On the first sitting day for Parliament in 2019 the Prime Minister Scott Morrison will announce a $78 million funding package for violence against women. “Our government is fully engaged in working to…
Childcare, combining Canberra with family & women in politics: An interview with Simon Birmingham
Last Thursday I had the opportunity to sit down with Simon Birmingham, the Federal Minister for Training and Education. The minister was in Sydney and wanted to discuss the childcare reform that the g…
Julia Gillard’s great career lesson for women: Resilience
Julia Gillard is seriously tough. Whatever you think about her politics and three years as prime minister, you can’t deny she’s put up a continued fight against difficult circumstances, an…
Paid parental leave debate puts women against women
During a recent interview with Ann Sherry, who is arguably the architect of paid maternity leave in corporate Australia, she expressed her disappointment that the government paid parental leave debate…
Nicola Roxon scathing about Kevin Rudd
As Labor’s recent period of extraordinary internal harmony shatters, former cabinet minister Nicola Roxon has excoriated Kevin Rudd, forensically detailing his bad behaviour and declaring he should le…
Nicola Roxon: There’s a ‘dangerous underbelly’ compromising women in Australia
Our first female attorney-general Nicola Roxon delivered her valedictorian speech to Parliament on Tuesday, thanking those who’ve helped her manage her political career, particularly when she wa…
