Georgie Dent

2016 was the year that everyday Australian women wielded real power online.

In 2004, a single punch rendered Daniella Borg a single mother.

The World Economic Forum has released its annual Global Gender Gap Report which examines any gap that exists between men and women in 142 countries based on four pillars; health & survival, educational attainment, economic participation and political empowerment.

Another day, another sex scandal.

Australia’s foreign minister Julie Bishop today addressed the National Press Club in Canberra at an event held by the Women in Media.

As a first-time parent I distinctly recall walking around in a semi-permanent state of bewilderment.

I was going to say that I was gobsmacked by Senator David Leyonhjelm’s summation of caring for children last week on Channel 10’s The Project as “wiping noses and stopping the kids from killing each other”.

Kate Ellis, Jenny Macklin, Michelle Rowland, Amanda Rishworth, Tim Watts and Jim Chalmers were among the nine Labour MPs who attended the Senate yesterday afternoon in support of Senator Nova Peris.

Chances are, by now, you’ve seen the footage.

By now, you would have read or seen or heard the news.

When he stood as a candidate for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination? He’ll never get it, we thought.

I can’t remember the exact words I used.