In this week’s episode of the Work It Out podcast, Angela Priestley and I were joined in the studio by author, consultant and coach Avril Henry. Our conversation began on a sobering note: how di…
Why did COAG drop domestic violence from the agenda?
In the past week alone four people in Australia have died as a result of domestic violence. Thirty-eight women have died this year. One in four Australian women experiences some form of abuse by a cur…
Dear Malcolm, A letter to the PM about parent-shaming
Dear Malcolm, Has the world gone mad? I’m not referring to the president of the United States or Kim Jong-un (although now that I think of it, it’s hard to argue all is well in the world with these tw…
The campaign for marriage equality is on as High Court gives postal vote the green light
The High Court has given the green light for the government’s proposed postal survey on same-sex marriage. The reasons the court upheld the survey are yet to be published but from next week, the Austr…
“It’s devastating”: 1800 RESPECT hotline to lose 70 highly-skilled, trauma counsellors
Rape & Domestic Violence Services Australia (R&DVSA) have withdrawn from the 1800RESPECT trauma counselling service. The decision was made by the board and announced on Wednesday after negotia…
‘It hurts, it’s going to be horrible & it will test us’: Christine Forster on her brother Tony Abbott
“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…
