News & Views Over 230 candidates pledge to fully support women’s safety this election Over 230 candidates for the federal election have fully committed to a pledge for a safer future for women.
News & Views ‘Glass cliff candidates’: Most female candidates are running in unwinnable seats New analysis shows eighty per cent of the Coalition’s female candidates are running in seats they are unlikely to win.
News & Views North Sydney independent Kylea Tink wants to bring the power of balance to politics Kylea Tink is standing as an independent candidate in North Sydney, with all signs showing she’s in with a real chance of being elected.
News & Views ‘Gotcha’ questions are ugly journalism but hazards for leaders The public don’t have much regard for journalists and many people will be critical of the “gotcha” questioning, writes Michelle Grattan.
News & Views The three-year plan for the next government to take action as gender-based violence increases National Women’s Safety Alliance have set out 20 actions for the next government to fulfil as violence against women rises.
News & Views AEC asks social media platforms to remove misleading Pauline Hanson ‘voter fraud’ cartoon The Australian Electoral Commission has called out a cartoon from One Nation that falsely suggests Labor would utilise electoral fraud to win the federal election.
News & Views Liberal MP Fiona Martin under pressure in Reid as independent preferences Labor Independent candidate Natalie Baini is directing voters to preference Labor ahead of the sitting Liberal member in Reid.
News & Views 24-year-old Sheneli Dona takes on Angus Taylor as independent to restore a moral compass in politics 24-year-old Sheneli Dona is standing as an independent candidate in Hume at the upcoming Federal Election against Angus Taylor.
Climate Young women are less likely to run for office today than 12 months ago New research has revealed that a large cohort of young women are less likely to run for office or join a political party today than ever.
News & Views George Christensen to run for One Nation in the Senate George Christensen will stand as a candidate for One Nation at the upcoming election, having changed his mind about retiring from politics.
Politics Populism and the federal election: what can we expect from Hanson, Palmer, Lambie and Katter? Clive Palmer is back trying to win a Senate seat, while Jacqui Lambie is aiming to get a second senator elected.
News & Views Women have been at the centre of political debate in the past two years. Will they decide the 2022 election? The treatment of women in Parliament House and Australian society more broadly has been the focus of much attention since the last election – how political leaders respond may decide their fate.
