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Fronting Senate Estimates on Monday, Senator Payne, Minister for Women, rejected the assertion that the federal budget had not done enough for Australian women.

The budget and WESS set aside just $2.1 million “to help prevent sexual harassment in Australian workplaces”.

Nicolle Flint shares more on some of the causes she is passionate about, like improving outcomes for those with endometriosis, and bettering the treatment of all women in politics.

The proposed legislation in South Australia would remove abortion entirely from criminal law, treating it only as a health issue.

Sabah Hafiz was a 23-year-old aspiring model who enjoyed new experiences and being ‘spontaneous’. She had her whole life before her.

The Morrison government dispatched Senator Anne Ruston, Senator Michaelia Cash, and Representative Karen Andrews to defend the budget.

When NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian revealed a long, ‘personal relationship’ with disgraced former MP Daryl Maguire, she suggested she’d been oblivious to his misdemeanours.

The Morrison government has quietly slashed more than a million dollars of funding from its Respect Matters program in schools.

Sheena Watt made history today as she was sworn in to become Labor’s first female Aboriginal MP in the Victorian Parliament.

Prominent voices in the domestic and family violence space have formed a coalition to push for the criminalisation of coercive control.

Berejiklian’s personal relationship with Daryl Maguire was exposed at the NSW ICAC on Monday. Her political future is on the line.

Amid the hoopla of the budget this week, you might have missed a powerful speech delivered by independent Tasmanian Senator, Jacqui Lambie.