News & Views Spain gets a majority female Cabinet: ‘One day this won’t make headlines’ Spain’s new Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has appointed 11 women and 6 men to his Cabinet, declaring a commitment to equality.
Life Safe access abortion clinics legalised in NSW (no thanks to the Minister for Women) The bill to legalise safe access zones for abortion clinics was passed overnight but no thanks can be extended to the Minister for Women, Tanya Davies.
Leadership Naivety helped Fiona Patten take the reins of a new political movement in Australia Fiona Patten, the Victorian cross-bencher who has led change on abortion, assisted dying and drug reform, sits down for a chat with Kristine Ziwica.
News & Views Trump’s latest prisoner pardon “obsession” capitalised on by Kardashian West Kim Kardashian met with Trump and Kushner recently to personally lobby the release of drug offender Alice Marie Johnson. Yesterday it happened.
News & Views The top five most mind-boggling moments of Barnaby Joyce’s “Tell all” special Barnaby Joyce and Vikki Campion’s first tell-all special on Channel 7 last night was memorable, but for all the wrong reasons. Here are the top five most mind-boggling moments.
Leadership The importance of speaking truth to power: Our #Auspol brains trust weighs in Michelle Wolf’s conviction is admirable, but should we try to emulate it? How important is it to speak truth to power, and is it really worth the fight?
Business Two women are shaking up the Super Industry in a big way and it’s long overdue New recommendations from the Productivity Commission’s Karen Chester and Angela MacRae could spell a substantial overhaul for the Super industry.
Leadership The hypocrisy continues: Why is Barnaby Joyce selling stories? Yesterday it was reported that the former Deputy Prime Minister had accepted a whopping $150,000 payment from Channel Seven for his and Vikki Campion’s story.
World Ireland’s historic referendum & ‘a quiet revolution’ that cannot be underestimated In a referendum held on Friday 66.4% of Irish voters opted to repeal the 8th Amendment which effectively bans abortion in almost every instance. It is a historic result of a ‘quiet revolution’ 30 years in the making.
News & Views How to get more women in the House The wave of quality women who have left the House in the past few weeks let alone years means the challenge of how to encourage more Australian women to enter all levels of government remains larger than Donald Trump’s Twitter feed.
News & Views Ahead of Ireland’s referendum we should acknowledge the work Australia still has to do Ahead of Friday’s referendum in Ireland on abortion, Victoria’s Minister for Women Natalie Hutchins has a message for the pro life protesters she saw on Spring St in Melbourne today.
News & Views Note to the LNP: Wheeling out your (few) female members to confect outrage on progress, is a tactic we all see through Kristine Ziwica observes a recent tactic by the Liberal Party to raise he spectre of “radical gender theory” to confect outrage. And they’re wheeling out their (few) female members to do it.
