Politics

Just 48 hours before the 2019 federal election, former Prime Minister Bob Hawke passed away peacefully surrounded by his friends and family. He was 89.

In my view, Morrison, O’Dwyer and the Coalition have been systemically hiding discrimination and systemic inequalities from view,

A new Netflix documentary, Knock Down the House, chronicles Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Paula Jean Swearengin, Amy Vilela and Cori Bush.

Want to vote for women? The Women’s Electoral Lobby has released a Federal Election Scorecard ranking the major political parties’ commitment to women

The Morrison government will spend $75 million on financial support for up to 40,000 Australian women looking to re-enter the workforce.

Governor of NSW Margaret Beazley AO QC delivered an enlightening speech on “A Century of Women’s Achievements: Unfinished Business.”

At the forefront of this youth activism are inspiring young women who are demanding more action from our political leaders this election on gender equality.

Historic numbers of women are running for office. To what extent are they facing something very, very old: the same old sexism and double standards?

In an election campaign full of giveaways but short on serious economic reform, Labor’s proposed change to childcare support is most important.

Liberal candidate Sachin Joshi says the gender pay gap exists because female doctors are “less active/interested in pursuing business skills”. He’s wrong.

More than half of Australians feel women’s issues are recurrently sidelined by the government, according to a new poll released this week. 

Four million Australians, at some period over the last 12 months, have experienced extreme hunger. One in five of these people are children.