News & Views Eva Cox: The feminist scorecard and how Gillard and Abbott rate Recently, debates about policies have disappeared under an avalanche of sexist, misogynist nonsense and the commentary on it.
News & Views Julia Gillard’s three year anniversary: Is Australia still struggling with a female PM? On June 24, 2010, Australia’s first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, was sworn into office by Australia’s first female governor-general, Quentin Bryce.
News & Views Gillard didn’t lose ‘because she’s a woman’: Reactions from Eva Cox, Maxine McKew and others Kevin Rudd has completed one the great political comebacks in Australian history by reclaiming the prime ministership from Julia Gillard in a party room vote in Canberra tonight, 57 votes to 45.
News & Views Nine quotes that had women talking this year From Julia Gillard’s “misogyny” speech to Margie Abbott’s media blitz on behalf of her husband and US congressmen attempting to rewrite biology and take claim over women’s bodies, it’s been an extraordinary year for memorable sound bites concerning women, gender issues and the conversation about work, life and balance.
Ed's Blog Seen but not heard: Is that the standard we accept for young women? A throwaway line from a barista tipped me over.
Advice Four reasons why superficial judgement is still a deep-seated issue It was the most shallow of weekends.
Advice From adrenalin rush to speechless: the loss of the first female PM Three years and three days ago I spent a thrilling night on twitter following talk of a leadership spill.
Ed's Blog Men’s magazine names model ‘woman of the year’. Really? I have been deliberating over this one.
News & Views What happens when you Google ‘Women should be slaves’? Sometimes I wish I could read minds.
News & Views Nicola Roxon: There’s a ‘dangerous underbelly’ compromising women in Australia Our first female attorney-general Nicola Roxon delivered her valedictorian speech to Parliament on Tuesday, thanking those who’ve helped her manage her political career, particularly when she was a new mother, and cautioning against sexism and the degrading treatment of women at work.
News & Views Gillard vs Rudd: Labor leadership spill liveblog Prime Minister Julia Gillard called a ballot for the Labor leadership at 7pm tonight.
News & Views A timeline of Australia’s first female Prime Minister When Julia Gillard became Australia’s first female prime minister in 2010 it seemed as though the country had smashed through the ultimate glass ceiling.
