Federal Election 2025

Four women died last week, and still, gender-based violence isn’t treated as a national political priority for this federal election.

Four women dead with police reporting levels of violence “unheard of”. But there is no talk of terrorism or national security. Just silence.

When asked on the campaign trail what he offers “modern working women,” Peter Dutton immediately turned to his housing policy because “homeless women are at a record level under this government.

It’s a ‘national crisis’, but you wouldn’t know it based on what the major party leaders are focusing on. An online forum put violence against women firmly on the agenda.

This election, we haven’t been hearing about people living in poverty, experiencing homelessness or battling with chronic illnesses.

We have houses to build and a care economy to skill up. Why attack fee-free TAFE off a false idea that students don’t value it?

The ideological parallels between Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s campaign and Donald Trump’s playbook are becoming impossible to ignore.

We sought to find out what the commitments of each major party are to end violence against women in the lead up to 3 May.

At this election voters are having to make do with a pretty  limited choice on the political runway, settling for one-size-fits-all representatives.

Tarla Lambert-Patel sits down with Minister for Women, Senator Katy Gallagher, to ask about how the government’s solutions for women.

The election is on. What are the consequences for women? From how campaigning is run to promises made? Here’s what we know so far.

He wants public servants back in the office five days a week. Those struggling to return can alway take “job sharing” arrangements.