Georgie Dent

“The point I want to make first of all is this is the same office which ran a very effective opposition, it’s the same office which has got an enormous amount done this year, sometimes under very difficult circumstances,” he told ABC Breakfast.

A number of hostages are being held in the Sydney CBD and a major police operation is underway.

Clare Desira was in her teens when one afternoon her parents asked her to collect some clothes and books from her bedroom to donate to a group of refugees that had recently come to Australia.

Politicians from all camps have been openly trying to win over women this election but it seems many female voters are unconvinced.

On Monday morning I caught the bus into work and in between contemplating the week ahead on Women’s Agenda, our final week of publishing for 2014, my mind was vaguely pre-occupied with Christmas.

Is your home full of stuff you no longer need or use? If so you should consider de-cluttering for a cause.

Just before Christmas the family of Katrina Dawson, one of the victims of the siege in Martin Place, established a charitable foundation in her honour.

Pope Francis departed from his prepared address to encourage mothers to breastfeed their babies if they were hungry during a baptism he conducted for 33 children in Rome’s Sistine Chapel.

On Friday, the findings from the government’s public consultation into gender reporting were posted on the Department of Employment’s website.

The leader of the Christian Democratic Party, Fred Nile, has used another television appearance to continue his criticism of the male victims who were held hostage in the siege in Sydney’s Martin Place last year.

Where to start? On Tuesday The Australian published an article by the paper’s contributing economics editor Judith Sloan criticising the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

Ahead of her highly anticipated public conversations with Anne Summers, scheduled for early next week, Julia Gillard have given two video interviews for the first time since she departed the office of prime minister in June.