Georgie Dent

Does Mark Latham’s parting of ways with the Australian Financial Review amount to censorship? Has political correctness gone mad? Are commentators not allowed to be provocative? Should we not tolerate a wide array of views – popular or not? Do ‘frightbat’ feminists on Twitter have too much power? These are a few of the questions that have been posed following Mark Latham’s resignation from Fairfax on Monday.

A few weeks ago now, after gushing about my newly acquired Fitbit at dinner, a friend commented that I wasn’t someone he expected to fall prey to fads.

Like lots of students studying law, towards the end of my degree, I took part in a few clerkship programs.

It is rarely convenient for your mobile phone’s battery to die.

She was scaling the ranks in a global investment bank, earning a great income, living and working between London and New York and in line for a significant promotion.

GAY CLASS UPROAR was the headline sprawled across The Daily Telegraph’s front page yesterday.

I’d be lying if I said this wasn’t a little heart-wrenching to write.

Yesterday the cover of the latest Australian Women’s Weekly magazine popped up on my Instagram feed.

At age 15 Sophie McNeill borrowed her school’s video equipment and, without her family knowing, travelled to East Timor to make a documentary about the health crisis that was unfolding.

An update: The Australian Financial Review’s Michael Stutchbury has responded to this story.

Tanya Plibersek knows her way around the issues facing Australian women.

It’s been over a week since we learned that the government had opted to make working mothers – past, current and prospective – the losers in this year’s budget.