Equal opportunities

A final word on government compelling companies to have a mix of people in senior roles more representative of the general population (compared to the current old boys club).

This shouldn’t be achieved by mandating outcomes. Outcomes and opportunities are two very different animals.

The role of government is to ensure unnecessary barriers to equal opportunity are removed, for example by introducing mandated paid maternity leave.

It’s the role of shareholders to decide if the old boys club is sub-par. And it usually is.

But if the shareholders are represented by large super-annuation firms that have the same old boys in charge then there is a problem.

I must think more on it.