismith Beeley

Ilde Naismith Beeley is the inventor of Starlettos, a unique and stylish yet practical footwear solution. She runs the Starlettos company while raising her two young children.

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Mike Catabay and kids, Jacob (2yrs) and Noah (7mths)
Photographed for Sunday Life, March 2013.
Photo by Nick Cubbin

The rise of the blogging dads

Move over, mums who blog - your male counterparts are hitting the net, and they're bringing a new wave of 'dad-vertising' with them.

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Mum in business: Ere Perez

Ere Perez runs her own make-up and skincare company, Ere Perez Natural Cosmetics, and is also a mum of two girls.

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Mum in business: Cris Bucknall

Cris Bucknall is the co-founder of Eco Chic, a stylish, sustainable furniture and homewares emporium. She's also the mum of Kira, 7, and Emery, 5.

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Top: Noelle Sandinsky; middle: Fridge-to-go small lunch cooler bag, $29.95; bottom: cool tote, $59.95

Mum in business: Noelle Sadinsky

Noelle Sandinsky is the woman behind Fridge-to-go, a unique range of eight-hour cooler bags. She's also the mum of two boys: Jasper, six, and Cruz, three.

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Do some dads use work to avoid home life?

Men with young children do more overtime than anyone else. Are they trying to avoid family life?

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Mum in business: Jacquie McLean

After being a stay-at-home mum for six years, Jacquie McLean decided to make one of her business dreams a reality, creating the Project Ten beach bag range.

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Mum in business ... Sarah Hardie, of Fabrik, and her daughter Jemima.

Sarah Hardie is the founder and 'chief dreamer' of Fabrik, an online company that sells beautiful children's clothes, homewares, dolls and more. She's also a mum to Jemima, 4, and Jonas, 18 months, with her third child due in March.

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Mum in business: Rhian Allen

Passionate about health and wellness, Rhian Allan, a mother of one with one on the way, created an online business designed to help mums lose weight safely post pregnancy.

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