politics

Laurie Penny on feminism, freedom & how to avoid burning out. She is speaking at the school of life in Sydney about why freedom is under threat.

Penalty rates held out a promise that if we worked hard just maybe we might escape the poverty trap which is why cutting penalty rates hurts.

Childcare reform remains an ideal not a reality and it’s difficult to believe it is a priority of the federal government.

The NSW Premier Mike Baird will retire from parliament half-way through his government’s term.

The press gallery will be happy: there’s been a leadership spill, a prime minister dumped, mass cabinet resignations, plenty of action.

A throwaway line from a barista tipped me over.

‘Politics’ may be a dirty word but to succeed in leading change we must work politically.

Tony Abbott is set to become Australia’s next Prime Minister after leading the Coalition to a resounding victory at the ballot box.

It’s become the hobby du jour in Leftie ghettoes to hate on Sophie Mirabella as she struggles to hold her seat.

When Julia Gillard made her farewell speech on the night of 26 June this year and declared she was “absolutely confident it would be easier for the next woman (Prime Minister) and the woman after that and the woman after that”, I simply wasn’t convinced.

Women’s Agenda sister publication Crikey has crunched the numbers to see what a Kevin Rudd caretaker cabinet would look like should a leadership change occur next week.

Just over 100 years ago, Victorian women became eligible to stand as local councillors.