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.
News & Views Please Premier Andrews, save these 3000 sacred birthing trees. Any day now some 3000 Sacred Djapwurrung birthing trees are due to be cut down by VicRoads. Protestors are urging the Premier Daniel Andrews to intervene.
News & Views Cutting teacher numbers? Never a good idea for kids Lisa Bryant responds to the suggestion by the Australian Childcare Alliance NSW that teacher numbers should be reduced to ease cost of childcare
News & Views Victoria confirms little appetite for lurch to the right In Victoria’s election Labor, under Premier Daniel Andrews, demolished the Liberals securing at least 55 of the 88 available seats.
News & Views Toxic is the 2018 word of the year: Please, let’s do better? The Oxford Dictionary have picked toxic as the word of the year in 2018, applicable as it is to masculinity, politics, waste, culture, relationships.
News & Views Bullying in the Liberal party & the real deterrent for women Julia Banks, Lucy Gichuhi and Kelly O’Dwyer are among those to speak out about the treatment of women in the Liberal party.
Politics Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Dutton & the desperate state of affairs in Canberra Malcolm Turnbull announced a dramatic retreat on energy policy on Monday in a bid to stave off the threat to his leadership.
News & Views The truth about why political staffers rarely speak out about harassment The idea they might be responsible for a tabloid splash or political problems is why political staffers rarely complain about bullying and harassment.
News & Views ‘I misspoke’: Another astonishing display of “leadership” from Donald Trump Donald Trump’s public statement of support for Vladimir Putin over his own intelligence agencies regarding the 2016 US election has been met with fury.
News & Views Why the cost of work remains too high for women (& tax cuts don’t help) Melbourne University tax professor Miranda Stewart says the cost of work remains too high for women and the proposed tax cuts won’t help.
News & Views PM Malcolm Turnbull invites more Andrews to prestigious dinner than women Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull & President Donald Trump held a gala dinner in Washington DC over the weekend. Fifty one business heads were invited and women made up less than 8% of the guest list.
News & Views Finally, new sexual harassment policies for political staffers Just two days after Barnaby Joyce (finally) resigned citing a sexual harassment complaint filed against him as the final straw the Department of Finance is reviewing its sexual harassment policy.