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.
News & Views Julie Bishop is leaving politics, declares there are women eager to take her place The former deputy leader of the Liberal party will not contest the next election, making a quick speech and exit this afternoon.
News & Views Politics, not just conservative political parties, has a “woman problem” For some time it’s been obvious that the federal Coalition & the Liberal Party in particular, has a significant “woman problem” but it’s not just them.
Politics ‘An equality agenda’: Daniel Andrews announces 50 percent female cabinet The Victorian Labor government has achieved a gender equal cabinet for the first time with the appointment of three new women.
News & Views ‘Respect for women in politics is years behind’:Julia Banks quits the Liberal Party The Morrison government has been dealt a critical blow this morning, after influential MP Julia Banks quit the Liberal Party in favour of the crossbench.
