News & Views $4 million push to get more women-led startups off the ground in NSW The NSW government is pushing to close the gender gap in entrepreneurship, launching a $4 million pre-accelerator program.
News & Views Brighton unveils plans for groundbreaking women’s stadium Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club has unveiled plans to build Europe’s first purpose-built stadium for a women’s football team.
News & Views ‘Major win’: Georgie Purcell, Brittany Higgins secure reform to reduce courtroom harm for survivors The Victorian government will strengthen laws to allow more sexual assault survivors to pre-record their testimony.
News & Views Note to Karl Stefanovic: The 70s and 80s weren’t less political. It’s when Australians fought hardest for rights we take for granted While it’s easy to look back on the 1970s and 80s through a nostalgic lens, it was also one of the most politically transformative times.
News & Views The woman behind the growing demand for sensory rooms in Australia’s biggest venues Dr Bliss Cavanagh turned her personal experience with Tourette syndrome into a business designing sensory rooms that support inclusion.
News & Views Women leaders rally behind funding push for ‘silent killer’ cancer group Survival rates for upper gastrointestinal cancers have barely shifted in decades. Women are leading the funding push.
News & Views Trump turns a women’s sporting celebration into a men-first photo-op When Trump welcomed the University of Georgia women’s tennis team to the White House this week, the resulting photo went viral.
News & Views ‘Women will lose out’: Advocates raise alarm over gendered impact of NDIS overhaul Health Minister Mark Butler announced a major overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) on Wednesday.
News & Views Pacific women’s voices must shape climate action as Women Deliver comes to Australia A leading women and girls aid organisation is calling for greater focus on the impacts of the climate crisis in the Pacific region.
News & Views Calls grow to end $20bn tax breaks to property investors as budget looms Leading advocacy groups are calling on Jim Chalmers to scrap negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount for property investors.
News & Views Worse than lockdowns: Australians hit new low on life satisfaction Average life satisfaction in Australia has fallen to 6.22 (on a scale of 0 to 10), the lowest level recorded by the poll.
News & Views Pope Leo XIV denounces ‘handful of tyrants’ ravaging the world Pope Leo XIV has denounced “tyrants” who he says are ravaging the world, just days after he criticised Donald Trump over the US-Israel war in Iran.
