“I’m not going to sway him and he’s not going to sway me,” Sydney Liberal Party councillor Christine Forster says in relation to the position her brother, Tony Abbott, takes on same-sex ma…
Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson & Dorothy Vaughan: Women who put the current crop of leaders to shame
Admittedly I am late to this but last week I finally watched the 2016 film Hidden Figures. It is an American biography based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s non-fiction book about African American female ma…
It might break the Liberal party but marriage equality is finally in reach
“I’m working on it,” the then opposition spokesperson for communications Malcolm Turnbull said. He was responding to Liz Ann Macgregor, the MCA director, who had just implored him to…
‘I have no regrets’: Gillian Triggs on her last day as Human Rights Commissioner.
Today is Professor Gillian Triggs’ last day at the Human Rights Commission. Her five years as president have been vexed. She has stared down two prime ministers, two immigration ministers and th…
Marriage equality to happen “sooner than anyone thinks” according to Christopher Pyne tape.
A tape recording of Christopher Pyne suggesting that Malcolm Turnbull’s government will deliver action on same sex marriage “sooner than anyone thinks” has been leaked. Pyne was at a…
What’s the deal with economic leadership and women in Australia?
Australia’s economic record is a world beater. Not fantastic but outstanding. While all around have succumbed to the flood at some point in the last quarter century Australia alone has kept its nostri…
“Ask Treasury”: The Office for Women’s response to the Budget’s impact on women.
Earlier this week the NFAW released its Gender Lens Report which examined the impact of the 2017-18 Federal Budget on women. It included the alarming result that some women will face an effective marg…
Damning Budget analysis shows some women will be hit with an effective marginal tax rate of 100%
Remember how back in 1984 Australia led the world by introducing a Women’s Budget Statement, with the broad objective of limiting gender inequality? We did but that was a very different time. Th…
It’s not good enough to accuse fathers of being uninterested shirkers
Yesterday the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) released a report that shows just 4 percent of fathers in two parent families are stay at home dads, compared to 31 percent of mums. It also…
Is there a reason the “working mum” case study needed a photo of a naked woman?
Among some comprehensive 2017 Budget commentary Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph featured a number of case studies looking at how the changes will impact different individuals. Author and Co-found…
