Childcare fees have increased by 3 per cent in the last quarter and by more than 34 per cent since the Coalition came into power in 2013, according to new data released by the education department. Fe…
Greece’s top judge to be elected first female president
Greece is set to elect its first female president, as centre-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis nominates the country’s top judge, Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou, for the role. Sakellaropoulou, 63, …
Pope Francis appoints first woman to senior Vatican diplomatic role
Pope Francis has appointed a woman to a senior managerial position in the Vatican’s Secretariat of State for the first time in the Catholic Church’s history. Dr Francesca Di Giovanni, an Italia…
Female directors dismissed as Oscar nominations announced
The Oscars have again dismissed women filmmakers and their work, with the Best Director nominations being exclusively male for the second consecutive year. The highly coveted directing category has be…
UQ Liberal National Club members disrupt drag queen story telling event at Brisbane library
A University of Queensland student group has been filmed verbally attacking two drag queens at a storytelling event at Brisbane Square Library. In the video footage, the students, who are members of …
Trump likely to be impeached, here’s what happens next
US President Donald Trump is expected to be impeached by the Democratic-led House of Representatives in the coming hours. The House is preparing to cast a historic vote on two articles of impeachment …
Dr Rebecca Johnson to become Chief Scientist at Smithsonian museum
Sydney scientist Dr Rebecca Johnson is set take on a leading role as Chief Scientist and Associate Director of Science at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC. On ABC…
‘Debt has doubled’: Leigh Sales grills Josh Frydenberg over ‘rosy’ economic picture
7.30 host Leigh Sales grilled Treasurer Josh Frydenberg over the “rosy picture” he is trying to paint about Australia’s economic reality, after delivering the mid-year budget update on Monday. T…
McDonald’s parts ways with franchisee after racist video emerges
McDonald’s has taken swift action to condemn the behaviour of a franchisee who was caught on camera allegedly verbally abusing a neighbour over his Indigenous heritage. Robert Vigors, who owned McDona…
Angela Merkel is Forbes’ most powerful woman of 2019
For the ninth consecutive year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has topped Forbes’ list of the world’s 100 most powerful women. Merkel is currently serving her fourth term as leader of the Europ…
