News & Views ‘In our hearts’: The race to protect courageous Iranian footballers “Australia has taken the Iranian women’s soccer team into our hearts,” Tony Burke said on announcing five players had been granted visas.
Ed's Blog Every day MUST be International Women’s Day The world is facing its greatest ever challenges. One day of elevataing women isn’t eneough for this emergency.
Ed's Blog Gender pay gaps go public. And the boardrooms of Australia start talking It’s gender pay gap data day, when the gender pay gaps of more than 10,000 empoyers across Australia go public. And people start asking questions.
News & Views When Albanese called Grace Tame “difficult,” he said more than he intended When Albanese opted for “difficult” as a descriptor for Grace Tame during a light-hearted word-association game, it was hard to stomach.
News & Views Ann Sherry on achieving impact, power and being the only woman in the room Ann Sherry shared what she’s learnt on delivering impact at the Women Unlimited conference on Thursday morning.
Ed's Blog The cherrypicking of ‘Australian Values’ to conveniently overlook equality, compassion and respect Australia inconveniently has a clear ‘Values Statement’ that goes well beyond listing democracy, the rule of law and various freedoms.
News & Views Liberal women are dropping like flies, but at least Jacinta Price is ‘back, baby’ Jacinta Price has gleefully declared she’s back, after being sensationally demoted from the shadow ministry by then-leader Sussan Ley.
Ed's Blog Gisèle Pelicot is sharing her story and demanding an end to shame Gisèle Pelicot wants shame to change sides. And she’s vowed to visit her ex-husband in prison to demand answers.
News & Views Sussan Ley didn’t just lose the numbers. She lost to a Coalition culture that has long loathed women The fact that so many Coalition women are publicly backing Angus Taylor isn’t surprising in a political culture that has never given them reason to believe they could be anything more than lackeys to men.
Ed's Blog ‘If we want a credible opposition’. We need to remove the woman? Hearing a Liberal backbencher deploying the word “credible” to dismiss the (still current) woman leading the Liberal party was galling and familiar.
News & Views Sydney protests confirm that Australia is starting to follow America’s policing playbook The anti-Herzog protests in Sydney were expected to be passionate. Violent? Not so much. And certainly not at the hands of the police.
