Tarla Lambert

It’s a question many of us have reflected upon: what would change if there were more women in politics? Today, 17 young Australian women will get a taste of that possibility as they enter Parliament and take over an MP’s job for the day – all part of Plan International Australia’s ‘Girls Take Over Parliament’ campaign.

Women the world over have joined together to expose the true prevalence of sexual crime, sharing their own harrowing stories with the hashtag #MeToo.

Gendered adjectives, will we ever escape them? Shrill, sensitive, bubbly, pushy, hysterical, bossy—women the world over have grown accustomed to these terms.

Donald Trump, Bill Cosby, Casey Affleck, Bill O’Reilly, Roger Ailes and now, Harvey Weinstein.

The mood in New York was sombre following the US election.

Saudi Arabia has finally lifted its archaic ban on women driving.

Tony Abbott’s daughter Frances has released a video supporting the YES campaign.

Angela Merkel has been reinstated for a fourth term as German Chancellor, but will be forced to forge an unstable coalition Government–a result of soaring support for alt- right party, Anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD), which took out 13.

The AFL made no bones about where it stood on the same-sex marriage debate yesterday, erecting a giant ‘YES’ sign outside their Docklands headquarters in Melbourne.

Last week hundreds of early childcare educators walked off the job in a protest against dire pay conditions.

Australian media has long been an industry dominated by men, and commercial radio is by far the worst offender.

Ladies please, make a little more effort for your man.