Senator Derryn Hinch believes that owning your own home is not a ‘right’ in Australia, but rather a ‘dream’ that everybody wants to achieve. Sure, it’s not a ‘right…
When men talk gender diversity and the lies that are told to women
I’m not going to thank men for attending women’s conferences and events. It should never be perceived as a chore to get out and learn from women in business or leadership, or to simply listen to a wom…
George Brandis offended at being called a ‘white’ man as Section 18C changes voted down
The Senate has rejected changes to section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act that would have seen it weakened through replacing the words “offend, insult or humiliate” with “harass” and…
Penalty rates gave me independence & the chance to escape poverty.
I started my first job in the service industry when I was 14 years old and 9 months: precisely the age at which I was allowed to be legally employed. My first job was as a cashier at a well-known fast…
Wendy McCarthy: It’s 3 steps forward and 1 back for child care and early learning
The childcare reforms passed by the Senate last week – the biggest in a decade – will reward some women and their children and punish others. The reforms are good news for Australia’s around one…
7 things every parent needs to know about the new childcare package
So after three years, three Senate Inquiries, one Productivity Commission Inquiry and two elections the Government finally managed to get its childcare (“Jobs for Families”) package through the Senate…
‘You have no idea how bloody tough it is’: Jacqui Lambie’s emotional speech about living on welfare as a single parent
Senator Jacqie Lambie broke down in Parliament Wednesday night while sharing her personal experiences living off a disability support pension for seven years, while raising two kids as a single mother…
Another day, another childcare centre visited by politicians
Today Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visited another childcare centre for yet another childcare announcement. This time the PM said it’s in “constructive discussions” regarding the …
One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts says ‘some girls like being wolf-whistled’.
In the history of the world has a man ever won the attention and affection of a woman with a wolf-whistle? One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts seems to think so. Speaking to Patricia Karvelas on ABC Ra…
Why Peter Dutton ought to stick to his knitting.
Peter Dutton has advised Alan Joyce and other business executives who have written to Malcolm Turnbull urging action on same-sex marriage to “stick to their knitting”. It’s advice some in the governme…
