News & Views Where art thou? Women at G20 remain a ridiculous rarity Of the 38 official G20 participants 3 were women. Despite comprising 50% of the world’s population, they comprise 7.8% of official representatives.
News & Views Jodi McKay elected as Labor leader in NSW Jodi McKay, Strathfield’s MP, was successful in securing the leadership of NSW Labor after defeating Kogarah MP Chris Minns 29 votes to 21 in the caucus.
News & Views Donald Trump issues warning to US soccer star Megan Rapinoe The US President Donald Trump took to Twitter to warn soccer star Megan Rapinoe not to ‘disrespect’ America while playing in the World Cup in France.
News & Views 24 women have now been violently killed this year in Australia In 2019, 24 women have been violently killed in Australia and it’s estimated that between 50-75% percent of those were killed by someone they knew.
News & Views The absurdity of Israel Folau being cast as a victim Israel Folau says he’s being persecuted for his religious views. Others say he’s pedalling hate speech. Rugby Australia say he breached his contract.
News & Views How did we get here? Trump is accused of rape & it barely registers In her new book What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal E. Jean Carroll describes the night Donald Trump attacked her at Bergdorf Goodman.
News & Views Want to negotiate a $60k pay rise? There’s an app for that The PepTalkHer app created by Meggie Palmer is a period tracker for your career. It helps you track your wins at work & better understand your worth.
News & Views The global report on fathers that ought to be mandatory reading The 2019 State of the World’s Fathers report, produced by Promundo, calls for nothing less than full equality between women & men, at work and at home.
News & Views Sally McManus calls on John Setka to stand down On Thursday the ACTU secretary Sally McManus publicly called on the CFMEU’s John Setka to resign in the interests of the union movement.
News & Views Weren’t the criminal charges John Setka’s pleading guilty to ‘inconsistent’ with Labor’s values? After reports of John Setka’s allegedly disparaging remarks about Rosie Batty Labor proposed expelling him. Why weren’t the criminal charges enough?
News & Views The shock of being abused by a stranger on the street Georgie Dent was with her kids when a man leaned out his car window & screamed “F&*(ING SLUTS!” While shocking this harassment is commonplace.
Ed's Blog Anthony Albanese wants John Setka expelled from the Labor party over Rosie Batty remarks “I don’t want him in our party.” Anthony Albanese will seek to have union boss John Setka expelled from Labor party over comments about Rosie Batty.