News & Views Queensland’s historic election & the women who helped make it possible Labor’s Annastacia Palaszscuk is preparing to take over the Premiership of Queensland against all the odds.
News & Views Rosie Batty calls on Tony Abbott to reverse cuts to domestic violence services Australian of the Year Rosie Batty has criticised Tony Abbott for promising to take real action to tackle family violence while at the same time slashing funding to family violence services.
News & Views Sugar daddies & Sugar babies: This sugar is making us seriously sick Have you heard of Sugar Daddies and Sugar Babies? I actually hope not, but it looks like you might in the near future because apparently they’re increasingly common.
News & Views Financial services has a serious gender problem: Are targets and flexible work enough? Chief executives from some of Australia’s biggest financial institutions gathered to debate solutions for the industry’s persistent gender equality problem at luncheon in Melbourne yesterday.
News & Views Women’s legal services crippled by federal budget cuts Women’s Agenda reported yesterday that Australian of the Year Rosie Batty has called on the Prime Minister to reverse harsh funding cuts to crucial services that assist victims of family violence.
News & Views Gina Rinehart and the Australian women on the Forbes Rich List Forbes has released its latest Rich List for Australia and, unlike the majority of countries, we have a woman in the top spot.
News & Views Tony Abbott & Julie Bishop: Is it Kevin Rudd & Julia Gillard all over again? Amid growing speculation about the possibility of an LNP leadership spill, rumours have now begun to circulate that the prime minister’s relationship with his deputy Julie Bishop is fraught and worsening.
News & Views Tony Abbott under fire: Liberal MPs publicly call for leadership ballot Liberal MP Dr Dennis Jensen has become the first politician to openly call for Prime Minister Tony Abbott to step down and allow the party to install a new leader.
News & Views Reese Witherspoon says women deserve better from Hollywood Acclaimed actress and producer Reese Witherspoon is determined to change the way Hollywood treats women.
News & Views Is the Liberal party ready for a female leader? Absolutely, Julie Bishop says Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said unequivocally that the Liberal Party is ready for a female leader.
News & Views Harper Lee to publish To Kill a Mockingbird sequel after 55 years Pulitzer-winning author Harper Lee has announced she will publish a sequel to her famous first novel To Kill A Mockingbird after a 55-year hiatus.
News & Views Yes We Must: Gender equality in the media by 2030 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has launched its 2015 Women Make the News initiative to promote gender equality in the global media.