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Liberal women are dropping like flies, but at least Jacinta Price is ‘back, baby’

Latest news

Why these women think Angus Taylor is loose with truth

Norway’s former PM charged with gross corruption after links to Epstein files

‘If I had an ego I’d be dead’: Sussan Ley bids farewell to politics following crushing leadership defeat

Angus Taylor is our new opposition leader. So, will there be a plan behind the man?

At 33, I gave my divorce proceeds away. A financial mistake that shamed me for years

Why we’re honouring my late husband by lifting STEM in public schools

Afghanistan maternal health crisis: How CARE clinics save young mothers in remote villages

When the river overflowed: Stories of mothers in the Philippines

How an International Court judge thinks about hope

Gisèle Pelicot is sharing her story and demanding an end to shame

What Jane Hume’s deputy victory means for the Liberals’ policy direction

The reason Charlotte Mortlock, advocate for Liberal women’s representation, finally quit the party

At 33, I gave my divorce proceeds away. A financial mistake that shamed me for years

Why we’re honouring my late husband by lifting STEM in public schools

Afghanistan maternal health crisis: How CARE clinics save young mothers in remote villages

When the river overflowed: Stories of mothers in the Philippines

“Más amor”: A Venezuelan mother rebuilds her life in Ecuador

Meet the women leading Syria’s fight for survival and recovery

No more silence: Treat sexual harassment as the safety hazard it is

From emotional openness to strength, this Male Confidence Index hopes to drive new conversations on men

Sussan Ley didn’t just lose the numbers. She lost to a Coalition culture that has long loathed women

‘If we want a credible opposition’. We need to remove the woman?

The moment my son learned what violence looks like

Who is Angus Taylor and could he cut it as opposition leader?

Women to watch: The leaders driving science innovation in Australia

Bad bunny’s superbowl show was an alternative joyful vision for America

The six ‘powerful’ men named from the unredacted Epstein files

It’s ‘Just Trump’ is the new ‘Boys will be boys’ and it’s just as dangerous

The Epstein files are not a scandal. They are a mirror.

Rhian Miller awarded prestigious Social Change Fellowship for First Nations mentoring

Sydney protests confirm that Australia is starting to follow America’s policing playbook

Why does the Olympics still bar women from competing in this one sport?

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