Unfiltered Conversations pairs brilliant business women who are disrupting the status quo, for an honest, intimate and authentic conversation. In this feature, join Tracey Spicer AM, multiple Walkley Award winning author, journalist and broadcaster, and Daphne Crowhurst, 2019 South Australian Business Woman of the Year and Managing Director of Crowies Paints.

Ahead of the International Women’s Day Great Debate, we asked Tracey to share her thoughts on the progress of gender equality in the media, in Australia and for countless women who merely want their stories to be heard.

Look at the anger unleashed by replacing male traffic-light symbols in Melbourne, then imagine what would happen if we pulled down statues of misogynists and replaced them with high-achieving women.

Tracey Spicer, CEO of Spicer Communications, has an enviable portfolio career encompassing television, newspaper, radio and online journalism, and is a highly sought-after writer, speaker and media trainer. She has just authored The Good Girl Stripped Bare, challenging the structural workplace barriers faced by women. 

In this video Tracey Spicer talks to clinical psychologist Deanna Pitchford about ways that retirees can look after their brain health.

Despite the millions of dollars raised each year in October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, most women still think it won’t happen to them.

In death – as in life – women are unequal to men

The oncologist held up an x-ray, dappled with snowflakes (unusual, on a sunny day in March).

Ben Jago's partner Nathan Lunson died before the couple had a chance to marry in New Zealand, now the 29-year-old is struggling for recognition of their relationship.

Increasingly sophisticated training techniques are turning out leaders adept at avoiding the truth. 

A whistleblower claims Opposition Leader Tony Abbott tried to block Fiona Scott's preselection because ''she was mainly chosen for her looks and her father's money’'.

If the coalition wins the federal election, Julie Bishop will become one of the most powerful women in the country. It is deeply disturbing that she still believes women should choose between career and family.