The Prime Minister Scott Morrison reportedly tried to secure an invitation for his mentor and Hillsong church leader Brian Houston to join him in the United States for the State visit. According to a …
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She’ll not be right. Thousands join protests all over Australia
And so it begins. There are 110 towns and cities taking part in the Global Strike 4 Climate in Australia, with thousands already gathering in capital cities. They’ve arrived with their best sign…
A call to act: The climate emergency is feminism’s biggest threat
I recently started reading An Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace Wells. I assume it’s a fantastic book and the first chapter was extremely well written. But I couldn’t get past that first chapter. W…
The 2018 Stella Count finds gender split on book reviews almost at 50/50
The results of the 2018 Stella Count are in and it looks like all of the counting has worked its magic. In a major moment for literary journalism, the Stella Count, which records the extent of gender …
‘This is the time to wake up’: Greta Thunberg’s full speech in US Congress
Greta Thunberg delivered this speech in the US Congress on Thursday, urging politicians to look to the sacrifices of Martin Luther King and other civil rights activists in the the fight to solve the c…
‘We want our future back’: why girl activists are leading the climate movement
The future used to be full of possibilities for young people. Now it scares us. Will we still have enjoyable summers? The wonders of the Great Barrier Reef and Amazon rainforest? Or will we suffer unb…
No business as usual as thousands of businesses support climate protests
With protests planned around the country and world today, more than 2500 businesses in Australia have pledged their support for workers to participate in strikes. Tech giant Atlassian is on the list o…
