Local NSW Premier Mike Baird resigns: “There is a strong personal cost that comes with public life” The NSW Premier Mike Baird will retire from parliament half-way through his government’s term.
Ed's Blog The marginalization of middle class men like Tony Abbott & Andrew Bolt A President-elect who is a billionaire, in part due to inheriting a vast estate from his father, cast as the champion of the working class: the anti-establishment.
Ed's Blog Who actually cares? Childcare is broken, we need a new system Just thinking about the amount it costs to send my eldest son to childcare churns my stomach.
Ed's Blog Why I wasn’t gobsmacked by David Leyonhjelm’s contribution to the childcare debate in Australia I was going to say that I was gobsmacked by Senator David Leyonhjelm’s summation of caring for children last week on Channel 10’s The Project as “wiping noses and stopping the kids from killing each other”.
Ed's Blog Barnaby Joyce tells those who can’t afford a house in Sydney and Melbourne to leave We love calling politicians “out of touch”.
Ed's Blog Malcolm Turnbull claims ‘not my job’ as other world leaders speak out German Chancellor Angela Merkel outlined the Geneva Convention over the phone to Donald Trump, in response to the US President’s executive order banning those from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States.
Ed's Blog The new agenda is ‘opportunity’ so let’s talk childcare and working mothers Yesterday I sat next to a woman on a train who was loudly telling a colleague why, “Sandra think she’s coming back but she’s never coming back.
Health A letter to the prime minister from a survivor of abuse Dear Prime Minister, While getting ready for work recently, I listened with interest to your address to the White Ribbon Day Breakfast on television.
Employers Why Domestic Violence Leave is Not Just “Another Cost” “We just believe it’s another cost on our economy that will have an impact on our international competitiveness,” Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said in a Sky News interview earlier this week.
Local What happens to Australia’s international responsibilities during the Trump Presidency? The global consequences of the Trump Presidency are already beginning: he’s set to rip up key international trade deals, he’s signed an executive order that will jeopardize women’s health worldwide, and he’s promised to push ahead with building that wall.
Local You call that a friendship? Turnbull needs to stick it to Trump The “close friendship” between the United States and Australia is looking pretty shaky, following an explosive phone exchange between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Local How Susan Lamb is bringing motherhood to politics Freshly minted Labor MP Susan Lamb gave an emotional maiden speech in Parliament yesterday, calling for same-sex marriage.
