It’s official. Ita Buttrose will be the next chair of the ABC, with Kirstin Ferguson staying on as deputy chair.

There were plenty of tears and hugs. And a toddler and pre-schooler watching their mum from the public gallery as Kate Ellis’s delivered her final speech today. 

Labor MP Linda Burney wants to stress that the stunning portrait of her unveiled at Parliament House this week is about much more than her. 

Kamala Harris has become a front-runner to take on Donald Trump in 2020,, declaring she represents the opposite of Trump by standing for equality, decency and justice.

Female undergraduates were still starting out on salaries worth less than their male counterparts in 2018, with the pay gap particularly stark in fields like dentistry and architecture. 

When do powerful men get to ‘come back’ following #MeToo allegations? Time’s Up has a few ideas.

In case you haven’t heard, an Australian Senator participated in the weekend’s far-right neo-Nazi rally in St Kinda over the weekend, featuring Nazi salutes .

Human Rights Watch says a Saudi woman fleeing her family can face serious harm and violence if returned against her will to her relatives.

There are 130 million girls not in school around the world and Malala Yousafzai is speaking up for every one of them, and in Australia for the first time.

Michelle Obama’s been dropping some truth bombs during her massive, Becoming book tour, but it was her comments about the call for women to “lean in” that inspired some serious applause in Brooklyn over the weekend.

The Governance Institute of Australia will soon be led by a female President and CEO team, with Rachel Rees and Megan Motto appointed.

Dr Bonita Mabo, the Indigenous rights activist who died on Monday at the age of 75, has been remembered as a tireless campaigner.