Every now and again, things cross your radar screen around the same time prompting you to think about something in a slightly new way, even prompting something of an epiphany. And so it was for me thi…
Our silencing of women politicians should have prepared us for Alabama’s backflip on abortion laws
Australian female politicians barely registered in media coverage of the recent election campaign. In fact, data released by Streem shows that ‘of the top ten most quoted politicians in digital and pr…
Why Tanya Plibersek doesn’t owe it to women lead the Labor party
The blows keep coming. On Monday afternoon the deputy leader of the Labor party, Tanya Plibersek, announced she would not run for the party’s top leadership position vacated by Bill Shorten after the …
Labor put women front & centre at campaign launch
On Sunday, in Brisbane, the Labor party formally launched its election campaign and it did something its key opponent, the Liberal party, will struggle to replicate. It put women front and centre. Lit…
Labor wants to set targets to get more women recognised in honours awards
Labor has promised to introduce targets in the Australian honours awards system, in a bid to represent the achievements of the full population and help close the gender gap in who receives such gong…
Tanya Plibersek outlines measures to help close gender pay gap
Labor has today proposed new measures to combat the gender pay gap in female-dominated industries, should it be elected to govern in 2019. Speaking at Labor’s annual conference this week, Shadow…
Pay transparency is power for women and could be a possibility
It was a Labor Party idea, but the Morrison Government hasn’t yet completely ruled out a push to force companies with more than 1000 employees to disclose their gender pay gaps. Prime Minister S…
The time for decisive action on campus assault is now.
This week marks a year since the Human Rights Commission released its Change the Course report. The disturbing report found there are too many sexual assaults happening, too many are going unreported,…
Why Bob Hawke’s opinion about Tanya Plibersek’s leadership potential is not excused
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. I explained that my initial reaction…
Why Tanya Plibersek might be Australia’s second female Prime Minister
Bill Shorten says she represents the “Australian story”. Julia Gillard said in her interview with Anne Summers this month that she could be the next female leader of the federal Parliament…
