“I’m not going to sway him and he’s not going to sway me,” Sydney Liberal Party councillor Christine Forster says in relation to the position her brother, Tony Abbott, takes on same-sex ma…
The truth about the 2017 Budget’s impact on women.
There is consensus today that Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull have done a good job with the 2017 Budget. It’s been described as a Labor budget, as planting the seeds of a possible turning po…
Tony Abbott blasts ‘anti-men, politically-correct rubbish’.
The former Prime Minister – and erstwhile Minister for Women – has expressed disdain today for a proposal floated by the Human Rights Commission to ensure boards have a semblance of balanc…
Fiona Scott: Tony Abbott’s comments about my sex appeal were “damaging”
It is unlikely that the former Prime Minister Tony Abbott will pay any attention to Fiona Scott’s recent comments about his famous remark during the 2013 election campaign that she had “se…
Is this the winning compromise on paid parental leave?
The government is looking at boosting paid parental leave from 18 to 20 weeks. The news was reported yesterday by News Corp’s National Political Editor on Sunday, Samantha Maiden, and represents a pot…
The marginalization of middle class men like Tony Abbott & Andrew Bolt
A President-elect who is a billionaire, in part due to inheriting a vast estate from his father, cast as the champion of the working class: the anti-establishment. A Prime Minister, so wealthy his …
The worst bit about the PPL backflip? Voters love it
When Tony Abbott and Treasurer Joe Hockey announced an end to two sets of maternity leave payments for “double dipping” mothers, it almost seemed wise to stay quiet. Abbott and his ministe…
Joe Hockey & Tony Abbott divided on tampon tax
Treasurer Joe Hockey has always been wary of going on Q&A. He was right. Hockey made policy on the run on the program when he agreed that GST shouldn’t be applied to women’s sanitary p…
A wrap up from last night’s Q&A
Did you watch Q&A on the ABC last night? If not, count yourself lucky. It was an absolute doozy. Last night’s episode was always going to be a bit different; the panel was free from politici…
Nicola Roxon’s advice for Tony Abbott
Tony Abbott is no doubt enjoying former minister Nicola Roxon’s blast against her old political boss Kevin Rudd. It has brought the attention back to Labor in an uncomfortable way for the opposition. …
