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Trump’s Press Secretary provides a masterclass in racial gaslighting

Racial gaslighting makes people doubt real racism, protecting those in power while silencing people of colour and their anger.

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Another Olympics reminds us Australia (still) needs a national women’s sport strategy

Keir Starmer apologises to Epstein victims for appointing Peter Mandelson as US ambassador

Minnesota woman dragged from car by ICE agents gives testimony in DC

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‘We are a rabble’: The Coalition is back together (again)

The Coalition has reunited, 17 days after Nationals leader David Littleproud declared the alliance was “untenable”.

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More than 660,000 women benefit from cheaper medicines in first year of Australia’s landmark health package

A year after the $792.9 million women’s health package, more than 660,000 women in Australia have accessed more than 2 million cheaper scripts

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Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi’s conservative party sees landslide election win

Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi’s conservative coalition saw a landslide election win on Sunday, with a supermajority.

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Another Olympics reminds us Australia (still) needs a national women’s sport strategy

Australia has world-class women athletes and programs, but without a national strategy, true gender equality in sport lags.

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Keir Starmer apologises to Epstein victims for appointing Peter Mandelson as US ambassador

Keir Starmer has issued an apology to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein for appointing Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US.

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Minnesota woman dragged from car by ICE agents gives testimony in DC

A Minnesota woman with autism and a traumatic brain injury has shared her chilling interaction with ICE agents, who dragged her from a car.

Why thousands of feminist leaders will soon arrive in Melbourne

The killings continue, in a country apparently making progress on gender equality

Trump lashes out at yet another female journalist who presses him on Epstein

Coroner delivers Westfield Bondi Junction attack findings, calls for ‘vision and leadership’

The Epstein files and the patriarchal structures that protect predators

From classroom to leadership: Women are driving Australia’s educational transformation

Women to watch: The leaders transforming education in Australia

Rethinking leadership systems in a world that moves faster than human judgement

Lack of progress for women startup founders masked by headline improvement, 2025 report shows

Melinda French Gates says Bill must answer questions on Epstein files

How Trump’s USAID cuts and the anti-rights backlash have hit adolescent girls in Asia Pacific

Younger women are paying for the cost of living crisis with their health: New research

The influential doctor mentioned 1737 times in the Epstein files

The powerful men named in the latest Epstein files release

Forced to urinate in police vans: the quiet national abuse of women in custody

Five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father return home to Minneapolis after ICE detainment

‘Why are we paying them’? Barnaby Joyce, One Nation whispers and a Coalition unfit for the moment

‘I feel damn good’: Hiking Japan’s ancient Salt Road left Paula stronger than ever

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Lack of progress for women startup founders masked by headline improvement, 2025 report shows

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Trump’s Press Secretary provides a masterclass in racial gaslighting

Latest news

Why can motherhood feel lonely? Help us find out and change the experience

Worried AI means you won’t get a job when you graduate? Here’s what the research says

The ‘I told you so’ armchair experts in overdrive following Lindsey Vonn’s crash

Why young people are the moral force behind climate action

Another Olympics reminds us Australia (still) needs a national women’s sport strategy

Keir Starmer apologises to Epstein victims for appointing Peter Mandelson as US ambassador

Minnesota woman dragged from car by ICE agents gives testimony in DC

Why thousands of feminist leaders will soon arrive in Melbourne

How an International Court judge thinks about hope

‘We are a rabble’: The Coalition is back together (again)

More than 660,000 women benefit from cheaper medicines in first year of Australia’s landmark health package

Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi’s conservative party sees landslide election win

Another Olympics reminds us Australia (still) needs a national women’s sport strategy

Keir Starmer apologises to Epstein victims for appointing Peter Mandelson as US ambassador

Minnesota woman dragged from car by ICE agents gives testimony in DC

Why thousands of feminist leaders will soon arrive in Melbourne

The killings continue, in a country apparently making progress on gender equality

Trump lashes out at yet another female journalist who presses him on Epstein

Coroner delivers Westfield Bondi Junction attack findings, calls for ‘vision and leadership’

The Epstein files and the patriarchal structures that protect predators

From classroom to leadership: Women are driving Australia’s educational transformation

Women to watch: The leaders transforming education in Australia

Rethinking leadership systems in a world that moves faster than human judgement

Lack of progress for women startup founders masked by headline improvement, 2025 report shows

Melinda French Gates says Bill must answer questions on Epstein files

How Trump’s USAID cuts and the anti-rights backlash have hit adolescent girls in Asia Pacific

Younger women are paying for the cost of living crisis with their health: New research

The influential doctor mentioned 1737 times in the Epstein files

The powerful men named in the latest Epstein files release

Forced to urinate in police vans: the quiet national abuse of women in custody

Five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father return home to Minneapolis after ICE detainment

‘Why are we paying them’? Barnaby Joyce, One Nation whispers and a Coalition unfit for the moment

‘I feel damn good’: Hiking Japan’s ancient Salt Road left Paula stronger than ever

Lack of progress for women startup founders masked by headline improvement, 2025 report shows

‘Microshifting’: the work revolution working women have been doing for years

‘You don’t need to be an expert’: How women business owners can use AI to save time

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‘I feel damn good’: Hiking Japan’s ancient Salt Road left Paula stronger than ever

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‘You don’t need to be an expert’: How women business owners can use AI to save time

How an International Court judge thinks about hope

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