News & Views Vale Dame Margaret Guilfoyle, Australia’s first female cabinet minister Dame Margaret was the first woman to serve as a federal cabinet minister and the first woman to hold a major economic portfolio.
News & Views Is Canberra having a #MeToo moment? It will take more than reports of MPs behaving badly for parliament to change Federal parliament is an atypical work environment. But that does not make it “special” and therefore, beyond community standards.
Politics ‘Deeply sexist & actually a misogynist’: Allegations against Christian Porter & Alan Tudge go to the heart of LNP problem Men like Tudge and Porter are not anomalies. They’re just the latest examples of men in government who exploit their power.
News & Views Why a code of conduct may not be enough to change the boys’ club culture in the Liberal Party While a code of conduct is a step in the right direction, it is unlikely to change the internal culture of the Liberal Party.
News & Views It was a chance to discuss women’s safety, instead women were silenced The PM said women should ‘contact the police’. At least one MP deleted comments about the safety of women from his Facebook page.
News & Views ‘Tribalism and toxic culture’: Julia Banks calls out Liberal party (again) Former Liberal MP Julia Banks is leaving politics and has called out the “tribalism and toxic culture” in the Liberal party and politics.
News & Views Note to the Liberal Party’s Sachin Joshi: Here’s why medicine’s gender pay gap ACTUALLY exists Liberal candidate Sachin Joshi says the gender pay gap exists because female doctors are “less active/interested in pursuing business skills”. He’s wrong.
News & Views Thought we’d moved past blatantly sexualising female politicians? Think again. A video of Advance Australia’s Captain GetUp rubbing up against an image of Independent candidate in Warringah Zali Steggall is circulating.
Politics The election’s been called, so are leaders prioritising the female vote? It’s official. The federal election has been called for May 18 by Prime Minister Scott Morrison this morning. So will our leaders prioritise women?
Politics Teena McQueen’s most memorable moments from Q&A last night The Liberal Party’s Federal VP Teena McQueen sure knows how to make an impact, but is it one the Government would be happy with? Ummmm, we’re not so sure.
News & Views ‘It became a house of horrors’: Julia Banks opens up on The Project on her exit from the Liberal Party Previous Liberal MP and now cross bencher Julia Banks admitted that the Liberal Party is decades behind the business world in relation to women.
News & Views Julie Bishop reveals the extent of her colleagues’ betrayal The former foreign minister and Liberal party deputy Julie Bishop opens up for the first time about the leadership spill in August of 2018.
