Politics

Any working parent of kids in primary school knows the problem well: how do you work a standard eight hour work day, while juggling the drop offs and picks up associated with a standard six hour school day?

Penny Wong has been named the 2018 McKinnon Political Leader of the Year for her leadership &advocacy in promoting tolerance and inclusiveness in Australia.

Any day now some 3000 Sacred Djapwurrung birthing trees are due to be cut down by VicRoads. Protestors are urging the Premier Daniel Andrews to intervene.  

In 2019, women make up 24% of members of national legislative bodies globally, a number that has risen over the past decade.

A group of experts and parents have come together to ensure childcare is on the agenda for all political parties at the upcoming federal election.

“Some politicians in Australia have for years been whipping up anti-muslim and anti-immigrant sentiment,” Faruqi told ABC Breakfast News this morning.

Michelle Grattan wrrites that it’s no good being inclusive one day and shrill and politically expedient on another when building a multicultural society.

UN General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa warned that there had been a “serious regression” in the political power of women.

Pallavi Sinha is a long-time advocate for women particularly around domestic violence & a Liberal candidate the NSW Upper House Legislative Council.

Previous Liberal MP and now cross bencher Julia Banks admitted that the Liberal Party is decades behind the business world in relation to women.

This morning, Scott Morrison spoke to an International Women’s Day breakfast at the Chamber of Minerals and Energy. According to reports, it was … interesting.

At the National Press Club on 6th of March 2019 Dr Anne Summers AO said the Liberals don’t have a woman problem. Women have a problem with the Liberals.