Tanya Plibersek

Kristine Ziwica says that while she doesn’t think Tanya Plibersek owes it to women to lead the Labor party, she couldn’t help but mourn what might have been

Last week in the US, a group of 25 white, male Republican senators voted to pass anti-abortion laws in Alabama restricting abortion in all cases.

On Monday afternoon the deputy leader of the Labor party, Tanya Plibersek, announced she would not run for the party’s top leadership position.

On Sunday the Labor party formally launched its election campaign with women front and centre. It’s something the Liberals will struggle to replicate.

By 2020, Labor wants all awards in the general division of the Order of Australia to go to women, in a bid to help close the gender divide.

Labor has today proposed new measures to combat the gender pay gap in female-dominated industries, should it be elected to govern in 2019.

The Morrison Government hasn’t completely ruled out Labor Pay transparency plans forcing companies with more than 1000 employees to act.

Ending violence & harassment on university campuses is a priority. Tanya Plibersek says it’s time for decisive, bipartisan support for ending campus assault

Earlier this week I wrote about Bob Hawke’s assertion that Tanya Plibersek isn’t in contention for the ALP leadership because she has a three-year old.

Bill Shorten says she represents the “Australian story”.

The representation of women in Women’s Agenda sister publication Crikey’s annual Power 50 Index, out this week, leaves cabinet’s woeful composition for dead — but it’s still disproportionately low.