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Debate begun on Labor’s climate change bill on Wednesday morning, as the Greens and several independents look to strengthen it.

Sally Sitou took her place in Parliament making her first speech on the 40th anniversary of her parents becoming Australian citizens.

With just over a week until the new federal parliament sits for the first time, the government is looking to garner support for its climate change bill.

Fatima Payman has been elected to the senate, making history as the first Muslim woman who wears a hijab to sit in federal parliament.

Schools barely rated a mention in the election campaign. But the incoming Albanese government faces a sector in crisis.

Here’s what you should know about Senator Penny Wong, the woman now in charge of Australia’s approach to foreign affairs?

To repair our relationship with the Pacific, the new government must make swift decisions addressing the climate emergency. But that’s just the starting point.

Natasha Fyles was elected the new Chief Minister of the Northern Territory late last week, replacing Michael Gunner.

Caring work hasn’t been properly valued for a century, in part because it is thought of as women’s work. Labor’s pledge to properly pay care workers is a start.

New analysis shows eighty per cent of the Coalition’s female candidates are running in seats they are unlikely to win.

Gender pay equity would become an objective of the Fair Work Act under a Labor government, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese announced yesterday.

The Greens have announced a new plan to close the gender pay gap in Australia by paying workers in female dominated industries more.