Soapbox From ‘Ditch the Witch’ to inciting rape this is what the normalisation of misogyny looks like From witch billboards to rape threats, misogyny escalates when hatred of women is dismissed as harmless rhetoric.
Ed's Blog Japan wants babies. Now the first mayor to take maternity leave is testing whether the system can change to make it happen Everyone’s talking about Japan’s youngest female mayor daring to announce that she’ll be taking maternity leave.
News & Views Unacceptable misogyny: A ‘Ditch the Witch’ billboard targeting Jacinta Allan is all too familiar How are we still here, in 2026? Misogyny is casually touring Melbourne, with a paid bilboard depicting the state’s premier and the words Ditch the Witch
News & Views Firebombing exposes growing safety risks for women councillors The family car of Cumberland Mayor Ola Hamed was firebombed outside her family home in April. Women councillors must feel safe.
News & Views A young woman was verbally intimidated after putting her hand up for preselection. Why do women bother? Who do women bother, we’re asking again? When a young woman can do everything right before putting her hand up for preselection and still have the process she followed questioned.
News & Views Australia wasn’t the first place where women could vote but it was the first to do this: What Canadian PM Mark Carney got right Australia pioneered full voting and parliamentary rights for women, but progress required fierce advocacy and courage across generations.
News & Views The attempt to punish Grace Tame tells us everything about how we treat women who speak up Are Australian of the Year recipients like Grace Tame meant to be moral mannequins frozen in the moment of their acceptable suffering?
Ed's Blog We don’t need a drink. We need more women in charge Noting Trump’s Greenland threat and the state of the world, the EU’s Kaja Kallas joked now would be a good time to start drinking.
News & Views ‘Competence over chaos’: Democrat Eileen Higgins elected first female Mayor of Miami Democrat Eileen Higgins has been elected as Mayor of Miami, the first woman in the city’s history to take on the role.
Politics Georgie Purcell alleges she was sexually harassed, ‘slut shamed’ in Victorian parliament Animal Justice Party MP Georgie Purcell has alleged she was sexually harassed in the Victorian state parliament.
News & Views Vic Minister Natalie Hutchins spoke up to protect women and swiftly paid the price online Women who speak about workplace harassment still face backlash, showing how far Australia must go on gender justice.
News & Views Gough Whitlam believed John Kerr’s wife played a key role in The Dismissal. Did she? Anne Kerr’s story shows how personal lives and power mixed during the Dismissal, Australia’s biggest political crisis ever.
