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The federal government will target social media algorithms in new legislation that will give Australians a choice over the content they see.

Elouise Massa has announced she will contest the seat of Manly, saying she has found a new sense of courage since her son Joe died.

One Nation’s latest plan to make women poorer comes in the form of a new policy proposal that would enable millions of Australians to access superannuation early.

Australians spend 26 hours on unpaid household labour each week, an effort that would be worth $1 trillion.

Greens MP Sue Higginson has referred a new police body-worn video to the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.

A vacant Central Coast aged care facility was transformed into transitional housing for older women experiencing homelessness.

If our strategy for keeping girls safe depends on girls being perfectly sober, then we are saying that boys’ behaviour is inevitable.

Breaking down in parliament, Lambie described her own struggle accessing specialist care for vaginal prolapse following military service.

A national roadmap to ensure victim-survivors of family violence can seek safety without leaving their pets behind has been launched.

Julia Gillard was subjected to the highest proportion of opposition questions of any prime minister in recent decades.

Students have a right to speak up, and protesting can help young people take part in Australia’s democracy.

Women for Election’s suvey of women running for office and those already in office shows the extent and harm of online abuse. It should be raising alarms about how healthy our democracy actually is.