News & Views ‘Intense’: Steph Catley’s stunning goal seals Matildas victory Steph Catley stepped in for captain and penalty duties, with Sam Kerr out due to injury. Catley scored the winning goal.
Politics How removing parenting payments when children turned 8 harmed rather than help single mothers Ahead of this week’s federal budget, here’s new information on how removing parenting payments when children turned 8 harmed single mothers.
Life The three areas of health we should prioritise for ourselves You can’t pour from an empty cup – make sure to take care of yourself. You need to prioritise the areas of mental, physical, and oral health.
News & Views Here’s what’s in the Women’s Budget Statement for 2022-23 This year’s Women’s Budget Statement outlines $2.1 billion in targeted spending for women and girls to “plan for a stronger future”.
News & Views Nearly 40% of Australian families can’t ‘afford’ childcare A report uses an international benchmark of no more than 7% of disposable income spent on childcare to determine affordability.
News & Views An Open Letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison: Women’s #March4Justice – Calling for a safe and equal Australia An Open Letter to Scott Morrison on behalf of the grassroots organisers of the #March4Justice 5050 Foundation & #CredibleWomen everywhere.
News & Views ‘Speed trumps perfection’: WHO executive director on stemming the spread of disease “Speed is more important than perfection in emergency outbreaks,” WHO Executive Director Dr Michael J Ryan says of stemming the spread of COVID-19.
News & Views Now is the time to help close the archaic ‘mistake of fact’ loophole in Queensland The Qld government referred the archaic ‘mistake of fact’ defence to the Law Reform Commission for review in 2019. Submissions from the public are now open.
News & Views Greens secure agreement on safeguards for women giving evidence at family law inquiry On Monday the Greens secured senate support for strong protection measures and safeguards for women who choose to give evidence for the family law inquiry.
News & Views Old white men dominate school English booklists. It’s time more Australian schools taught Australian books Australian books are not consistently taught in classrooms and, when they are, they more often than not marginalise female, refugee and Indigenous authors.
News & Views For Indigenous women, the #MeToo movement is a deeper fight against racism, power & oppression The representations we see of Indigenous women in Australia need to reflect success and excellence not only disadvantage.
News & Views Why young mothers are an easy target for shaming It’s not simply millennial parents being shamed in Michael Leunig’s latest cartoon… it’s mothers. They’re an easy target