News & Views Jacinda Ardern steps up, so Alan Jones says Scott Morrison should ‘shove a sock down her throat’ Alan Jones has gone too far, once again. Asking if SCott MOrrison will be “fully biefed to shove a sock down her throat”.
News & Views Detained women’s rights activist Loujain al-Halthloul chooses to be tortured rather than lie The Saudi government arrested women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul a year ago for speaking out against the country’s laws.
News & Views The extraordinary courage of humanitarian lawyer Rabia Siddique Rabia Siddique shared her extraordinary story of abuse, discrimination & trauma. Her message is powerful: change requires a single person.
News & Views UK MP Caroline Lucas proposes an emergency all-female cabinet UK MP Caroline Lucas has written an open letter to a cross-party group calling for a cabinet of women to stop a ‘disastrous’ no-deal Brexit.
News & Views ‘An historic moment’: 119 years later, bill decriminalising abortion passes NSW lower house A bill to decriminalise abortion in NSW passed the lower house late last night, labelled an opportunity to right a “119 year wrong”.
Leadership Australia’s Family Law system is failing domestic violence survivors: Angela Lynch Angela Lynch is CEO of Women’s Legal Service QLD, where their increased capacity still can’t keep up with the demand for domestic violence related help.
News & Views Ocasio-Cortez slams viral image of young men ‘groping & choking’ her cardboard cut-out A group of young, white men in “Team Mitch” t-shirts gather around a cardboard cutout of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
News & Views Donald Trump: Video games, internet & mental illness – not guns – to blame for mass shootings According to President Trump, the cause of the mass shootings over the weekend in the U.S is not guns, but “the glorification of violence” and video games.
News & Views Why a code of conduct may not be enough to change the boys’ club culture in the Liberal Party While a code of conduct is a step in the right direction, it is unlikely to change the internal culture of the Liberal Party.
News & Views 29 Americans killed in two mass shootings in 14 hours On Saturday morning, 20 people were killed in a shopping centre in El Paso, Texas and later that day, nine were killed in a bar district in Dayton, Ohio.
News & Views Homelessness has grown by 31% for women aged 55 & older In National Homelessness Week, Dr Jane Bullen has called on Federal and State governments to respond to the homelessness crisis.
News & Views Why Australia needs to follow the UK & introduce a bill for flexible work as default A few weeks ago, UK MP Helen Whately took the unprecedented step of introducing a flexible work bill into UK Parliament. Australia should follow suit.