Politics Meet the two women running for a high stakes byelection this weekend Who are Mary Doyle and Roshena Campbell, the women running for Melbourne’s outer east seat of Aston, and what do their policies look like?
News & Views ‘Generational change’: South Australia becomes first state to legislate Voice to Parliament South Australia has become the first Australian state to legislate an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Crowds cheered the news on Sunday.
News & Views A “no” vote in the Voice referendum would put a serious dent in Australia’s image abroad We are so far down this referendum road that not to reach the destination would have very wide fallout, writes Michelle Grattan.
News & Views ‘Highly gendered’: New report examines the depth of poverty in Australia New report shows women as the main income-earners for their household experience almost twice the level of poverty as male counterparts.
Appointments Nova Peris OAM appointed Co-Chair of The Australian Republic Movement The Australian Republic Movement (ARM) has appointed Nova Peris OAM and Craig Foster AM as Co-Chairs. Both advocates are former athletes.
News & Views Perrottet’s child trust fund policy dusts off an idea last tried by UK Labour There’ve been a few experimental programs in Canada and the US. But the most similar to the NSW proposal is the UK’s Child Trust Fund.
Leadership Senator Malarndirri McCarthy becomes first Indigenous Australian woman to deliver National Statement to UN Commission Today in New York, Senator McCarthy became the first Indigenous Australian woman to deliver the National Statement to the UN Commission.
News & Views Making IWD actionable: Labor to report annually on Australia’s gender equality progress Marking IWD, Labor released Australia’s first Status of Women Report Card to highlight where progress on gender equality has stalled.
Soapbox We need a new work and care social settlement for the 21st century It’s time for a new social settlement with workplace regulations that ensure secure hours and pay, with childcare and respite systems.
Soapbox Why these humanitarian crises matter to Australians in 2023 Along with Ukraine, there are five growing humanitarian hotspots elsewhere that show Australia needs to increase its own refugee intake.
News & Views Professor Deborah Brennan AM appointed to lead Productivity Commission Inquiry into Australia’s early childhood education and care system The inquiry will lay the foundations for achieving a universally accessible, high-quality early learning and care system in Australia.
News & Views Australia’s new pay equality law risks failing women- unless we make this simple fix Reporting median statistics would help mitigate the skewing problem with averages. This is needed to help close the gender pay gap.
