Politics My biggest fear about having kids is shared by thousands of women Australian women are extremely concerned about the future of the planet and this fear is impacting the likelihood of young women having children altogether.
News & Views Rise of female independents continues as Julia Banks confirms she’ll take on Greg Hunt The list of female candidates taking on blue ribbon seats at the next election is growing, with MP Julia Banks to take on Greg Hunt in Flinders.
News & Views Zali Steggall: The Olympian turned barrister taking on Tony Abbott Zali Steggall has announced she’ll run as an independent for the blue-ribbon seat of Warringah in Sydney’s north, taking on Tony Abbott in the process.
News & Views Vitriol towards Kelly O’Dwyer proves Australia’s undeniable ‘women issue’ Since announcing her resignation, Kelly O’Dwyer has faced ongoing trolling; labelled a ‘bitch’ ‘a dog’ and everything in between. We need to do better.
News & Views Kelly O’Dwyer cites ‘very personal’ reasons in shock decision to leave politics Liberal Minister Kelly O’Dwyer has declared she will be leaving politics at the next Federal Election due to family reasons, including her desire to have a third child, in a shock announcement made this afternoon.
Screen ‘I don’t want to celebrate it’: Brooke Boney’s brave opposition to Australia Day Brooke Boney told viewers of the Today Show that she couldn’t reconcile January 26th as Australia Day when it marks deep trauma for many Indigenous people.
News & Views ‘It is my duty to deliver. I intend to do so’: Theresa May we don’t know how you do it Theresa May is hanging on, not backing down, continuing on with her intention to see this through. How does she stay so calm and resilient?
News & Views The Women’s Wave is Coming: Global marches set to move ahead this weekend Women’s Marches will move ahead this weekend with a core event held in Washington DC and sister marches taking place globally.
News & Views The 10 most unwanted ‘hard right’ politicians in Australia: GetUp Survey Peter Dutton leads the list of unwanted “hard right” politicians, followed by Tony Abbott, according to a poll by GetUp last week.
Life Migrant grandparents to fill childcare gap, but at what cost? The government’s newly introduced temporary sponsored parent visa may allow migrant grandparents to care for children in Australia, but is there a cost?
News & Views ‘I have strength in my hands’: Midwife Helen Haines to take on major parties, replacing Cathy McGowan Expect to hear much more from Dr Helen Haines over the next five months, as she takes on the major parties as an independent for the high profile seat of Indi.
Politics Tanya Plibersek outlines measures to help close gender pay gap Labor has today proposed new measures to combat the gender pay gap in female-dominated industries, should it be elected to govern in 2019.