What are the takeaway lessons from Victoria’s election? Where to begin? Labor, under Premier Daniel Andrews, demolished the Liberals at the polling booths securing at least 55 of the 88 availabl…
Toxic is the 2018 word of the year: Please, let’s do better?
I’m disappointed. Fed up. I’ve had it up to HERE and this is the last straw. This is a variation of a sentence I wheel out from time to time as a parent when I’ve reached the end of my tet…
Bullying in the Liberal party & the real deterrent for women
If anyone in the Liberal Party seriously believed the recent leadership spill would create anything like clear air for the new Prime Minister they were mistaken. Badly. Scott Morrison isn’t two …
Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Dutton & the desperate state of affairs in Canberra
No, you’re not imagining things nor is it merely a bad dream. There are leadership rumbles in Canberra again – triggered ostensibly by climate policy – and Peter Dutton is being moot…
The truth about why political staffers rarely speak out about harassment
In the world of politics, nightmares are the rule and dreams are the exception for staff. The nightmares linger in the corridors, taking the form of endless hours in the office, the dirt unit operativ…
‘I misspoke’: Another astonishing display of “leadership” from Donald Trump
Throughout Donald Trump’s political career – from aspiring Republican candidate, to Presidential candidate, to President-elect to President – we have become accustomed to the shocks. To the unfathomab…
Why the cost of work remains too high for women (& tax cuts don’t help)
Need convincing about the value of a women’s budget statement? It’s hard to go past new evidence presented to the Senate examining the combined impact of the government’s proposed ta…
PM Malcolm Turnbull invites more Andrews to prestigious dinner than women
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull & President Donald Trump celebrated with their business besties at a gala dinner in Washington DC this weekend. Among the sea of suits and ties was just a handful o…
Finally, new sexual harassment policies for political staffers
Just two days after the then Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the National Party Barnaby Joyce (finally) resigned citing a sexual harassment complaint filed against him as the final “straw that bro…
The trouble with the minister promoting shared parental leave…who can’t access shared parental leave
As the UK’s Business Minister Andrew Griffiths has been promoting shared parental leave through the government’s ‘Share the Joy‘ campaign. Parents in Britain are entitled to sh…
