In a remarkable turn of events, yesterday Education Minister Dan Tehan urged the parents of Australia to send their little comrades to kindy. Well, not quite. But he did announce that all childcare – …
Perhaps we’ve stumbled on a cure for intensive parenting
Maybe we don’t have a cure for coronavirus, but perhaps the pandemic’s seen us stumble on a cure for intensive parenting, writes Kristine Ziwica. It’s not hard to spot the symptoms of this par…
The one thing I know for certain is that I feel uncertain
I have been a bit quiet lately. As someone whose profession is commentary and analysis — I “write from a position of expertise” on issues of gender equality and feminism (so my professional bio …
The sexual harassment inquiry report is revolutionary
I have just read the final report of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Sexual Harassment Inquiry, [email protected] Nearly two years in the making and launched in the heady days after #MeToo …
The Morrison Government says it needs ‘new ideas’ on DV? Start by addressing the dangerous language
Since Hannah Clarke and her three children were brutally murdered by Clarke’s former partner Rowan Baxter two weeks ago – Baxter doused them in accelerant and set the car they were in alight before ki…
Politics is where change happens. We must get more women involved: Carol Schwartz
Five years after the launch of Pathways to Politics, which was set up by leading business figure and women’s rights campaigner Carol Schwartz to “empower women to lead Australia”, Women’s Agenda caugh…
‘Change is a verb’ so talk won’t cut it: A wrap up from Catalysing Gender Equity 2020
For two days last week, 380 delegates from across the STEM sectors gathered in Adelaide for the Catalysing Gender Equity 2020 conference organised by the Australian Academy of Science and Science in G…
The Weinstein verdict is coming but it’s no ‘referendum on #MeToo’
Yesterday, the jury at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial began deliberations. A verdict could be imminent. However, regardless of the outcome, the result will not, as some have suggested, be a “referendum…
Government delivering “outcomes” for women? Not so much.
Who can forget last International Women’s Day when Prime Minister Scott Morrison covered himself in glory by saying, “we want to see women rise…we don’t want to see women rise only on the basis of oth…
No we don’t need a ‘Wellness Barbie’
As if we need further reason to interrogate the ubiquity and bastardisation of the concept of self-care as brought to you by the modern day wellness industrial complex, last week Mattel debuted a new …
