Yesterday morning, almost the entire early childhood advocate community gathered in an upper room of Monash University in Melbourne’s east. There were educators, teachers and union organisers, sitting…
Bill Shorten announces $1.75 billion plan to subsidise pre-school for three year olds
Bill Shorten announced on Thursday that a Labor government would finance 15 hours a week of subsidised preschool education for three year olds from 2021. With education an election battleground, Short…
Julia Gillard urges the Liberal Party to rethink its view on quotas
Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, has urged the Liberal Party to reconsider its view on gender quotas if its objective is to see more women in Parliament. Speaking on ABC’s AM about World Men…
Sayonara tampon tax, we’re not sorry to see you go!
The tampon tax is on the verge of being abolished for good, after all state and territory treasurers voted unanimously this morning. If all goes accordingly, the 10 percent GST from tampons and sanita…
No woman wants to be called ‘babe’ or ‘the missus’ by their boss
It will never be said that 2018 was the year news stood still. There’s barely been a slow news day in the eight months and 27 days that comprise two thousand and eighteen. Fresh from the ousting…
‘It was unfair, frightening & horrific’: Catherine Marriott on having her name leaked by the National Party
If you were looking to understand why speaking out about sexual harassment takes courage Catherine Marriott’s interview with ABC’s 730 host Leigh Sales is instructive. It’s similarly enlightening if y…
Wentworth by-election: Kerryn Phelps promises to bring ‘integrity’ back to politics
There’s been a spotlight on Wentworth ever since former PM and long-term seat holder Malcolm Turnbull was ousted from the top job last month. Following Turnbull’s departure from Parliament…
Tarang Chawla: How many more women & children need to die before our leaders step up?
I’m sure you’ve heard about the most recent horrific case of family violence in Australia. Anthony Harvey has allegedly killed five people – his female partner Mara Lee Harvey, three…
New research confirms millennial men are leading a backlash against women’s rights
In disturbing new research, millennial men — born between 1982 and 2000 — have been found to be leading a backlash against gender equality, write Virginia Haussegger, Pia Rowe, Mark Evans,…
Bullying in the Liberal party & the real deterrent for women
If anyone in the Liberal Party seriously believed the recent leadership spill would create anything like clear air for the new Prime Minister they were mistaken. Badly. Scott Morrison isn’t two …
