I do not think Lisa's daughter meant it the way you are interpreting it at all.  She did not say there

was anything wrong with being a mum - just pointing out wht they sould mention it.

I always thought that it is mentioned because it is an acheivement?? Along with a list of other acheivements. It is a bio, by way of introduction, just putting out a little search for commonality. I suspect most of the audience are mums. They want to retain the existing audience plus attract new viewers. 

What we should be complaining about is that very few dads get recognition for the wonderful work they do, by being a dad.

Again, I say there is absolutely nothing wrong with being a mum, or a dad. It is often assumed that Fathers dont play an important roll in raising a family. I know many fathers dont make it to dad status but when ever they are introduced at a new workplace they are recognised as a father of 2 or 4 or whatever.

Lisa's student daughter seems to be complaining that Tony Jones was improperly introduced to his audience, but that is the ABC, they do things differently. 

Hear, not here oops

Why do we need gender balance Jim? This is a cause taken up by those who claim that women are underrepresented in business, are lower paid, have less superannuation savings and levels of government. As Maggie Thatcher once said, “I would hate a person to ask me a question, are you a quota woman or are you a merit woman?".

We are lied to about pay gaps and super and now Labor wants women to be paid more super even though they do less work than men. An article in today's media has highlighted the lack of men in teaching. Will Labor freeze women out of teaching until the gender gap is equal?

On a personal preference, I have problems listening to women on radio as sometimes their voices aren't strong enough for my hearing. Other than that, I care little about who does what job as long as they are qualified, experienced and suited for the position.

Sorry Old Man, I was being cynical, I don’t believe in all this gender identity rubbish and pay gap rubbish, I recall going back to about 1980 I was told by my bosses that we had to diversify and employ more women, I told him of my concerns as we worked in heavy industry, My concerns were ignored, the minute we employed the first group of women the union payed us a visit, they got exactly the same pay rates as the men, with a few differences, we had to supply them with overalls, which was before men got clothing issued, we had to give them an afternoon tea break which didn’t go down to well with the men, we also had to put a maximum weight that they could lift in place, finally we couldn’t put women on the little furnaces we had for forging, it was considered to be too hot for them. I must stress that none of the women asked for any of these conditions, but naturally they didn’t refuse taking advantage. I guess in effect they were paid more than the men because the actually worked less hours, I was also instructed not to quiz them too much when they disappeared sometimes during the day. It did make my job a little harder being limited where I could put them.

Seems to be an equality issue as all 3 free to air station now have female sports reporters and I'm not convinced they know what they are talking about half the time, just reading the script.  What I really find annoying is all the female "on the spot" reporters who look like a bunch and bimbos and talk slowly like village idiots and sound like they are telling a story instead of reporting in a normal voice and speed.

hey `old man` how did you get that `felix` moveable onto your profile...i`ve tried allsorts to upload one of my favourite NO LUCK!

I find the moving Felix annoying, like a bug running across my screen and very distracting when I am reading or typing.

I found it on the internet, saved it and uploaded it as an avatar here. I'm not very computer literate, I just followed the instructions.

Sorry musicveg, should I change it to this one for you?

Very funny, a little less annoying but don't need anymore bugs in my house thanks, I have one that seems to live on my screen, must be attracted to the warmth and light.

I think most people are over the myth of disadvantaged women, but you know who make the most comments about other women, got it in one, I recall not that long ago a woman presenter made one of her colleagues another woman change her top because it clashed with her top, they put that pressure on themselves, I have seen men’s children being mentioned on tv and the status of their parenthood, and as for hair it seems that the new look is just fell out of bed look, and that’s for men and women.

I agree I like a mix too, and I won't turn on the TV until after dinner, too busy enjoying life not watching it.