Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra What’s the betting that when Scott Morrison and Donald Trump are exchanging views on China in Washington in a week or so, the President might be curious about …
Merit? This minister is ‘not sure if climate change is manmade’
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said “merit is key” when it comes to getting more women into politics, but a willingness to accept the science climate change wouldn’t go astray either. One of Morrison’s…
The frustrating debate about ending violence against women
There is an important discussion happening about violence against women at the moment: even if gender equality is necessary to end this violence, are governments being too complacent in accepting that…
Julie Bishop, Andrew Denton & the subject of sexism
On Tuesday night Channel 7 broadcast the final episode of Andrew Denton’s Interview for the season, in which he sat down with the former foreign minister Julie Bishop. Their conversation spanned diplo…
Ricci Bartels isn’t a “dole bludger” or a “job snob”
Ricci Bartels has paid taxes in Australia for 46 years. She worked for 20 years in the private sector and then 26 years in the public sector for a NFP community service organisation. At age 62, throug…
#ArrestUs: 60 women who had abortions urge authorities to arrest them in NSW
Sixty women who each had ‘illegal’ abortions in NSW have laid down the gauntlet and challenged authorities to ‘Arrest Us’ ahead of the state parliament debating a decriminalisa…
Where would Australia be if we listened to Trump on refugees?
When US President Donald Trump recently raised the idea of sending back a handful of congresswomen to the “broken and crime infested places from which they came”, he echoed a sentiment we hear far too…
The PM telling women to ‘contact the police’ is not good enough. Leaders must act on sexual harassment allegations
How many more women need to flay themselves publicly and disclose experiences of sexual harassment before leaders take action? Kristine Ziwica reflects on Australia’s long overdue #MPToo moment. On T…
Why is the government funding couples counselling that experts say puts women at risk?
As of 10.30am on Monday morning police will have dealt with around 320 domestic violence related matters in Australia. As of today, the 22nd of July 2019, 28 women have been violently killed in this c…
Sally McManus calls on John Setka to stand down
After a meeting in Melbourne on Thursday the ACTU secretary Sally McManus publicly called on embattled union leader John Setka to resign in the interests of the union movement, a request he is refusin…
