Ed’s Blog

War overshadowed this week’s International Women’s Day, despite various events and activities hoping to ignore the global realities of escalating conflict, displacement, climate change and growing risks of gender-based violence on women and girls internationally.

Not just more Australian babies, but more Australian jokes and Australian BBQs and more Australian everything to “Make Australia… the country it was in the past.”

“Australia has taken the Iranian women’s soccer team into our hearts,” Tony Burke said on announcing five players had been granted visas.

The world is facing its greatest ever challenges. One day of elevataing women isn’t eneough for this emergency.

Are we surprised?

It’s gender pay gap data day, when the gender pay gaps of more than 10,000 empoyers across Australia go public. And people start asking questions.

When Albanese opted for “difficult” as a descriptor for Grace Tame during a light-hearted word-association game, it was hard to stomach.

Ann Sherry shared what she’s learnt on delivering impact at the Women Unlimited conference on Thursday morning.

Australia inconveniently has a clear ‘Values Statement’ that goes well beyond listing democracy, the rule of law and various freedoms.

Jacinta Price has gleefully declared she’s back, after being sensationally demoted from the shadow ministry by then-leader Sussan Ley.

Gisèle Pelicot wants shame to change sides. And she’s vowed to visit her ex-husband in prison to demand answers.

The fact that so many Coalition women are publicly backing Angus Taylor isn’t surprising in a political culture that has never given them reason to believe they could be anything more than lackeys to men.