News & Views We must keep fighting for abortion rights, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan says Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has issued a warning that she is concerned that there are genuine threats to abortion rights in Australia.
News & Views Abortion is legal in Victoria, but for many, it’s out of reach Despite progress in abortion access in Victoria, ongoing inequalities still exist for disadvantaged and regional communities.
News & Views ‘Women make up our own minds’: Allegra Spender says no one is ‘pulling the strings’ but her Allegra Spender said she had a problem with the idea that Simon Holmes à Court was “pulling the strings” of her political decisions.
News & Views Justice Michael Lee found ‘Mr Lehrmann raped Ms Higgins’. Bruce Lehrmann is appealing this decision. Bruce Lehrmann will have the opportunity to appeal the Federal Court’s judgement from April that found, on the balance of probabilities, he raped Brittany Higgins in 2019.
News & Views Anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe sparks outrage with ‘baby killers’ social media posts Joanna Howe, a key figure behind South Australia’s “forced birth” abortion legislation, attacked prominent SA women in a twisted post.
News & Views Whatever you think of Lidia Thorpe’s actions, we cannot discount the misogyny directed at her Regardless if you agree or not with Senator’s Thorpe’s actions, why must we continue to use such misogynistic tropes to describe women?
News & Views ‘You are not our king’: Senator Lidia Thorpe interrupts King Charles and Camilla welcome to Parliament House Lidia Thorpe was escorted from the Great Hall at Parliament House earlier today after the independent senator interrupted the reception of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
News & Views Expanding family violence provisions is not enough to make temporary migrants safe Bold, ambitious whole-of-system reform is needed to ensure temporary migrants are safe from family violence.
Books Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts’ new memoir is an essential read In her debut memoir, Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts shares her powerful story in an effort to drive positive change for First Nations people.
News & Views How did the word ‘digital’ only get mentioned once in the menopause Senate inquiry recommendations? The value of digital health as the key to delivering these menopause recommendations was a lost opportunity.
News & Views The change needed to keep bulk billed pathology tests accessible for women Until now, women have had the comfort of knowing pathology tests are widely available and affordable in Australia. That may change soon.
News & Views No one thought it would pass – but a ‘Trumpian’ South Australian bill on abortion almost did A bill to amend abortion rights in South Australia was just one vote away from passing in the state’s parliament parliament last night.