News & Views One Nation’s thumping win in Farrer signals sharp shift in politics as usual One Nation wins historic Farrer seat, signaling voter shift in regional NSW and challenging traditional Liberal dominance.
Politics ‘If I had an ego I’d be dead’: Sussan Ley bids farewell to politics following crushing leadership defeat Sussan Ley addressed Australia following her crushing leadership defeat earlier this morning to Angus Taylor- 34 votes to 17.
News & Views Sussan Ley didn’t just lose the numbers. She lost to a Coalition culture that has long loathed women The fact that so many Coalition women are publicly backing Angus Taylor isn’t surprising in a political culture that has never given them reason to believe they could be anything more than lackeys to men.
Ed's Blog ‘If we want a credible opposition’. We need to remove the woman? Hearing a Liberal backbencher deploying the word “credible” to dismiss the (still current) woman leading the Liberal party was galling and familiar.
News & Views ‘We are a rabble’: The Coalition is back together (again) The Coalition has reunited, 17 days after Nationals leader David Littleproud declared the alliance was “untenable”.
News & Views The killings continue, in a country apparently making progress on gender equality PM Anthony Albanese and Opposition Ley Sussan Ley addressed the state of gender equality in Australia. They couldn’t ignore the violence.
News & Views ‘Is this the standard we accept?’: Sexist commentary on Sussan Ley triggers backlash Maria Kovacic has expressed outrage over a sexist online news article that was published with the headline ‘Why I wouldn’t marry Sussan Ley’.
Ed's Blog Sussan Ley “disrespected” us claim Nationals who have managed to make another week about them The Coalition is untennable under Opposition leader Sussan Ley, say The Nationals in breaking up with the Liberals, again.
Ed's Blog 74 women killed in past year. Sussan Ley asks, ‘how do we maintain the rage’? The names of those killed were read by Opposition Leader Sussan Ley who pleaded with Australia to ‘maintain the rage’.
News & Views Why is Sussan Ley still talking about women like it’s 1950? This week, Sussan Ley managed to do what many thought impossible: revive Tony Abbott’s legendary “women of Australia will do the ironing” moment except this time, it was the grocery shopping.
Politics Look away. Sussan Ley’s glass cliff is definitely starting to crack Sussan Ley’s leadership began with promise. Six months on, and with net zero targets abandoned, that hope has evaporated.
News & Views Conservative Liberals hold ‘power walk’ before delivering coup de grâce to net zero The Liberals are set to dump net zero after a strong majority at a special party meeting spoke against the existing commitment to it.
