Soapbox

Self-collect for cervical screening is a game-changer because it allows women to screen on their own terms, writes Rebecca White.

Cheaper PBS medicines mean affordable contraception, menopause, endometriosis and IVF treatment. A change that has been decades in the making.

The new Aged Care Act is being built on top of an operating system that has barely changed at all, one that disproportionately harms older women.

The work of women undertaking parenting, meaning making, and emotional labour gets pushed to the side in photo albums.

There was no nurse on duty to check the mother of 5’s medical records. It’s not a one-off tragedy. It’s a predictable outcome of policy decisions that put policing before care.

The Bondi Chanukah attack demands clarity, urging women and Australia to reject antisemitism, neutrality, and lead bravely.

If kindness and courage truly are Australian values, they should be visible in the way power is exercised, reforms are pursued, and people are protected long after the crisis has passed.

After the Bondi massacre, Australia is called to collective healing, care, and standing with the Jewish community.

I have been a part of change on gun laws and I know how it can happen. It’s not with silence or politics, it’s with the power of people.

I come to Australia not only to speak about women in Afghanistan, but to recognise the courage of those who still care, writes Dr Sima Samar.

We must stand against those who seek to divide us and exploit tragedy for their cause. Because most of us just want to live in peace.

Aunty Vickie Roach changed this nation. She asserted, in the face of enormous hostility, that imprisoned people remain part of “the people”.