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More than 400,000 people have signed a petition calling on the federal government to declare a national climate emergency.

On Monday afternoon, the principal of St Kevin’s college apologised unreservedly for the violent chant his students had sung on a public Melbourne tram.

Survivors of sexual abuse in Tasmania will soon be able to share their stories publicly, with the State Government set to change laws after #LetHerSpeak

There’s no shortage of fearful women in Australia, according to new data from the Australia Talks research. And while sad, the results aren’t surprising.

In Australia, six babies every day are stillborn with the rate remaining largely unchanged for two decades. Kristina Keneally

Julie Collins, pictured, is Labor’s Shadow Minister for Women.

The man she would have been replacing — Malcolm Turnbull — has declared he would have welcomed a Julie Bishop PM, but it wasn’t to be.

Proposed Religious Freedom Laws could stop Australian businesses fostering inclusive cultures, eroding any business benefit derived from inclusion.

Hillary and Chelsea Clinton have written a book, highlighting 103 women and their achievements and contribution to the world.

Scott Morrison, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have faced very different questions this week, but all three have resorted to clutching at straws

After weeks of protests and bitter in-party fighting, NSW Parliament has finally passed laws decriminalising abortion in the state.

Morrison warned that we should “caution against raising the anxieties of children in our country” when addressing the threat of climate change.